Week 2 Discussion: Assessment Tools
NURS 6540 Week 2 Discussion: Assessment Tools
As geriatric patients age, their health and functional stability may
decline resulting in the inability to perform basic activities of daily
living. In your role as the advanced practice nurse, you must
assess whether the needs of these aging patients are being met.
Comprehensive geriatric assessments are used to determine
whether these patients have developed or are at risk of
developing age-related changes that interfere with their
functional status. Since the health status and living situation of
geriatric patients often differ, there are a variety of assessment
tools that can be used to evaluate wellness and functional ability.
For this NURS 6540 Week 2 Discussion: Assessment Tools,
consider which assessment tools would be appropriate for the
patients in the following three case studies:

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