What nursing interventions would you utilize to help both the elderly woman and the grandson
Elder Abuse and Neglect
You are a charge nurse in the emergency department. An elderly woman arrives with bruises all over the upper torso of her body and down her left arm. She was brought in by her grandson who resides with her, and the grandson shares that he brought her in to be checked out because he thinks she may have fractured her wrist when she fell on the last step going down in the cellar to do laundry. He appears extremely stressed and states that his grandmother suffers with Alzheimer disease. When you put the patient’s name and demographic information into the electronic medical record it indicates that this patient was in 2 weeks prior with a concussion.
Instructions:
Read the scenario above and answer the following question:
How would you assess the situation?
What nursing interventions would you utilize to help both the elderly woman and the grandson?
Your paper should be:
One (1) page or more.
Use factual information from the textbook and/or appropriate articles and websites.
Cite your sources – type references according to the APA Style Guide.Citation should be the textbook Miller, C. (2015). Nursing for wellness in older adults. 7th ed. Philadelphia:Wolters Kluwer ISBN 9781451190830
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It is important that the charge nurse conducts an assessment to confirm whether or not the speculations on abuse of the elderly grandmother are true. This will also help rule it out. Use of the Elder Assessment Instrument is important to help with the detection of the symptoms, signs as well as any complaints that may come up. Tests should be undertaken on the elderly person to also help rule out whether or not the person…………………..
APA
400 words
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