19 Feb Age Related Functional Changes in Geriatric Clients
Unit 5 is about age related changes in the older adult which includes sensory and sleep changes. One type of sleep disorder that affects 50% of the elderly population is insomnia. It is also the third most common complaint in the United States (Xiong, 2019). As Nurse Practitioners, we must address these age-related and sleep changes to ensure our clients are achieving optimal quality of life.
Xiong, G.L. (2019). Geriatric sleep disorders. Medscape. Retrieved from https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/292498-overview#a5 Links to an external site.
Initial Post Instructions:
Please critically evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the attached file below. The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and, negative information and list missing information.
Then create a differential diagnosis list with at least 3 possibly actual diagnosis based on your findings.
Second part is to create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis.
Be sure to utilize template, in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.
Please use this document for your discussion response: Unit 5 Case Study
