Nursing 2

Comprehensive Evaluation Guidelines

Your scholarly paper is a comprehensive evaluation of an elderly client. You can select a client in any setting. This will be your scholarly paper for this class. It should be submitted in APA format. Your references should not be greater than 5 years old. You must use scholarly references. Throughout your paper you should consider age-related changes (physiological). Please do not write this paper as a health history as in health assessment classes this should be written as a narrative format. It is worth 15% of your grade

Information to be included:
1. Give a brief history of the client, include the medical history, social history
2. Explain the individual’s acute or chronic medical issues. If the individual

has an acute medical problem, explain how it is exacerbated by the aging

process (physiologic age-related changes). If your client does not have any

medical concerns discuss how they are maintaining their health. Use rearch

to support your findings.

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3.  Review the medications that the individual is taking, including any over the

counter drugs. Are any of these drugs a problem? Many medications are

problems in the older adult. Explain the issues.
4. Explain the functional status? (ADL and IADL) What is their mobility and

ability to perform everyday activity? If there are any issues or concerns,

explain.
5. Look at the mental health and cognitive ability. Is there any impairment? Is

there a concern and if so is it being addresses? Also consider their daily

activities including social.