The risk management nurse at a long-term care facility is reviewing the facility’s data related to recent client falls. The nurse should consider which of the following as a risk factor for client falls? Select all that apply.

A home care nurse is working with a client who is a fall risk. The nurse notes that the client uses a step stool in the kitchen and has many items placed high in the cupboards. Which information should the nurse provide that would best help this client to stay safe?

An 86-year-old client is transferred from the long-term care facility to the hospital for treatment after falling in the hallway. The staff tell the nurse that the client is normally not a fall risk and has been healthy and active, with little to no cognitive impairments. Upon admission, the client’s laboratory workup indicates severe dehydration. Which of the following manifestations of dehydration would more likely develop in an older adult? Select all that apply.

A nurse is filling out a fall risk assessment on a client who is considered to be at high risk of injury due to falls. Which of the following information is documented as part of the fall risk assessment?

The student nurse is reviewing the chart of an assigned client and notes that the client has bone resorption. Which of the following would the student expect to see when assessing this client?

The community health nurse is educating a group of individuals about osteoporosis. Which of the following are risk factors for osteoporosis? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a 70-year-old female with osteoporosis admitted for pneumonia. The nurse knows to implement which of the following precautions?

A nurse is caring for a client who has soft, malleable bones due to a vitamin D deficiency. What is the best term used to describe this condition?

A client with osteoporosis asks the nurse why it is important to take vitamin D. Which response by the nurse is correct?

An older adult client presents to the emergency room with a suspected hip fracture. Which of the following is an expected finding? Select all that apply.

A 70-year-old client has been diagnosed with osteoporosis after undergoing a bone mineral density test. When reviewing the results of the test, the nurse explains to the client that the T score is which of the following?

A client with osteoporosis asks the nurse how to prevent fractures from the condition. The nurse should tell the client to avoid which of the following positions?

A home care nurse is working with a client who has osteoporosis. Which guideline for home safety would be most appropriate in preventing fractures in this client?

Which of the following are risk factors for osteoporosis? Select all that apply.