Question

1. Describe the common physiologic changes associated with aging that affects the nervous system.

2. As a nurse in an acute care facility, how would you be able to provide adequate care for fast recovery of patient who had an acute stroke with neurologic deficits such as aphasia, dysphagia, slurred speech, and left sided paralysis? Formulate a nursing care plan in each deficits that were mentioned.

3. As a nurse in an acute care facility, how would you be able to provide adequate care to prevent complications to a patient with a spinal cord injury and is bedridden?

4. As a nurse in an acute care facility, how would you provide adequate care to a very hostile patient diagnosed with Grade IV brain tumor.

Please, if someone can answer all, that would be so great. this is my last request post. Thank you.

Answer 1

Answer 1: One of the most common physiologic changes associated with aging that affects the nervous system includes the flow of the blood to the brain. As the person gets older, the efficiency of the heart to pump blood also decreases. In this case, the blood flow to the brain gets reduced. This lead brain to cause lack of sufficient oxygen and blood. Hence it causes difficulty for the brain to operate the other areas of the body efficiently. This process leads to slowly lowers the cell to cell communication. Hence further it reduces the ability of the ageing person to face difficulty in learning,thinking or retrieve.