you are a charge nurse in the emergency department. An you are acharge nurse in the emergency department. elderly woman arriveswith bruises all over the upper torso of her body and down her leftarm. She was brought in by her grandson who resides with her, andthe grandson shares that he brought her in to be checked outbecause he thinks she may have fractured her wrist when she fell onthe last step going down in the cellar to do laundry. He appearsextremely stressed and states that his grandmother suffers fromAlzheimer disease. When you put the patient’s name and demographicinformation into the electronic medical record it indicates thatthis patient was in 2 weeks prior with a concussion.
- What nursing interventions would you utilize to help both theelderly woman and the grandson?
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