Indicate whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). 54. In general, a head-to-toe assessment of residents in

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Indicate whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). 54. In general, a head-to-toe assessment of residents in a long-term care facility should be performed once a day 55. In general, vital signs of long-term care residents should be assessed once a week or once a month, depending on the facility’s policy. -56. Unless indicated by unexpected events, documentation in a long-term care facility is usually done once per week. -57. Polypharmacy refers to the ingestion of many different medications. older individual has several different health- providers prescribing medications for more and each is unaware of what the other has prescribed. 59. Polypharmacy greatly increases the risk for interactions. 60. Patients’ lack of knowledge about the medications they take is a factor in polypharmacy _61. As a nurse, you can review each medication to assess for its purpose and for overlap among drugs.
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