The nurse is planning care for the patient with moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Which expected outcomes does the nurse include? Select all that apply.

The patient will have sufficient food intake to maintain current weight , The patient’s spouse will report improvement in the patient’s mood and anxiety , The patient will sleep from 2300 to 0600 each night with one nap during the day, The family will reach out to a support group for families of patients with Alzheimer disease. Goals of care for the patient with Alzheimer disease (AD) include ensuring the patient has adequate intake to maintain weight, improvement in depression and anxiety, an appropriate sleep routine (sleeping through the night, only one daytime nap), and helping the family to cope with the diagnosis. Increased cognitive scores are unlikely in the patient with AD, since this is a degenerative disease.

The nurse is planning care for the patient with moderate Alzheime...

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