Question 1: Briefly describe why a nurse would use a Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) tool to assess a patient, include rationales for your response.
Question 2: Briefly describe why a nurse would assess a patient with a Modified Caregiver Role Strain tool, include rationales for your response.
Question 3: Provide a minimum of three types of patients in a geriatric/mental health setting that could be assessed with the Katz -ADLS and Lawton - IADLS tools.
Question 4: Describe techniques the nurse may implement to prevent role strain when caring for patients diagnosed with mental illness in the hospital & residential settings?