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1、Nurses must beever alert for this phenomenon and prevent it whenever possible by keeping theoldest old as well and functional as possible.

2、What was themost frequently prescribed were those like vitamins, minerals, diuretics,NSAIDS, analgesics, antihypertensives, and cardiovascular drugs.

3、Since every dosegiven is an experiment, when giving any drug to the oldest old ,nurses shouldexpect the unpredictable. All nurses should be proactive in preventing adversedrug effects.

4、However, acuteillness may be missed because the oldest old do not always respond to illnessor infection with a fever.

5、 Inactive persons may develop a  bradycardia of 50 to 55 beats/ minute. So ,itis you, the nurses, who should be monitoring pulse rate, rhythm, and othercharacteristics.