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Question Completion Status. QUESTION 71 1 points The PMHNP is performing a quality assurance peer review of the chart of another PMHNP. Upon review, the PMHNP reviews the chart of an older adult patient in long-term care facility who has chronic insomnia. The chart indicates that the patient has been receiving hypnotics on a nightly basis. What does the PMHNP find problematic about this documentation? O A. Older adult patients are contraindicated to take hypnotics. 0 B. Hypnotics have prolonged half-lives that can cause drug accumulation in the elderly. O C. Hypnotics have short half-lives that render themselves ineffective for older adult O D. Hypnotics are not effective for "symptomatically masking" chronic insomnia in the elderly. SAVE ALL ANSWERS Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Click Save All Answers to save all answers.

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Hypnotic are a group of drug which are sedative ,to be used with caution in elderly population .The main reason for selection of a hyponotic drug for an elderly patient is symptom based.Certain hypnotic have short half lives and others a long half lives.The documentation of hyponotic not effective in symptomatic treatment is wrong

Ans:D.Hypnotic are not effective for"symptomatic  masking " of chronic insomnia in elderly.