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All of the following statements regarding nonpharmacologic management of persistent pain in older patients are TRUE EXCEPT:

An 80 year-old resident of a long-term care facility who has a history of multiinfarct dementia (MID) is alert but disoriented to person, place and situation. His only health problems are MID and osteoarthritis. Over the past two weeks he has become agitated, has demonstrated exit-seeking behavior and has been noted to be continually rubbing his knees. The nurse practitioner suspects that this client is likely experiencing:

The ethical duties of a criminal defense attorney and a prosecutor are essentially the same because they are both lawyers governed by a set of established professional rules,

If a defendant is poor enough to qualify for food stamps, states are automatically required to provide the defendant with an attorney.

According to the text, when a police officer fires multiple shots at a suspect, it may simply reflect that officers are on average poor shots and miss their targets even after extensive firearms training.

According to the text, young recruits may be encouraged by more experienced officers to accept free meals or similar small gratuities to establish whether the new officer’s loyalty to the squad can be relied upon.

The most fundamental expression of legal ethics is that the client’s interests should take precedence over those of the lawyer.

A judge may make public comments that might affect the outcome of a trial, so long as the comments do not substantially interfere with a fair trial.

If a criminal defense lawyer knows that his client plans testify falsely, the lawyer’s sole option is to tell the judge.

According to the text, an advantage of an elected judiciary is that voters generally are competent to assess a candidate’s qualifications.