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Test Bank - Basic Geriatric Nursing, 7th edition (Williams, 2020), Chapter 1-20 | All Chapters
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Test Bank - Basic Geriatric Nursing, 7th edition (Williams, 2020), Chapter 1-20 | All Chapters
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• What fact explains the shift of health care focus toward the older adult in the late
1960s?
• Disability was viewed as unavoidable.
• Complications from disease increased mortality.
• Older adults’ needs are similar to those of all adults.
• Preventive health care practices
increased longevity. ANS: D
• To what age group does the term “aged” apply?
• 55–64 years of age
• 65–74 years of age
• 75–84 years of age
•
85
and older
ANS: C
• Which is true of ageism?
• It is discrimination against persons solely on the basis of age.
• It causes a person to fear aging.
• It involves the use of cultural sensitivity to address concerns of aging.
• It focuses on resources Nfor Rthe IoldeGr adBu.lt.C M
ANS: A
• What is the most beneficial legislation that has influenced health care for the older
adult?
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Elimination of the mandatory retirement age
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• The Drug
Benefit Program ANS: A
• What housing option for the older adult offers the privacy of an
apartment with restaurant-style meals and some medical and personal care
services?
• Government-subsidized housing
• Long-term care facility
• Assisted-living center
•
Group
housing plan ANS:
C
• The 75-year-old man who has been hospitalized following a severe case of
pneumonia is concerned about his mounting hospital bill and asks if his Medicare coverage
will pay for his care. What would be the most helpful response by the nurse?
, • Medicare Part C pays 50% of all medical costs for persons older than 65.
• Medicare Part B pays hospital costs and physician fees.
• Medicare Part A pays for inpatient hospital costs.
• Medicare Part D pays 80% of the charges
made by physicians. ANS: C
• The daughter of a patient who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer asks
which documents are required to allow her to make health care decisions for her parent.
Which response would provide the most accurate information to the daughter?
• Advance directives indicate the degree of intervention desired by the
patient.
• A ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ document signed by the patient transfers
authority to the next of kin.
• A durable power of attorney for health care transfers decision-
making authority for health care to a designated person.
• A living will transfers authority
to the physician. ANS: C
• The daughter of a resident in a long-term care facility is frustrated with her
80-year-old mother’s refusal to eat. Which response would be the most appropriate?
• The refusal to eat is an effort to maintain a portion of
independence and self-direction.
• The refusal to eat is an indication of approaching Alzheimer disease.
• The refusal to eat is an effort to gain attention.
• The refusal to eat is an indication of the dislike of the
institutional food. ANS: A
• When do the conditions of a living will go into effect?
• When the patient declares that desire in writing
• When a family member indicates the desire for curative therapy to cease
• When two physicians agree in writing that the criteria in the living
will have been met
• When the physician and a family member agree that the criteria
in the living will have been met
ANS: C
• In the 1980s, Medicare initiated a program of diagnosis-related groups
(DRGs) to reduce hospital costs. How did the DRGs reduce hospital costs?
• By classifying various diagnoses as ineligible for hospitalization
• By allotting a set amount of hospital days and prospective payment
on the basis of the admitting diagnosis
• By specifying particular physicians to treat specified diagnoses
• By using frequency of a particular diagnosis to set a
payment schedule ANS: B
• Which facility would be recommended for a patient who has had a hip
replacement and needs physical therapy?
• Basic care facility
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