WGU Care of the Older Adult - C475 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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WGU C475
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WGU C475
WGU Care of the Older Adult - C475 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Healthy People 2010 - answerdevelop a set of health care objectives designed to increase the
quality and quantity of years of healthy life of Americans and to eliminate health disparities
Primary prevention - answeractivitie...
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 29, 2024 12:59 PM WGU Care of the Older Adult - C475 Exam Questions With Correct Answers Healthy People 2010 - answer✔✔develop a set of health care objectives designed to increase the quality and quantity of years of healthy life of Americans and to eliminate health disparities Primary prevention - answer✔✔activities designed to completely prevent a disease from occurring, such as immunization against pneumonia or influenza Secondary prevention - answer✔✔directed toward early detection and manageme nt of disease, such as the use of colonoscopy to detect small, cancerous polyp tertiary prevention - answer✔✔efforts are those used to manage clinical diseases in order to prevent them from progressing or to avoid complications of the disease, as is done w hen beta blockers are used to help remodel the heart in congestive heart failure. USPSTF - answer✔✔U.S Preventitive Services Task Force contracting - answer✔✔specific agreement between the nurse and client in which a behavior change is described and a plan for the change is committed to paper. barriers to physical activity - answer✔✔lack of access to safe areas to exercise, pain, fatigue, and impairment in sensory function and mobility risks for poor nutrition - answer✔✔multiple chronic illnesses, may have tooth or mouth problems that may interfere with their ability to eat, may be socially isolated, may have economic hardship, may be takin g multiple medications that can cause changes in appetite or gastrointestinal symptoms, and may need assistance with self -care malnutrition - answer✔✔Serum albumin: Less than 3.5 g/d Normal BMI - answer✔✔BMI 22 -27 falls - answer✔✔leading cause of unintenti onal injury death in older adults in this country Polypharmacy - answer✔✔the taking of multiple drugs concurrently, whether prescribed or OTC tetnus shot - answer✔✔recommended re -vaccination after 10 years in the elderly elderly men - answer✔✔group with th e highest rate of suicide
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