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CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT PRE-ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
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CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT PRE-ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
Which element is part of psychosocial well-being for an older adult?
- Avoidance of disability
- Avoidance of chronic disease
- Engagement with others
- Looking like a younger person - Answer-Engagement with others
How should a nurse greet Estelle Bartlett, a petite, widowed elder, on the first home
visit?
- "Good morning, Estelle, I'm your nurse Clara Jones."
- "Hi sweetie, I'm your nurse Clara Jones."
- "Mrs. Bartlett, I'm your nurse Clara Jones."
- "Hi dear, I'm your nurse Clara Jones." - Answer-"Mrs. Bartlett, I'm your nurse Clara
Jones."
What might be an important aspect of an individualized care plan for an older adult with
a low income and who is depressed, lives in a community, is treated with an
antidepressant, and has favorite pastimes of reading, cooking, and spending time with
grandchildren?
- Improved nutrition
- A library card
- Improved sleep
- A daily walk - Answer-A library card
A talented, accomplished, and very active elder wanted to take up painting after
retirement. A recent stroke compromised the elder's short-term memory severely.
Which community-based program should the nurse suggest to the elder and family first?
- Walking to a neighborhood church
- Taking memory enhancer classes at the senior center
- Swimming in the neighborhood pool
- Taking painting classes at the senior center - Answer-Taking painting classes at the
senior center
An elder patient missed an arthritis clinic appointment because the patient could not
afford the pain medication.
,After first meeting the patient's immediate medication needs, which two steps should the
nurse take in order to prevent a recurrence? Select all that apply.
- Investigate eligibility for the Medicaid program
- Recommend alternative therapies
- Enroll the patient in Medicare's hospice care
- Ask the drug company for help - Answer-Investigate eligibiliy for Medicaid program
Ask the drug company for help
An 85-year-old widow, living alone, tripped over her beloved dog and broke her leg.
Which action should the home care nurse recommend regarding the dog?
- Give the dog to a nearby family member
- Find the dog a good, loving home
- Find out the elder's ideas
- Call the Humane Society - Answer-Find out the elder's ideas
What is an effective way to communicate with an older adult living with dementia?
- Hold the older adult's hand if the older adult is agitated
- Approach in a nonthreatening manner
- Move the older adult's belongings out of the way
- Shout to get the older adult's attention - Answer-Approach in a non-threatening
manner
Older women experience bone loss, which makes them more susceptible to hip
fractures.
How should an environment change after a hip-fracture repair?
- Have the older women's toilet seat raised
- Prohibit the older woman from using stairs
- Have the older woman sleep on one side
- Advise the older to use a shower rather than a bath - Answer-Have the older women's
toilet seat raised
A vigorous recent widower visited his primary care team and stated that he was lonely.
Which recommendation should the team make for this patient?
- Take a sleeping pill
- Moving in with his children
- Finding a new relationship
- Taking an antidepressant - Answer-Finding a new relationship
, Which lighting feature in most nursing homes compromises elder adults' ability to
function?
- Sunlight
- Indirect lighting
- Even lighting
- Glare - Answer-Glare
The assessment of which factor in the home environment is required for a client with
mobility problems?
- Physical limitation of the caregiver
- Access to Medicare
- Availability of adequate care
- Presence of stairs or other obstacles - Answer-Presence of stairs or other obstacles
A home care nurse visits an older patient living with dementia whose spouse is
providing care. The nurse notices a restraint sitting in the chair.
What is the most important thing the nurse should do?
- Report the spouse's abuse to adult protective services
- Help the spouse plan care without using restraints
- Find out why the spouse needs to use the restraints
- Lecture the spouse about the risks of restraints - Answer-Help the spouse plan care
without using restraints
Which is considered to be a permanent, progressive reduction in mental capacity?
- Delerium
- Dementia
- Stroke
- Presbyopia - Answer-Dementia
When evaluating an older patient, a nurse finds the patient to be highly depressed and
suffering from low self-esteem.
What psychosocial problem can the nurse deduce from these symptoms
- The patient is at risk for suicide
- The patient is experiencing complicated grieving
- The has powerlessness
- The patient has disturbed thought processes - Answer-The patient is at risk for suicide
Which question included in the assessment questionnaire will help the nurse to teach
appropriate coping skills to the client with prostate cancer?
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