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BASIC GERIATRIC NURSING
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Contents
Unit One: Overview of Aging
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Chapter 1. Trends and Issues
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Chapter 2. Theories of Aging
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Chapter 3.Physiologic Changes
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Unit Two: Basic Skills for Gerontologic Nursing
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Chapter 4. Health Promotion, Health Maintenance, and Home Health Considerations
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1. What fact explains the shift of health care focus toward the older adult in the late 1960s?
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a. Disability was viewed as unavoidable. nm nm nm nm
b. Complications from disease increased mortality. nm nm nm nm
c. Older adults‘ needs are similar to those of all adults.
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d. Preventive health care practices increased nm nm nm nm
longevity. ANS:
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2. To what age group does the term ―aged‖ apply?
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a. 55–64 years of age nm nm nm
b. 65–74 years of age nm nm nm
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older ANS:
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3. Which is true of ageism?
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a. It is discrimination against persons solely on the basis of age.
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b. It causes a person to fear aging.
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c. It involves the use of cultural sensitivity to address concerns of aging.
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d. It focuses on resources for the older
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adult ANS:
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4. What is the most beneficial legislation that has influenced health care for the older adult?
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c. The Americans with Disabilities Act
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Program ANS:
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5. What housing option for the older adult offers the privacy of an
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apartment with restaurant-style meals and some medical and personal
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care services?
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plan ANS:
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6. The 75-year-old man who has been hospitalized following
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pneumonia is concerned about his mounting hospital bill
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Medicare coverage will pay for his care. What would be
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response by the nurse?
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a. Medicare Part C pays 50% of all medical costs for persons
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b. Medicare Part B pays hospital costs and physician fees.
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c. Medicare Part A pays for inpatient hospital costs.
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d. Medicare Part D pays 80% of the charges made by
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physicians. ANS:
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7. The daughter of a patient who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer asks
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which documents are required to allow her to make health care decisions for
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her parent. Which response would provide the most accurate information to the
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daughter?
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a. Advance directives indicate the degree of intervention desired by the patient.
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b. A ‗Do Not Resuscitate‘ document signed by the patient transfers authority
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to the next of kin.
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c. A durable power of attorney for health care transfers decision-making
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authority for health care to a designated person.
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d. A living will transfers authority to the
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physician. ANS:
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8. The daughter of a resident in a long-term care facility is frustrated with her 80-
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year-old mother‘s refusal to eat. Which response would be the most
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appropriate?
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a. The refusal to eat is an effort to maintain a portion of
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independence and self-direction.
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b. The refusal to eat is an indication of approaching Alzheimer disease.
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c. The refusal to eat is an effort to gain attention.
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d. The refusal to eat is an indication of the dislike of the institutional food.
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9. When do the conditions of a living will go into effect?
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a. When the patient declares that desire in writing
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b. When a family member indicates the desire for curative therapy to cease
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c. When two physicians agree in writing that the criteria in the living will
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have been met
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d. When the physician and a family member agree that the criteria in the
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living will have been met
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10. In the 1980s, Medicare initiated a program of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) to
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reduce hospital costs. How did the DRGs reduce hospital costs?
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a. By classifying various diagnoses as ineligible for hospitalization
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b. By allotting a set amount of hospital days and prospective payment on the
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basis of the admitting diagnosis
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c. By specifying particular physicians to treat specified diagnoses
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d. By using frequency of a particular diagnosis to set a payment
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schedule ANS:
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11. Which facility would be recommended for a patient who has had a hip
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replacement and needs physical therapy?
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