Gerontology Quiz 1
persons over the age of 60 worldwide will double in the year ____ and will consist
of mostly this sex - ANS 2050
female
Those that are still alive at 110 years of age - ANS Supercentenarians
Those between the ages of 100 and 109 years - ANS Centenarians
Strategies that can and are used to prevent illness before it occurs - ANS primary
prevention
Early detection of the disease or health problem that has already developed -
ANS secondary prevention
Addresses the needs of persons who have their day-to-day wellness challenged,
by slowing disease or limiting complications - ANS tertiary prevention
The greatest increase in aging by group percentage is occurring among those: -
ANS 85 and older
Estimates are by 2020 up to ____% of nurses' time will be spent with older adults
- ANS 75
Origins of gerontological nursing rooted in ____ & began with - ANS England
Florence nightingale
Scope and Standards of Practice addresses knowledge and skills for nurses is
done by - ANS ANA Gerontological Nursing
Started in 1992 and designed to improve outcomes for hospitalized older adults: -
ANS Nurses Improving Care of Health System Elders (NICHE)
One in _____ older adults is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of leaving -
ANS five
, 1 out of ___ Medicare patients admitted to a skilled nursing facility will be
readmitted within 30 days - ANS 4
_____ are the most prevalent adverse event following discharge from the hospital
- ANS Medication discrepancies
Which was the first formal action the ANA took in relation to gerontological
nursing? - ANS Established a national geriatric nursing group
Which gerontological organization had a significant influence on the care of older
adults? - ANS john Hartford foundation
Biological aging— aka "____" - ANS senescence
A complex genetically regulated interactive process of change in every living
organism - ANS Biological aging—"senescence
Changes to cells that decrease ability to replicate attributed to aging, especially
the mitochondria - - ANS cellular functioning
What biological theory?
Cellular replication is critical to survival, integrity of genetic code implies new
cells have same form and fx of old ones, organisms are destined to become more
complex over time - - ANS cellular function and aging
What biological theory?
Cells have limited replication, aging is result of predictable cellular death, cells
and organisms have predetermined life span known as haflick limit or biological
clock, - ANS Programmed aging theory
What biological theory?
Changes at the cellular level are random and unpredidcatble
Wear and tear, oxidative stress, free radical, mutations, telomeres and aging -
ANS ERROR THEORIES
What biological theory?
Cellular errors a result of "wearing out" over time from continued use
Associated with internal and external stressors (associated with free radicals)
Causes a progressive decline in cellular function or increased cellular death -
ANS WEAR AND TEAR THEORY
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