Aging NCLEX UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Aging NCLEX
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Aging NCLEX
Aging NCLEX UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. An elderly female client has been admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of severe
anemia. The nurse knows that older adults can develop anemia due to what expected agerelated change? - CORRECT ANSWER- c. malabsorption related to ...
Aging NCLEX UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. An elderly female client has been admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of severe
anemia. The nurse knows that older adults can develop anemia due to what expected age-
related change? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- c. malabsorption related to decreased small
intestine motility
2. When you are teaching an elderly client how to best prevent constipation which of the
following instructions should the nurse include? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. Make sure
to add 30 minutes of exercise to your daily routine at least 4 times a week
3. The nurse observes a 74-year-old man with Parkinson's disease rocking side to side while
sitting in the chair. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 2 Document the activity in the patient's health record.
4. The 75-year-old patient has normal age-related changes in his ear that include all of the
following except: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A: Dry and wrinkled skin on the auricle
C: Dry cerumen
D: Hair in the ear canal
5. An older female client confides to the visiting nurse that she is afraid she will fall while
going to the bathroom at night. Which suggestion if made by the nurse, indicates that the
nurse understands the visual changes affecting the older client? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
c) keep a red light on the bathroom at night
6. What is a clinical manifestation of age-related changes in the GI system that the nurse may
find in an older patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D. Reflux of gastric contents into the
esophagus
7. A nurse reports to a health care provider that a client has decreased peripheral vision. An
ophthalmologist consult is ordered and the client is diagnosed with chronic open-angle
glaucoma. The client cries when told the diagnosis. A nurse identifies the following nursing
diagnoses. In which priority order should the nurse plan to address the nursing diagnoses? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B. Anxiety related to fear of vision loss and changes in quality of
life
, 8. The nurse plans care for a client with acute glaucoma who reports severe pain in the eyes
and rainbow colors (halos) around lights. Which action should the nurse take first? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- d) assess the client's visual status
9. The nurse is performing an assessment on an elderly client experiencing sudden hearing
loss and balance issues. Which assessment finding is most specific to these deficits? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- b. Client is taking Keflex for a skin infection
10. When caring for an older adult patient the nurse uses the following interventions to
accommodate visual changes with age: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. Eye glasses in the
bedside table.
B. Adequate lighting and uncluttered walkways.
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11. An older client reported to the ER that he fell and hit his head after that he started getting
headaches, vision problems, and started to breath abnormally. After VS were taken it was
noted that his BP was high and that his PP was widening. It was found that all his symptoms
were caused by increased intracranial pressure (ICP). What can the nurse do to help keep the
ICP from increasing and causing more damage? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A) The nurse
can help by keeping an open airway.
B) The nurse can help the client by maintain a normal body temperature.
C) The nurse can position the client in the Trendelenburg's position to increased blood flow to
the brain.
D) The nurse can give an Aspiring to the client to help with inflammation and pain.
12. The nurse is providing medication instructions to an older client who is taking digoxin
(Lanoxin) daily. The nurse notes that which age-related body change could place the client at
risk for digoxin toxicity? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 4. Decreased lean body mass and
decreased glomerular filtration rate
13. A nurse is assessing a 74-year-old patient for delirium who is experiencing confusion and
agitation after being admitted to the hospital a day ago with pneumonia. All of the following
information from the nurse's assessment would indicate delirium EXCEPT: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- D. Increasing confusion over several years
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