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NURS 627 Exam 1 Review questions with correct answers.
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NURS 627 Exam 1 Review questions with correctanswers
How do you calculate youth dependency, old age dependency, and total
dependency? Correct Answer-Youth: (population under 20/population
between 20 and 64)*100
Old age: (population over 65/population between 20 and 64)*100
Total: youth dependency + old age dependency
Why should you try to decrease thoracic kyphosis in someone with knee
osteoporosis? Correct Answer-Decreasing kyphosis decreases the risk of
falls
What was the purpose of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act?
Correct Answer-It emphasizes progressing older patients to a point of
most independence and least amount of physical or chemical restraint
Typically, patients will switch from independent living to an adult day
care at what stage of the global deterioration scale?
Typically, patients will switch from an adult day care to an assisted
living facility at what stage of the global deterioration scale?
Typically, patients will switch from an assisted living facility to a skilled
nursing facility at what stage of the global deterioration scale? Correct
Answer-GDS-4: adult day care
GDS-5: assisted living facility
GDS-7: skilled nursing facility
,What does PAINAD stand for?
What patient population is the PAINAD used for? Correct Answer-Pain
Assessment in Advanced Dementia
What are the 5 components of the PAINAD? Correct Answer-Breathing
independent of vocalization
Negative vocalization
Facial expression
Body language
Consolability
What tool is best to use to screen for hearing loss in the elderly? Correct
Answer-The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly Screening
Version (HHIE-S)
Aside from an increased load on the joints, why does obesity increase
the risk of osteoarthritis? Correct Answer-It increases the presence of
adipokines such as leptin
As we age, we tend to develop contractures in what 2 muscle groups?
Correct Answer-Hip flexors and knee flexors
When looking at ROM decreases as we age:
What 2 cervical spine motions become limited?
What thoracic spine motion becomes limited?
, What 3 lordotic spine motions become limited?
What 2 shoulder motions become limited?
What hip motion becomes limited?
What knee motion becomes limited?
What ankle motion becomes limited? Correct Answer-C-spine:
extension and lateral flexion
T-spine: extension
L-spine: flexion, extension, and lateral flexion
Shoulder: flexion and external rotation
Hip: extension
Knee: extension
Ankle: dorsiflexion
Define conductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss
What is the most common type of hearing loss?
Is it a type of conductive or sensorineural condition? Correct Answer-
Conductive: dysfunction in transmission of sound from outer ear to inner
ear
Sensorineural: inability of the inner ear to process incoming sound
waves
Sensory presbycusis, the most common type of hearing loss, is a
sensorineural condition
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