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TEST BANK FOR
BASIC GERIATRIC
NURSING 7TH
EDITION
CHAPTER 1-20
Chapter 01: Trends and Issues
Williams: Basic Geriatric Nursing, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
• What fact explains the shift of health care focus toward the older adult in the late
1960s?
A. Disability was viewed as unavoidable.
B. Complications from disease increased mortality.
C. Older adults’ needs are similar to those of all adults.
D. Preventive health care practices increased
longevity
.ANS: D
• To what age group does the term “aged” apply?
A. 55–64 years of age
B. 65–74 years of age
C. 75–84 years of age
ANS: C
• Which is true of ageism?
A. It is discrimination against persons solely on the basis of age.
, B. It causes a person to fear aging.
C. It involves the use of cultural sensitivity to address concerns of aging.
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ANS: A
• What is the most beneficial legislation that has influenced health care for the older
adult?
A. Medicare and Medicaid
B. Elimination of the mandatory retirement age
C. The Americans with Disabilities Act
D. The drug Benefit
Program
ANS: A
• What housing option for the older adult offers the privacy of an
apartment withrestaurant-style meals and some medical and personal
care services?
A. Government-subsidized housing
B. Long-term care facility
C. Assisted-living center
ANS: C
• The 75-year-old man who has been hospitalized following a severe case of
pneumonia is concerned about his mounting hospital bill and asks if his
Medicare coverage will pay for his care. What would be the most helpful
response by the nurse?
A. Medicare Part C pays 50% of all medical costs for persons older than 65.
B.
C. Medicare Part B pays hospital costs and physician fees.
D. Medicare Part A pays for inpatient hospital costs.
E. Medicare Part D pays 80% of the charges made by
physicians
.ANS: C
• The daughter of a patient who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer asks
which documents are required to allow her to make health care decisions for her
parent. Whichresponse would provide the most accurate information to the
daughter?
A. Advance directives indicate the degree of intervention desired by the patient.
B. A ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ document signed by the patient transfers
authority to thenext of kin.
, C. A durable power of attorney for health care transfers decision-making
authority forhealth care to a designated person.
D. A living will transfers authority to the
physician.
ANS: C
• The daughter of a resident in a long-term care facility is frustrated with her 80-
year-oldmother’s refusal to eat. Which response would be the most
appropriate?
A. The refusal to eat is an effort to maintain a portion of
independence andself-direction.
B. The refusal to eat is an indication of approaching Alzheimer disease.
C. The refusal to eat is an effort to gain attention.
D. The refusal to eat is an indication of the dislike of the
institutional food.
ANS: A
• When do the conditions of a living will go into effect?
• When the patient declares that desire in writing
• When a family member indicates the desire for curative therapy to cease
• When two physicians agree in writing that the criteria in the living will
have beenmet
• When the physician and a family member agree that the criteria in the
living willhave been met
ANS: C
• In the 1980s, Medicare initiated a program of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
to reducehospital costs. How did the DRGs reduce hospital costs?
• By classifying various diagnoses as ineligible for hospitalization
• By allotting a set amount of hospital days and prospective payment on the
basis ofthe admitting diagnosis
• By specifying particular physicians to treat specified diagnoses
• By using frequency of a particular diagnosis to set a payment
scheduleANS: B
• Which facility would be recommended for a patient who has had a hip
replacement andneeds physical therapy?
• Basic care facility
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• Skilled care facility
• Subacute care facility
• Assisted-living
residenceANS: B
• The 80-year-old woman who is recovering from a stroke is being sent to a skilled
care facility. She is concerned about the expense. The nurse can decrease anxiety
by explainingthat Medicare will cover extended-care facility costs for what period
of time?
• A period of 30 days
• A period of 45 days for physical therapy
• A period of 100 days for needed skilled care
• Until she is able to be
discharged homeANS: C
• Which senior citizen political action group uses volunteers and lobbyists to
advance theinterests of older adults?
• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
• National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC)
• National Alliance of Senior Citizens (NASC)
• Gray
Panthers
ANS: A
• Which caregiver could be found guilty of elder abuse?
• A daughter who uses her mother’s Social Security money to purchase her mother’s
medication
• A son who puts an alarm on the front door to prevent his mother from
wanderingout of the house
• A wife who allows her mentally competent husband to refuse to take a
bath for aweek
• A son who uses his mother’s checking account funds to purchase
alcohol forhimself
ANS: D
• What is the most frequent response to elder abuse by the abused older adult?
• Anger
• Physical retaliation
• Notification of authorities
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