GERIATRIC FINAL REVIEW PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉Healthy People 2020. Answer: Attain high-quality, longer lives free
of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health
of all groups.
Create social and physical environments that promote good health
for all.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors
across all life stages.
◉Cardiovascular age related changes. Answer: -loss of structural
elasticity
-heart valves are thicker and more rigid
-takes longer for the heart to contract and the chambers to fill
-increased heart size
◉arteriosclerosis. Answer: hardening of the arteries (hypertension)
, ◉orthostatic vital signs. Answer: blood pressure and pulse taken
lying, sitting, & standing and documented indicating the
corresponding position
◉peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Answer: disease of blood
vessels away from central region of body, most typically in legs;
symptoms include pain, numbness, and impaired circulation
◉respiratory age related changes. Answer: tissues of lungs and
bronchi become less elastic and more rigid, chest wall is less able to
expand because of weak respiratory muscles.
◉chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Answer: a disease
that results in a gradual loss of lung function. Encourage adequate
intake of fluids, avoid smoking and air pollution, avoid people with
URI, annual influenza vaccine, purse lip breathing
◉respiratory failure. Answer: The reduction of breathing to the
point where oxygen intake is not sufficient to support life. Monitor
oxygen saturations
◉hypoxia. Answer: lack of oxygen to meet the body's needs
◉rheumatoid arthritis. Answer: -Inflammation of the synovial
membrane
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉Healthy People 2020. Answer: Attain high-quality, longer lives free
of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health
of all groups.
Create social and physical environments that promote good health
for all.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors
across all life stages.
◉Cardiovascular age related changes. Answer: -loss of structural
elasticity
-heart valves are thicker and more rigid
-takes longer for the heart to contract and the chambers to fill
-increased heart size
◉arteriosclerosis. Answer: hardening of the arteries (hypertension)
, ◉orthostatic vital signs. Answer: blood pressure and pulse taken
lying, sitting, & standing and documented indicating the
corresponding position
◉peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Answer: disease of blood
vessels away from central region of body, most typically in legs;
symptoms include pain, numbness, and impaired circulation
◉respiratory age related changes. Answer: tissues of lungs and
bronchi become less elastic and more rigid, chest wall is less able to
expand because of weak respiratory muscles.
◉chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Answer: a disease
that results in a gradual loss of lung function. Encourage adequate
intake of fluids, avoid smoking and air pollution, avoid people with
URI, annual influenza vaccine, purse lip breathing
◉respiratory failure. Answer: The reduction of breathing to the
point where oxygen intake is not sufficient to support life. Monitor
oxygen saturations
◉hypoxia. Answer: lack of oxygen to meet the body's needs
◉rheumatoid arthritis. Answer: -Inflammation of the synovial
membrane
