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This Updated/Latest 2025–2026 test bank for Gerontological Nursing, 10th Edition by Charlotte Eliopoulos is a comprehensive educational resource designed to strengthen knowledge and clinical competence in the care of older adults. The material includes extensive chapter-based practice questions, NCLEX-style assessments, critical-thinking exercises, case studies, and application-focused scenarios covering theories of aging, geriatric assessment, health promotion, wellness strategies, pharmacological considerations, chronic disease management, dementia care, ethical and legal issues, long-term care, rehabilitation, end-of-life care, and evidence-based nursing interventions for the aging population. This resource supports classroom learning, examination preparation, self-evaluation, and professional development by reinforcing essential gerontological nursing concepts and clinical decision-making skills. It is ideal for nursing students preparing for academic examinations and future practice in geriatric healthcare settings while remaining aligned with contemporary nursing education standards and elder-care practices.

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Chapter 1 The Aging Population FT
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1. The nurse explains that in the late 1960s, health care focus was aimed at the older adult
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b. complications from disease increased mortality. FT
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c. older adults needs are similar to those of all adults.
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d. preventive health care practices increased longevity. FT
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Increased preventive health care practices, disease control, and focus on wellness helped people
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 2 OBJ: 2
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TOP: Aging Trends KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
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MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
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2. The nurse clarifies that in the terminology defining specific age groups, the term aged refers
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a. 55 to 64 years of age.
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b. 65 to 74 years of age.
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c. 75 to 84 years of age.
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d. 85 and older. FT
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,The term aged refers to persons who are 75 to 84 years of age.
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3. The nurse cautions that ageism is a mindset that influences persons to:
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c. be culturally sensitive to concerns of aging.
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d. focus on resources for the older adult. FT
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Ageism is a negative belief pattern that influences persons to discriminate against persons solely
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 5 OBJ: 3
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4. The nurse points out that the most beneficial legislation that has influenced health care for the
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c. the Americans with Disabilities Act. FT
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d. the Drug Benefit Program. Y FT FT
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The broadest sweeping legislation beneficial to the older adult is Medicare and Medicaid.
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5. The nurse clarifies that a housing option for the older adult that offers the privacy of
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6. The 75-year-old man who has been hospitalized following a severe case of pneumonia
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b. Part B pays hospital costs and physician fees.
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c. Part A pays for inpatient hospital costs.
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d. Part D pays 80% of the charges made by physicians.
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TOP: Medicare Provisions KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
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7. The daughter of a patient who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer asks which documents
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for health care to a designated person.
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