WGU D118 EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔What does a patient with mixed dementia have? - ✔✔alzheimers and vascular
dementia
✔✔What are the 3 Ds for older adults-neurocognitive disorder - ✔✔depression, delirium,
dementia
✔✔Two of the most common scales used to assess older adults - ✔✔Karnofsky
Performance Scale (KPS) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale
✔✔What are the five parameters that both assessment scales use? - ✔✔fluid/food
intake, ability to care for self, ability to engage in activities, ability to ambulate, and level
of consciousness
✔✔KPS is often used for? - ✔✔determining eligibility to hospice
✔✔ECOG is often used for? - ✔✔determining if chemo is appropriate for patient
✔✔What are examples of reversible conditions that can cause memory loss? -
✔✔cardiac arrhythmias, high cholesterol, and high BP
✔✔What are the two assessments for dementia? - ✔✔mini-mental status exam,
montreal cognitive assessment
✔✔Two weaknesses of this assessment include (mini mental status exam) - ✔✔inability
to differentiate dementia types and its inability to detect the early stages of memory
loss.
✔✔What is the SPICES assessment tool? - ✔✔sleep disorders
problem eating
incontinence
, confusion
evidence of falls
skin breakdown
✔✔theory of motivation that identifies three psychological needs of all individuals:
autonomy, relatedness, and competence (CIT). - ✔✔self determination theory
✔✔What is the universal desire to interact with others in a connected way that provides
a sense of the individual caring for others and others caring for the individual. -
✔✔relatedness
✔✔What is the desire to control outcomes and experience mastery over one's own life. -
✔✔competence
✔✔What are the three conditions must be met for a decision to be named autonomous?
- ✔✔mental capacity, sufficient information, voluntary decision
✔✔What is the SUPER approach? - ✔✔setup, understanding, priorities, explain and
review
✔✔Which is one of the least likely reasons that an older adult would be moved to a
higher level of care? - ✔✔desire to be cared for
✔✔What are two tools a health services coordinator can use to prevent a further
escalation of care for patients with chronic conditions. - ✔✔health promotion and
disease management
✔✔Under what Act do individuals who make a "good faith report" have immunity from
any form of retaliation. - ✔✔Older Americans Act
✔✔occurs when a caregiver deprives a patient of something necessary. - ✔✔neglect
✔✔Older American Act did what? - ✔✔funding for community based programs for older
adults; nutrition assistance, low-income housing, community service, aging/disability
centers, long-term care program
✔✔Elder Justice Act of 2009 - ✔✔response to the underreporting of elder abuse.
✔✔What was the response to the underreporting of elder abuse. - ✔✔nursing home
reform act 1987
✔✔What three needs does self determination need? - ✔✔autonomy, competence, and
relatedness
SET A+
✔✔What does a patient with mixed dementia have? - ✔✔alzheimers and vascular
dementia
✔✔What are the 3 Ds for older adults-neurocognitive disorder - ✔✔depression, delirium,
dementia
✔✔Two of the most common scales used to assess older adults - ✔✔Karnofsky
Performance Scale (KPS) and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale
✔✔What are the five parameters that both assessment scales use? - ✔✔fluid/food
intake, ability to care for self, ability to engage in activities, ability to ambulate, and level
of consciousness
✔✔KPS is often used for? - ✔✔determining eligibility to hospice
✔✔ECOG is often used for? - ✔✔determining if chemo is appropriate for patient
✔✔What are examples of reversible conditions that can cause memory loss? -
✔✔cardiac arrhythmias, high cholesterol, and high BP
✔✔What are the two assessments for dementia? - ✔✔mini-mental status exam,
montreal cognitive assessment
✔✔Two weaknesses of this assessment include (mini mental status exam) - ✔✔inability
to differentiate dementia types and its inability to detect the early stages of memory
loss.
✔✔What is the SPICES assessment tool? - ✔✔sleep disorders
problem eating
incontinence
, confusion
evidence of falls
skin breakdown
✔✔theory of motivation that identifies three psychological needs of all individuals:
autonomy, relatedness, and competence (CIT). - ✔✔self determination theory
✔✔What is the universal desire to interact with others in a connected way that provides
a sense of the individual caring for others and others caring for the individual. -
✔✔relatedness
✔✔What is the desire to control outcomes and experience mastery over one's own life. -
✔✔competence
✔✔What are the three conditions must be met for a decision to be named autonomous?
- ✔✔mental capacity, sufficient information, voluntary decision
✔✔What is the SUPER approach? - ✔✔setup, understanding, priorities, explain and
review
✔✔Which is one of the least likely reasons that an older adult would be moved to a
higher level of care? - ✔✔desire to be cared for
✔✔What are two tools a health services coordinator can use to prevent a further
escalation of care for patients with chronic conditions. - ✔✔health promotion and
disease management
✔✔Under what Act do individuals who make a "good faith report" have immunity from
any form of retaliation. - ✔✔Older Americans Act
✔✔occurs when a caregiver deprives a patient of something necessary. - ✔✔neglect
✔✔Older American Act did what? - ✔✔funding for community based programs for older
adults; nutrition assistance, low-income housing, community service, aging/disability
centers, long-term care program
✔✔Elder Justice Act of 2009 - ✔✔response to the underreporting of elder abuse.
✔✔What was the response to the underreporting of elder abuse. - ✔✔nursing home
reform act 1987
✔✔What three needs does self determination need? - ✔✔autonomy, competence, and
relatedness
