BASIC GERIATRIC NURSING ACTUAL TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Neglect.
Answer: Demonstrated by the nonprovision of medical care.
◉ Emotional abuse.
Answer: Demonstrated by threatening to remove a call light from a
nursing home resident.
◉ Life experiences.
Answer: Mainly influence a person's attitude about aging.
◉ Gerontology.
Answer: Application to appropriate housing, health care, public
education, and business ventures.
◉ Health maintenance organization (HMO).
Answer: One of the options under Medicare Part C for receiving
Medicare benefits.
,◉ Preferred provider organization (PPO).
Answer: Another option under Medicare Part C for receiving
Medicare benefits.
◉ Provider-sponsored organization (PSO).
Answer: A type of organization under Medicare Part C for receiving
Medicare benefits.
◉ Private fee for service organization (PFFS).
Answer: An option under Medicare Part C for receiving Medicare
benefits.
◉ Emotional responses to aging loved one's care needs.
Answer: Grief, anger, frustration, loss, and resentment are expected.
◉ Grief.
Answer: A deep sorrow, especially caused by someone's death.
◉ Anger.
Answer: A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
,◉ Frustration.
Answer: The feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being
unable to change or achieve something.
◉ Loss.
Answer: The state of no longer having something or someone.
◉ Resentment.
Answer: Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.
◉ Caregiver characteristics.
Answer: Typical traits include being female, having full-time
employment, having a care recipient older than 70, and giving care
for an average of 4 years.
◉ Self-neglect indicators.
Answer: Signs include a misbalanced checkbook, reduced personal
hygiene, increased alcohol consumption, and loss of weight.
◉ Elder abuse forms.
Answer: Includes misappropriation of finances, psychological
intimidation, emotional depersonalization, and abandonment.
, ◉ Older patients' information.
Answer: Older patients receive less information regarding health
management than younger patients.
◉ Nursing Competence in Aging.
Answer: Advocates enhancing nurses' knowledge in gerontics, skills
in geriatrics, and attitudes related to the older adult.
◉ Gerontics.
Answer: The promotion of high-level functioning and supportive
care to older adults.
◉ Social Security eligibility age.
Answer: The age for full Social Security benefits for persons born in
1965 is now 67.
◉ Donut hole.
Answer: The point at which a person on Medicaid Part D must
assume full cost of medication.
◉ Theory vs Fact.
Answer: A theory attempts to explain and give some logical order to
observations.
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Neglect.
Answer: Demonstrated by the nonprovision of medical care.
◉ Emotional abuse.
Answer: Demonstrated by threatening to remove a call light from a
nursing home resident.
◉ Life experiences.
Answer: Mainly influence a person's attitude about aging.
◉ Gerontology.
Answer: Application to appropriate housing, health care, public
education, and business ventures.
◉ Health maintenance organization (HMO).
Answer: One of the options under Medicare Part C for receiving
Medicare benefits.
,◉ Preferred provider organization (PPO).
Answer: Another option under Medicare Part C for receiving
Medicare benefits.
◉ Provider-sponsored organization (PSO).
Answer: A type of organization under Medicare Part C for receiving
Medicare benefits.
◉ Private fee for service organization (PFFS).
Answer: An option under Medicare Part C for receiving Medicare
benefits.
◉ Emotional responses to aging loved one's care needs.
Answer: Grief, anger, frustration, loss, and resentment are expected.
◉ Grief.
Answer: A deep sorrow, especially caused by someone's death.
◉ Anger.
Answer: A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
,◉ Frustration.
Answer: The feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being
unable to change or achieve something.
◉ Loss.
Answer: The state of no longer having something or someone.
◉ Resentment.
Answer: Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.
◉ Caregiver characteristics.
Answer: Typical traits include being female, having full-time
employment, having a care recipient older than 70, and giving care
for an average of 4 years.
◉ Self-neglect indicators.
Answer: Signs include a misbalanced checkbook, reduced personal
hygiene, increased alcohol consumption, and loss of weight.
◉ Elder abuse forms.
Answer: Includes misappropriation of finances, psychological
intimidation, emotional depersonalization, and abandonment.
, ◉ Older patients' information.
Answer: Older patients receive less information regarding health
management than younger patients.
◉ Nursing Competence in Aging.
Answer: Advocates enhancing nurses' knowledge in gerontics, skills
in geriatrics, and attitudes related to the older adult.
◉ Gerontics.
Answer: The promotion of high-level functioning and supportive
care to older adults.
◉ Social Security eligibility age.
Answer: The age for full Social Security benefits for persons born in
1965 is now 67.
◉ Donut hole.
Answer: The point at which a person on Medicaid Part D must
assume full cost of medication.
◉ Theory vs Fact.
Answer: A theory attempts to explain and give some logical order to
observations.
