Test Bank For Gerontological
Nursing 10th Edition
, Test Bank For Gerontological Nursing 10th
Test Bank For Gerontological Nursing 10th Edition By Eliopoulos
Chapter 1 The Aging Population
Test Bank MULTIP
LE CHOICE
1. The nurse explains that in the late 1960s, health care focus was aimed at the ol
der adult because:
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
Increased preventive health care practices, disease control, and focus on wellness helped pe
ople live longer.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 2 OBJ: 2
TOP: Aging Trends KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
2. The nurse clarifies that in the terminology defining specific age groups, the term aged
refers to persons who are:
a. 55 to 64 years of age.
b. 65 to 74 years of age.
c. 75 to 84 years of age.
d. 85 and older.
ANS: C
, Test’ ‘ Bank’ ‘ For’ ‘ Gerontological’ ‘ Nursing’
‘ 10th
The term aged refers to persons who are 75 to 84 years of
age. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 2, Table 1-
1 OBJ: 1 TOP: Age Categories KEY: Nursing Process Step: I
mplementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
3. The nurse cautions that ageism is a mindset that influences persons to:
a. discriminate against persons solely on the basis of age.
b. fear aging.
c. be culturally sensitive to concerns of aging.
d. focus on resources for the older adult.
ANS: A
Ageism is a negative belief pattern that influences persons to discriminate against persons solely
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’ ‘ on the basis of age and can lead to destructive behaviors toward the older ad
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
ult.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 5 OBJ: 3 TOP
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: Ageism KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementa tion
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MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Psychosocial Adaptation
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4. The nurse points out that the most beneficial legislation that has influenced health
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’
‘ care for the older adult is:
’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
a. Medicare and Medicaid. ’ ‘ ’ ‘
b. elimination of the mandatory retirement age.
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘
c. the Americans with Disabilities Act.
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
d. the Drug Benefit Program.
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
ANS: A ’ ‘
The broadest sweeping legislation beneficial to the older adult is Medicare and Medic
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
aid.
, Test’ ‘ Bank’ ‘ For’ ‘ Gerontological’ ‘ Nursing’
‘ 10th
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 16 OBJ: 6
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TOP: Legislation KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
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‘ MSC: NCLEX: N/A ’ ‘ ’ ‘
5. The nurse clarifies that a housing option for the older adult that offers the pr
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
iva cy of an apartment with restaurant-
’‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
style meals and some medical and personal care services is the:
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
a. government-subsidized housing. ’‘
b. long-term care facility. ’‘ ’ ‘
c. assisted-living center. ’‘
d. group housing plan. ’ ‘ ’ ‘
ANS: C ’ ‘
Assisted-
living arrangements offer the privacy of an apartment or condominium with meals pre
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
pare d and served, limited medical care, and a variety of personal services.
’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 14 OBJ: 9
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TOP: Housing Options KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation M
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SC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
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6. The 75-year- ’ ‘
old man who has been hospitalized following a severe case of pneumonia is conc
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er ned about his mounting hospital bill and asks if his Medicare coverage will pa
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
y for h is care. The nurses most helpful response is Yes. Medicare:
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
a. pays ’ ‘ 100% of all medical ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘costs for persons older than 65.
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
b. Part ’ ‘ B pays hospital costs
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘and physician fees. ’ ‘ ’ ‘
c. Part ’ ‘ A pays for inpatient
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ hospital costs. ’ ‘
d. Part ’ ‘ D pays 80% of the
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ charges made by physicians. ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘
ANS: C ’ ‘
Medicare Part A pays inpatient hospital costs, Part B pays 80% of physicians charges,
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
and Part D helps defray prescription drug costs.
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Nursing 10th Edition
, Test Bank For Gerontological Nursing 10th
Test Bank For Gerontological Nursing 10th Edition By Eliopoulos
Chapter 1 The Aging Population
Test Bank MULTIP
LE CHOICE
1. The nurse explains that in the late 1960s, health care focus was aimed at the ol
der adult because:
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
Increased preventive health care practices, disease control, and focus on wellness helped pe
ople live longer.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 2 OBJ: 2
TOP: Aging Trends KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
2. The nurse clarifies that in the terminology defining specific age groups, the term aged
refers to persons who are:
a. 55 to 64 years of age.
b. 65 to 74 years of age.
c. 75 to 84 years of age.
d. 85 and older.
ANS: C
, Test’ ‘ Bank’ ‘ For’ ‘ Gerontological’ ‘ Nursing’
‘ 10th
The term aged refers to persons who are 75 to 84 years of
age. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 2, Table 1-
1 OBJ: 1 TOP: Age Categories KEY: Nursing Process Step: I
mplementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
3. The nurse cautions that ageism is a mindset that influences persons to:
a. discriminate against persons solely on the basis of age.
b. fear aging.
c. be culturally sensitive to concerns of aging.
d. focus on resources for the older adult.
ANS: A
Ageism is a negative belief pattern that influences persons to discriminate against persons solely
’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘
’ ‘ on the basis of age and can lead to destructive behaviors toward the older ad
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
ult.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 5 OBJ: 3 TOP
’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘
: Ageism KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementa tion
’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’‘
MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Psychosocial Adaptation
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
4. The nurse points out that the most beneficial legislation that has influenced health
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’
‘ care for the older adult is:
’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
a. Medicare and Medicaid. ’ ‘ ’ ‘
b. elimination of the mandatory retirement age.
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘
c. the Americans with Disabilities Act.
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
d. the Drug Benefit Program.
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
ANS: A ’ ‘
The broadest sweeping legislation beneficial to the older adult is Medicare and Medic
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
aid.
, Test’ ‘ Bank’ ‘ For’ ‘ Gerontological’ ‘ Nursing’
‘ 10th
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 16 OBJ: 6
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
TOP: Legislation KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
’ ‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’
‘ MSC: NCLEX: N/A ’ ‘ ’ ‘
5. The nurse clarifies that a housing option for the older adult that offers the pr
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
iva cy of an apartment with restaurant-
’‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
style meals and some medical and personal care services is the:
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
a. government-subsidized housing. ’‘
b. long-term care facility. ’‘ ’ ‘
c. assisted-living center. ’‘
d. group housing plan. ’ ‘ ’ ‘
ANS: C ’ ‘
Assisted-
living arrangements offer the privacy of an apartment or condominium with meals pre
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
pare d and served, limited medical care, and a variety of personal services.
’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 14 OBJ: 9
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
TOP: Housing Options KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation M
’‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’‘
SC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
6. The 75-year- ’ ‘
old man who has been hospitalized following a severe case of pneumonia is conc
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
er ned about his mounting hospital bill and asks if his Medicare coverage will pa
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
y for h is care. The nurses most helpful response is Yes. Medicare:
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
a. pays ’ ‘ 100% of all medical ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘costs for persons older than 65.
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
b. Part ’ ‘ B pays hospital costs
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘and physician fees. ’ ‘ ’ ‘
c. Part ’ ‘ A pays for inpatient
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ hospital costs. ’ ‘
d. Part ’ ‘ D pays 80% of the
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ charges made by physicians. ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘
ANS: C ’ ‘
Medicare Part A pays inpatient hospital costs, Part B pays 80% of physicians charges,
’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘
and Part D helps defray prescription drug costs.
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