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NUR 612 - FINAL EXAM Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!! Mrs. James is 78 years old and comes to the clinic for an annual checkup. The nurse practitioner addresses the psychosocial needs of older adults and specifically the need for which of the following? 1. Dependence. 2. Dignity, credibility, and respect. 3. Being alone. 4. Not being touched. 2. Dignity, credibility, and respect. Mr. Slobinsky, 80 years old, is unable to leave his home due to mobility problems. The nurse practitioner conducts a social support assessment because Mr. Slobinsky: 1. May not want to see anyone. 2. Is not missing the cultural traditions of community activities. 3. Has made frequent appointments for consultation with the practitioner. 4. Looks forward to sharing his loneliness with the nurse practitioner 3. Has made frequent appointments for consultation with the practitioner. Mrs. Khan is 89 years old and is reported to have bouts of agitation. The nurse practitioner is counseling her family that these periods of agitation can be triggered by which of the following? 1. Silence and soft music. 2. Dim lights 3. Approaches from other people 4. A feeling of appetite satiety. 3. Approaches from other people The nurse practitioner is considering ordering medications to help control an older patient's agitation. She chooses which of the following? 1. Psychotropic medications 2. Seizure medications 3. Stimulants 4. Depressants 1. Psychotropic medications The nurse practitioner is conducting an admitting assessment of a 69-year-old man. He has diminished ability to ambulate and has diflculty with activities of daily living (ADLs). In the interview, the nurse practitioner asks him if he drinks alcohol. He says, "Yes." The practitioner follows up with a psycho-social evaluation because: 1. Physiological dynamics need to be ruled out as a possible contribution. 2. His drinking may be a function of the environment where he lives. 3. Criteria from the DSM-V is the same for people of any age. 4. His condition could be related to a long-term usage of alcohol or a new occurrence 4. His condition could be related to a long-term usage of alcohol or a new occurrence The daughter of a 70-year-old woman asks the nurse practitioner why her mother has had a change in functional ability recently. The mother has regularly been drinking for 40 years, however, her behavior is changing. The nurse practitioner replies that: 1. The concentration of alcohol in her body remains the same as she ages. 2. Her change in behavior has nothing to do with any drugs she is taking. 3. There are ditterent types of alcoholism in older adults, and the change in behavior is related to the specific type. 4. Physical changes due to aging attect the body's metabolism of alcohol differently 4. Physical changes due to aging attect the body's metabolism of alcohol differently

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NUR 612 - FINAL EXAM Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Exams Includes
Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!

Mrs. James is 78 years old and comes to the clinic for
an annual checkup. The nurse practitioner addresses the
psychosocial needs of older adults and specifically the
need for which of the following?
2. Dignity, credibility, and respect.
1. Dependence.
2. Dignity, credibility, and respect.
3. Being alone.
4. Not being touched.
Mr. Slobinsky, 80 years old, is unable to leave his home
due to mobility problems. The nurse practitioner conducts
a social support assessment because Mr. Slobinsky:
1. May not want to see anyone.
2. Is not missing the cultural traditions of community ac- 3. Has made frequent appointments for consultation with
tivities. the practitioner.
3. Has made frequent appointments for consultation with
the practitioner.
4. Looks forward to sharing his loneliness with the nurse
practitioner
Mrs. Khan is 89 years old and is reported to have bouts of
agitation. The nurse practitioner is counseling her family
that these periods of agitation can be triggered by which
of the following?
.3. Approaches from other people
1. Silence and soft music.
2. Dim lights
.3. Approaches from other people
.4. A feeling of appetite satiety.

The nurse practitioner is considering ordering medica-
tions to help control an older patient's agitation. She
1. Psychotropic medications
chooses which of the following?
1. Psychotropic medications


, NUR 612 - FINAL EXAM Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Exams Includes
Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!

2. Seizure medications
3. Stimulants
4. Depressants
The nurse practitioner is conducting an admitting assess-
ment of a 69-year-old man. He has diminished ability to
ambulate and has diflculty with activities of daily living
(ADLs). In the interview, the nurse practitioner asks him if
he drinks alcohol. He says, "Yes." The practitioner follows
up with a psycho-social evaluation because:
1. Physiological dynamics need to be ruled out as a pos- 4. His condition could be related to a long-term usage of
sible contribution. alcohol or a new occurrence
2. His drinking may be a function of the environment
where he lives.
3. Criteria from the DSM-V is the same for people of any
age.
4. His condition could be related to a long-term usage of
alcohol or a new occurrence
The daughter of a 70-year-old woman asks the nurse
practitioner why her mother has had a change in function-
al ability recently. The mother has regularly been drinking
for 40 years, however, her behavior is changing. The nurse
practitioner replies that:
1. The concentration of alcohol in her body remains the
4. Physical changes due to aging attect the body's metab-
same as she ages.
olism of alcohol ditterently
2. Her change in behavior has nothing to do with any
drugs she is taking.
3. There are ditterent types of alcoholism in older adults,
and the change in behavior is related to the specific type.
4. Physical changes due to aging attect the body's metab-
olism of alcohol ditterently




, NUR 612 - FINAL EXAM Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Exams Includes
Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!

The son of a 72-year-old man brings his father into the
practitioner to plan for treatment of the patient's alco-
holism. The nurse practitioner has several options avail-
able. Which is the first choice?
1. Treat for anxiety.
1. Treat for anxiety.
2. Begin with higher doses of anti-anxiety medications.
3. The last choice for medication is serotonin uptake in-
hibitors.
4. Buspirone and gabapentin are used as first-line choic-
es.
Elisabeth, 67 years old, comes to the practitioner with
her daughter, who is her caregiver. The nurse practitioner
notices that Elizabeth is very busy and always moving and
placing things in order within the waiting room. Along
with this increase in energy, which of the following sug-
2. Flight of ideas
gest bipolar with mania or hypomania? Select all that
3. Rapid speech
apply.
4. Impulsivity
1. Ability to focus on a task
2. Flight of ideas
3. Rapid speech
4. Impulsivity
5. Thoughtfulness

The nurse practitioner is assessing a 69-year-old man for
possible bipolar disorder. Which of the following will con-
tribute to diagnosing this patient? Select all that apply.
1. Complete blood count (CBC) and comprehensive meta-
3. Mini-Mental State Examination.
bolic panel, toxicology screen, urinalysis, thyroid function
4. Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS).
tests.
2. Electroencephalogram (EEG) and magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI).
3. Mini-Mental State Examination.

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