HESI Gerontology Exam Edge (Answered) With Rationale

HESI Gerontology Exam Edge (Answered) With Rationale Good communication is a necessity for healthcare providers for interviewing and teaching patients. The GNP understands that which of the following is true regarding communication? a. Not all communication is privileged and confidential. b. Triage is a form of communication that involves a system of controlled oversight and authorization of services. c. Case management is a form of communication that involves the privatization and sorting of patients according to a preexisting standard. d. Communication involves the written and oral transfer of information regarding the structure, process, and outcome of healthcare encounters. d. Communication involves the written and oral transfer of information regarding the structure, process, and outcome of healthcare encounters. All communication is privileged and confidential. Case management is a form of communication that involves a system of controlled oversight and authorization of services. Triage is a form of communication that involves the prioritization and sorting of patients according to a preexisting standard. You are seeing a 72-year old man with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Besides hypertension, what risk factor contributes the most to the development of an AAA? a. cigarette smoking b. alcohol consumption c. eating red meat d. obesity a. cigarette smoking Choice A is the right answer. Smoking clearly increases the risk for AAA. The prevalence in women is far lower than in men and the benefits associated with screening women do not justify the costs. It is recommended a one-time screening be done for males aged 65 to 75 who have ever smoked. There has been a recent shift of the health care delivery toward the provision of nonacute care from the hospital setting to the ambulatory care setting and the home. Nursing research that was previously conducted in hospitals: a. is now applicable to all in-hospital providers of care. b. is now relevant in the new settings, as patient care is unchanged. c. is no longer applicable to the delivery of patient care. d. is needed to be applied directly to patient care that is provided in the new settings. c. is no longer applicable to the delivery of patient care. The restructuring of the health care delivery system and the changes that have occurred make previous studies no longer applicable to nursing care. The other choices are incorrect because the nonacute care is not provided in-hospital; because of the phrase "as patient care is unchanged" in that the delivery of nursing care has changed settings;