Ch 6: Comprehensive Geriatric
Assessment Questions and Answers
100% Correct
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both 75 years old and seeing their advanced practice registered nurse
(APRN) for their annual check-ups. Mrs. Smith wonders why they each have trouble digesting
different foods. It is inconvenient for her to fix different meals that both can tolerate. The APRN
explains that:
1. Men have more difficulty digesting vegetables.
2. Women have more difficulty digesting dairy products.
3. Men and women have different enzymes in their gastrointestinal tracts.
4. Organ systems progress differently for each person regardless of age. - ANSWER - Answer:
4
1.
There are no gender differences in types of food digested.
2.
People of any gender may have an intolerance to dairy.
3.
People of either gender have the same types of enzymes in their digestive systems.
4.
People age at different rates and within each person organ systems age at different rates.
The APRN conducts a comprehensive geriatric assessment of the older individual because:
1. Health of older people is affected by several factors.
2. A focused assessment will provide depth of specific information.
3. A comprehensive assessment will provide more subjective information.
, 4. A comprehensive assessment will result in a list of current and prior medications taken. -
ANSWER - Answer: 1
1.
Jane, 83 years old, comes to the clinic with her daughter for a CGA. The daughter asks about
the necessity of this comprehensive assessment. The clinician explains that a CGA is a
multidimensional process to:
1. Identify care needs and plan of care for older people.
2. Acquire information about past medical conditions.
3. Determine which diagnostic tests are necessary.
4. Satisfy requirements of Medicare. - ANSWER - Answer: 1
1.
The CGA is a multidimensional, interdisciplinary, and diagnostic process to identify needs and
plan outcomes.
2.
The CGA includes information from medical history as well as the current assessment.
3.
The CGA helps identify diagnostics, treatments, and other plan-of-care strategies.
4.
The CGA is not a requirement of Medicare.
Mary Jane is seeing an APRN for a CGA and asks which parts of her life will be examined.
Which of the following is a domain the APRN would include in their explanation?
1. Internal organ health
2. Social habits
3. Psychological health
4. History of family illness - ANSWER - Answer: 3
Assessment Questions and Answers
100% Correct
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both 75 years old and seeing their advanced practice registered nurse
(APRN) for their annual check-ups. Mrs. Smith wonders why they each have trouble digesting
different foods. It is inconvenient for her to fix different meals that both can tolerate. The APRN
explains that:
1. Men have more difficulty digesting vegetables.
2. Women have more difficulty digesting dairy products.
3. Men and women have different enzymes in their gastrointestinal tracts.
4. Organ systems progress differently for each person regardless of age. - ANSWER - Answer:
4
1.
There are no gender differences in types of food digested.
2.
People of any gender may have an intolerance to dairy.
3.
People of either gender have the same types of enzymes in their digestive systems.
4.
People age at different rates and within each person organ systems age at different rates.
The APRN conducts a comprehensive geriatric assessment of the older individual because:
1. Health of older people is affected by several factors.
2. A focused assessment will provide depth of specific information.
3. A comprehensive assessment will provide more subjective information.
, 4. A comprehensive assessment will result in a list of current and prior medications taken. -
ANSWER - Answer: 1
1.
Jane, 83 years old, comes to the clinic with her daughter for a CGA. The daughter asks about
the necessity of this comprehensive assessment. The clinician explains that a CGA is a
multidimensional process to:
1. Identify care needs and plan of care for older people.
2. Acquire information about past medical conditions.
3. Determine which diagnostic tests are necessary.
4. Satisfy requirements of Medicare. - ANSWER - Answer: 1
1.
The CGA is a multidimensional, interdisciplinary, and diagnostic process to identify needs and
plan outcomes.
2.
The CGA includes information from medical history as well as the current assessment.
3.
The CGA helps identify diagnostics, treatments, and other plan-of-care strategies.
4.
The CGA is not a requirement of Medicare.
Mary Jane is seeing an APRN for a CGA and asks which parts of her life will be examined.
Which of the following is a domain the APRN would include in their explanation?
1. Internal organ health
2. Social habits
3. Psychological health
4. History of family illness - ANSWER - Answer: 3
