TEST BANK For Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults,
9th Edition by Carol A. Miller
What does older adults need? - ANSWER:-Accurate information
-Interventions to promote wellness during all stages of health and illness
What is the intent of Gerontological Nursing text? - ANSWER:-To provide
comprehensive and research-based information so that nurses can distinguish
between the changes associated with normal aging and those that result from risk
factors.
What can nurses do for older adults? - ANSWER:-Promote wellness which includes:
1.) Improved health
2.)Improved Functioning
3.) Improved Quality of Life
Who brought the concept of wellness in relation to aging and talked about high-level
wellness on the radio? - ANSWER:-Halbert L. Dunn, MD, PhD
High-level wellness - ANSWER:-integrated method of functioning that is oriented
toward maximizing each person's potential, while maintaining a continuum of
balance and purposeful direction within the person's environment.
What did Halbert L. Dunn addressed? - ANSWER:-Stereotypes about aging and
emphasized that "Healthy maturity" is characterized not only by physical decline but
also by wisdom.
-Discussed the relationship between mind, body, and spirit and stressed the
importance of older adults having a purpose in life, communicating with others,
maintaining personal dignity, and contributing to society.
What are the barriers in promoting wellness in older adults? - ANSWER:- Older adults
may be pessimistic about their ability to improve their health and functioning.
-Survival needs and a multitude of health problems may take precedence over the
"luxury" of being able to focus on wellness and quality of life.
-Despite the increasing emphasis on wellness and health promotion, health care
environments focus more on treating diseases than on preventing illness and
addressing whole-person needs.
-Often older adults and health care providers mistakenly attribute symptoms to
aging rather than identify and address the contributing factors that are reversible
and treatable.
,-Health care providers may not believe that older adults area capable of learning and
implementing health-promoting behaviors that are inherent in wellness-oriented
care.
What is the major focus of a "wellness approach" to older adult? - ANSWER:-
Addressing the body-mind-spirit interconnectedness of each older adult as a unique
and respected individual.
What are some nursing actions that promote wellness for older adults? - ANSWER:-
Addressing the body-mind-spirit interrelatedness of each older adult.
-Identifying and challenging ageist attitudes (including their own), especially those
that interfere with optimal health care.
-Assessing each older adult from a whole-person perspective.
-Incorporating wellness nursing diagnoses as routing part of care.
-Planning for wellness outcomes, which are directed toward improved health,
functioning, and quality of life.
-Using nursing interventions to address conditions that interfere with optimal
functioning (including lack of accurate information about aging)
-Recognizing each older adult's potential for improved health and functioning as well
as psychological and spiritual growth.
-Teaching about self-care behaviors to improve health and functioning (or teaching
caregivers of dependent older adults)
What is aging? - ANSWER:Is a universal process that begins at birth; it applies equally
to young and old people.
Children views on aging - ANSWER:-They are delight in announcing how old they are,
and they anticipate birthdays with great enthusiasm.
-They view their birthdays as positive events that will permit them to enjoy
additional opportunities and responsibilities.
Adolescents views on aging - ANSWER:-They view aging as the mechanism that
allows them to participate legally in important activities, such as driving and voting.
Adults views on aging - ANSWER:-They view "old age" as something to be avoided
and they are likely to define the onset of older adulthood as a decade beyond their
current age.
Subjective age (feel age or age identity) - ANSWER:-Describes a person's perception
of his or her age.
, -how old the person feels, how the person categorizes himself or herself in age
groups, and how one sees oneself relative to one's younger self and relative to other
people.
Chronologic age - ANSWER:-As the length of time that has passed since birth.
Advantages of Chronologic age: - ANSWER:-It serves as an objective basis for social
organization
EX: age criteria for certain activities such as voting, education, driving, marriage,
employment, alcohol consumption, military services, and the collection of
retirement benefits.
What does gerontologists tended to view during the 1960's? - ANSWER:-They tended
to view 65 years of age as an acceptable chronologic criterion at which aging process
begin to occur.
Important indicators of age - ANSWER:-Physiologic health
-Psychological well-being
-Socioeconomic factors
-The ability to function
-Participate in desirable activities
Functional age - ANSWER:-measure of a person's ability to function effectively in his
or her physical and social environment in comparison with others of the same
chronological age
Components of optimal functionality - ANSWER:-Body related factors: health,
activity, autonomy, physical ability
-Self-related factors: psychological aspects, capability aspects
-External factors: social interactions, environmental aspects.
Advantage of Functional definitions of age - ANSWER:-The former are associated
with higher levels of well-being and with more positive attitudes about aging.
-Provides a more rational basis for care than the measurement of how many years
have passed since the person was born.
- The question "how functional?" is more relevant than "how old?"
-Even more relevant for promoting wellness in older adults
Questions for promoting wellness in older adults are: - ANSWER:-How do you feel?
-What goals do you have for improving your level of wellness?
-Is there anything that you would like to do that you cannot do?
-What goals do you have for improving your quality of life?
Components of Successful aging - ANSWER:-Low probability of disease and disability
9th Edition by Carol A. Miller
What does older adults need? - ANSWER:-Accurate information
-Interventions to promote wellness during all stages of health and illness
What is the intent of Gerontological Nursing text? - ANSWER:-To provide
comprehensive and research-based information so that nurses can distinguish
between the changes associated with normal aging and those that result from risk
factors.
What can nurses do for older adults? - ANSWER:-Promote wellness which includes:
1.) Improved health
2.)Improved Functioning
3.) Improved Quality of Life
Who brought the concept of wellness in relation to aging and talked about high-level
wellness on the radio? - ANSWER:-Halbert L. Dunn, MD, PhD
High-level wellness - ANSWER:-integrated method of functioning that is oriented
toward maximizing each person's potential, while maintaining a continuum of
balance and purposeful direction within the person's environment.
What did Halbert L. Dunn addressed? - ANSWER:-Stereotypes about aging and
emphasized that "Healthy maturity" is characterized not only by physical decline but
also by wisdom.
-Discussed the relationship between mind, body, and spirit and stressed the
importance of older adults having a purpose in life, communicating with others,
maintaining personal dignity, and contributing to society.
What are the barriers in promoting wellness in older adults? - ANSWER:- Older adults
may be pessimistic about their ability to improve their health and functioning.
-Survival needs and a multitude of health problems may take precedence over the
"luxury" of being able to focus on wellness and quality of life.
-Despite the increasing emphasis on wellness and health promotion, health care
environments focus more on treating diseases than on preventing illness and
addressing whole-person needs.
-Often older adults and health care providers mistakenly attribute symptoms to
aging rather than identify and address the contributing factors that are reversible
and treatable.
,-Health care providers may not believe that older adults area capable of learning and
implementing health-promoting behaviors that are inherent in wellness-oriented
care.
What is the major focus of a "wellness approach" to older adult? - ANSWER:-
Addressing the body-mind-spirit interconnectedness of each older adult as a unique
and respected individual.
What are some nursing actions that promote wellness for older adults? - ANSWER:-
Addressing the body-mind-spirit interrelatedness of each older adult.
-Identifying and challenging ageist attitudes (including their own), especially those
that interfere with optimal health care.
-Assessing each older adult from a whole-person perspective.
-Incorporating wellness nursing diagnoses as routing part of care.
-Planning for wellness outcomes, which are directed toward improved health,
functioning, and quality of life.
-Using nursing interventions to address conditions that interfere with optimal
functioning (including lack of accurate information about aging)
-Recognizing each older adult's potential for improved health and functioning as well
as psychological and spiritual growth.
-Teaching about self-care behaviors to improve health and functioning (or teaching
caregivers of dependent older adults)
What is aging? - ANSWER:Is a universal process that begins at birth; it applies equally
to young and old people.
Children views on aging - ANSWER:-They are delight in announcing how old they are,
and they anticipate birthdays with great enthusiasm.
-They view their birthdays as positive events that will permit them to enjoy
additional opportunities and responsibilities.
Adolescents views on aging - ANSWER:-They view aging as the mechanism that
allows them to participate legally in important activities, such as driving and voting.
Adults views on aging - ANSWER:-They view "old age" as something to be avoided
and they are likely to define the onset of older adulthood as a decade beyond their
current age.
Subjective age (feel age or age identity) - ANSWER:-Describes a person's perception
of his or her age.
, -how old the person feels, how the person categorizes himself or herself in age
groups, and how one sees oneself relative to one's younger self and relative to other
people.
Chronologic age - ANSWER:-As the length of time that has passed since birth.
Advantages of Chronologic age: - ANSWER:-It serves as an objective basis for social
organization
EX: age criteria for certain activities such as voting, education, driving, marriage,
employment, alcohol consumption, military services, and the collection of
retirement benefits.
What does gerontologists tended to view during the 1960's? - ANSWER:-They tended
to view 65 years of age as an acceptable chronologic criterion at which aging process
begin to occur.
Important indicators of age - ANSWER:-Physiologic health
-Psychological well-being
-Socioeconomic factors
-The ability to function
-Participate in desirable activities
Functional age - ANSWER:-measure of a person's ability to function effectively in his
or her physical and social environment in comparison with others of the same
chronological age
Components of optimal functionality - ANSWER:-Body related factors: health,
activity, autonomy, physical ability
-Self-related factors: psychological aspects, capability aspects
-External factors: social interactions, environmental aspects.
Advantage of Functional definitions of age - ANSWER:-The former are associated
with higher levels of well-being and with more positive attitudes about aging.
-Provides a more rational basis for care than the measurement of how many years
have passed since the person was born.
- The question "how functional?" is more relevant than "how old?"
-Even more relevant for promoting wellness in older adults
Questions for promoting wellness in older adults are: - ANSWER:-How do you feel?
-What goals do you have for improving your level of wellness?
-Is there anything that you would like to do that you cannot do?
-What goals do you have for improving your quality of life?
Components of Successful aging - ANSWER:-Low probability of disease and disability
