Basic r Geriatric r Nursing r 8th r Edition r by r Patricia r A.
r Williams r Test
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r
Basic Geriatric Nursing 8thEdition
r r r
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, Basic r Geriatric r Nursing r 8th r Edition r by r Patricia r A.
r Williams r Test
Chapterrz01:rzTrendszandzIssuesrzWilliams: rzBasicrzGeriatricrzNursing rz8thzEdition
MULTIPLE r CHOICE
1. Which r fact r explains r the r shift r of r health r care r focus r toward r the r older r adult r in r the r late
r 1960s?
a. Disability rwas r viewed r as r unavoidable.
b. Complications r from r disease r increased r mortality.
c. Older r adults‘ r needs r are r similar r to r those
r of r allradults.
d. Preventive r health r care r practices
r increasedrlongevity.
ANS: rzD
Increased r preventive r health r care r practices, r disease r control, r and r focus r on r wellness r helped
r peoplerlive r longer.
PTS: 1 DIF: 4 REF: p. r 2 OBJ: r 2
TOP: Aging r Trends KEY: rNursing rProcess rStep: rData
rCollection r MSC: r NCLEX: r Health r Promotion r and r Maintenance:
rGrowth r andrDevelopment
NOT: r Understanding
2. To r which r age r group r does r the r term r ―aged‖ r apply?
a. 55–64 r years
r ofrage
b. 65–74 r years
r ofrage
c. 75–84 r years
r ofrage
d. 85 r and r older
ANS: rzC
The r term r aged r refers r to rpersons r who r are r 75–84 r ryears r of r age.
PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: r p. r2 r | r Table
r 1.1rOBJ: 1 TOP: r Age
Categories r KEY: r Nursing r Process
Test Page r2
, Basic r Geriatric r Nursing r 8th r Edition r by r Patricia r A.
r Williams r Test
r Step:rData r Collection
Test Page r3
, Basic r Geriatric r Nursing r 8th r Edition r by r Patricia r A.
r Williams r Test
MSC: r NCLEX: r Health r Promotion r and r Maintenance: r Growth r and
rDevelopment rNOT: rRemembering
3. Which r is r true r of r ageism?
Test Page r4
r Williams r Test
Test Bank
r
Basic Geriatric Nursing 8thEdition
r r r
Test Page r1
, Basic r Geriatric r Nursing r 8th r Edition r by r Patricia r A.
r Williams r Test
Chapterrz01:rzTrendszandzIssuesrzWilliams: rzBasicrzGeriatricrzNursing rz8thzEdition
MULTIPLE r CHOICE
1. Which r fact r explains r the r shift r of r health r care r focus r toward r the r older r adult r in r the r late
r 1960s?
a. Disability rwas r viewed r as r unavoidable.
b. Complications r from r disease r increased r mortality.
c. Older r adults‘ r needs r are r similar r to r those
r of r allradults.
d. Preventive r health r care r practices
r increasedrlongevity.
ANS: rzD
Increased r preventive r health r care r practices, r disease r control, r and r focus r on r wellness r helped
r peoplerlive r longer.
PTS: 1 DIF: 4 REF: p. r 2 OBJ: r 2
TOP: Aging r Trends KEY: rNursing rProcess rStep: rData
rCollection r MSC: r NCLEX: r Health r Promotion r and r Maintenance:
rGrowth r andrDevelopment
NOT: r Understanding
2. To r which r age r group r does r the r term r ―aged‖ r apply?
a. 55–64 r years
r ofrage
b. 65–74 r years
r ofrage
c. 75–84 r years
r ofrage
d. 85 r and r older
ANS: rzC
The r term r aged r refers r to rpersons r who r are r 75–84 r ryears r of r age.
PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: r p. r2 r | r Table
r 1.1rOBJ: 1 TOP: r Age
Categories r KEY: r Nursing r Process
Test Page r2
, Basic r Geriatric r Nursing r 8th r Edition r by r Patricia r A.
r Williams r Test
r Step:rData r Collection
Test Page r3
, Basic r Geriatric r Nursing r 8th r Edition r by r Patricia r A.
r Williams r Test
MSC: r NCLEX: r Health r Promotion r and r Maintenance: r Growth r and
rDevelopment rNOT: rRemembering
3. Which r is r true r of r ageism?
Test Page r4
