BASIC GERIATRIC NURSING EXAM 2025
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
respite - correct answer allows the primary caregiver to have time away from the constant demands of
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caregiving there by decreasing caregiver stress and the risk for abuse
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neglect - correct answer failure to provide for the needs of the person under their care
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mandated reporter - correct answer legally required to report suspected cases of elder or child abuse
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genrontophobia - correct answer fear of agingand the refusal to accept older adults into the mainstream of
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society
gerontology, geriatrics - correct answer study of all aspects of the aging process including the clinical
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psychological economic and sociologic problems of older adults and the consequences of these problems for
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older adults
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gerontics - correct answer coined by Gunter and Estes in 1979 to define the nursing care and services provided
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to older adults
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geriatrics - correct answer the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old
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people
, Demographics - correct answer statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.
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cohort - correct answer a group of people from a given time period
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chronological age - correct answer number of years since birth z z z z z z z z z
ageism - correct answer discrimination based on age
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abuse - correct answer physical or emotional harm to someone or financial intentional or unintentional
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theory - correct answer A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
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Psychosocial - correct answer Pertaining to a combination of psychological and social factors attemp to
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explain why older adults have different responses to the aging process
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immunologic theory of aging - correct answer process that aging is a fuction of changes in the immune system
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which weakens over time to make an aging person more susceptible to disease
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free radical - correct answer an unstable molecule produced by the body during the normal process of
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respiration and metabolism or following exposure to radiation and pollution ,they are suspected of causing
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damage to the cells dna and immune system
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biologic - correct answer pertaining to organisms biologic aging views aging from a genetic perspective
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Antioxidants - correct answer chemicals or other agents that retardor inhibit oxifationof a substances to
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whichthey are added ex: vitamin carotenouds selebium and phytochemicals
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gastroesophageal reflux disease - correct answer the upward flow of acid from the stomach into the z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
esophagus GERD z
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
respite - correct answer allows the primary caregiver to have time away from the constant demands of
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
caregiving there by decreasing caregiver stress and the risk for abuse
z z z z z z z z z z
neglect - correct answer failure to provide for the needs of the person under their care
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mandated reporter - correct answer legally required to report suspected cases of elder or child abuse
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
genrontophobia - correct answer fear of agingand the refusal to accept older adults into the mainstream of
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
society
gerontology, geriatrics - correct answer study of all aspects of the aging process including the clinical
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
psychological economic and sociologic problems of older adults and the consequences of these problems for
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
older adults
z
gerontics - correct answer coined by Gunter and Estes in 1979 to define the nursing care and services provided
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
to older adults
z z
geriatrics - correct answer the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
people
, Demographics - correct answer statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
cohort - correct answer a group of people from a given time period
z z z z z z z z z z z z
chronological age - correct answer number of years since birth z z z z z z z z z
ageism - correct answer discrimination based on age
z z z z z z z
abuse - correct answer physical or emotional harm to someone or financial intentional or unintentional
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
theory - correct answer A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
Psychosocial - correct answer Pertaining to a combination of psychological and social factors attemp to
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
explain why older adults have different responses to the aging process
z z z z z z z z z z
immunologic theory of aging - correct answer process that aging is a fuction of changes in the immune system
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
which weakens over time to make an aging person more susceptible to disease
z z z z z z z z z z z z
free radical - correct answer an unstable molecule produced by the body during the normal process of
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
respiration and metabolism or following exposure to radiation and pollution ,they are suspected of causing
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
damage to the cells dna and immune system
z z z z z z z
biologic - correct answer pertaining to organisms biologic aging views aging from a genetic perspective
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
Antioxidants - correct answer chemicals or other agents that retardor inhibit oxifationof a substances to
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
whichthey are added ex: vitamin carotenouds selebium and phytochemicals
z z z z z z z z
gastroesophageal reflux disease - correct answer the upward flow of acid from the stomach into the z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
esophagus GERD z
