BASIC GERIATRIC NURSING BOOK (CH.
1 ONLY) EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sub-stages of childhood? - correct answer Infant, toodler, preschool, school age, and adolescence
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Geriatric - correct answer pertaining to treatment of older people
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Gerontology - correct answer study of the aging process
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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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Chronological age - correct answer the number of years a person has lived
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What is the age requirement for retirement? - correct answer 65 or older
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What category is ages 55-64? - correct answer Older
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What category is ages 64-74? - correct answer Elderly
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, What category is ages 75-84? - correct answer Aged
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Does the American society value its older adults? - correct answer No, the US is a youth-oriented society
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Gerontophobia - correct answer the fear of aging and 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 z z
society z
Examples: teens buy anti-wrinkle creams, 30 year old women consider facelifts, etc.
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Ageism - correct answer The disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes people
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unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive z z z
z *it is an emotional prejudice/discrimination against people based solely on their age
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Can ageism have a negative effect on the way health care workers relate to older pts? - correct answer Yes
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z *can in turn result in poor health care outcomes and poor pt care
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Nursing Competence in Aging (NCA) - correct answer Started in 2002
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Focuses on enhancing competence in geriatrics by expanding nurses' knowledge, skills, and attitudes
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Age discrimination - correct answer different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their age
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Examples: refusing to hire older people, not approving them for home loans, and limiting the types or amounts
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of health care they can receive
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z *AGE DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGALz z z
Demographics - correct answer statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it
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Demographers are concerned with a population's size, distribution, and vital statistics (birth, death, age at z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
death, marriages, race) z z
Life expectancy - correct answer the number of years a person can be expected to live
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Projected from the time of birth z z z z z
1 ONLY) EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sub-stages of childhood? - correct answer Infant, toodler, preschool, school age, and adolescence
z z z z z z z z z z z z
Geriatric - correct answer pertaining to treatment of older people
z z z z z z z z z
Gerontology - correct answer study of the aging process
z z z z z z z 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
to older adults
z z z
Chronological age - correct answer the number of years a person has lived
z z z z z z z z z z z z
What is the age requirement for retirement? - correct answer 65 or older
z z z z z z z z z z z z
What category is ages 55-64? - correct answer Older
z z z z z z z z
What category is ages 64-74? - correct answer Elderly
z z z z z z z z
, What category is ages 75-84? - correct answer Aged
z z z z z z z z
Does the American society value its older adults? - correct answer No, the US is a youth-oriented society
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
Gerontophobia - correct answer the fear of aging and 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 z z
society z
Examples: teens buy anti-wrinkle creams, 30 year old women consider facelifts, etc.
z z z z z z z z z z z
Ageism - correct answer The disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes people
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive z z z
z *it is an emotional prejudice/discrimination against people based solely on their age
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Can ageism have a negative effect on the way health care workers relate to older pts? - correct answer Yes
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z *can in turn result in poor health care outcomes and poor pt care
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Nursing Competence in Aging (NCA) - correct answer Started in 2002
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Focuses on enhancing competence in geriatrics by expanding nurses' knowledge, skills, and attitudes
z z z z z z z z z z z z
Age discrimination - correct answer different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their age
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
Examples: refusing to hire older people, not approving them for home loans, and limiting the types or amounts
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
of health care they can receive
z z z z z z
z *AGE DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGALz z z
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
Demographers are concerned with a population's size, distribution, and vital statistics (birth, death, age at z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
death, marriages, race) z z
Life expectancy - correct answer the number of years a person can be expected to live
z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z
Projected from the time of birth z z z z z
