GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING PRACTICE questions
and answers with solutions 2025
individual, family, and community - ANSWER Nurse provides care for three (3) types
1. Promotion of health and wellness
2. Prevention of illness
3. Restoration of health
4. Care for the dying - ANSWER Nursing practice involves
Standards - ANSWER are desired, evidence-based expectations of care that serve as a model
against which practice can be judged
Standards - ANSWER reflect the level and expectation of care that are desired and serve as a
model against which practice can be judged.
Standards - ANSWER serve to both guide and evaluate nursing practice
Evidence-Based Practice: - ANSWER Nursing practice decision-making follows research
Evidence-Based Practice: - ANSWER -Relies on synthesis and analysis of information
Evidence-Based Practice: - ANSWER Benchmarking: performance compared with best practices
Standards for Nursing Practice - ANSWER Guide and evaluate nursing practice
, Standards for Nursing Practice - ANSWER -State and federal regulations (Phil Nursing Act of
2002 - RA 9371)
Standards for Nursing Practice - ANSWER -American Nurses Association Standards
Quality of care
Performance appraisal
Education
Collegiality
Ethics
Collaboration
Research
Resource utilization - ANSWER American Nurses Association (ANA) standards of Gerontological
Nursing Practice (QUALITY CARE)
Quality of care - ANSWER the gerontological nurse systematically evaluates the quality of care
and effectiveness of nursing practice.
Performance appraisal - ANSWER the gerontological nurse evaluates his/her own nursing
practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulation.
Education - ANSWER - the gerontological nurse acquires and maintains current knowledge in
nursing practice
Collegiality - ANSWER contributes to professional development of peers, colleagues and others.
Ethics - ANSWER decisions and actions on behalf of older adults are determined in an ethical
manner.