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NU170/ NU 170 EXAM 2:(NEW 2025/
2026 UPDATE) MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING
GUIDE| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A|
100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
A nurse is participating in a health and wellness event at the
local community centre. A woman approaches and relates that
she is worried that her widowed father is becoming more
functionally impaired and may need to move in with her. The
nurse asks about his ability to complete activities of daily living
(ADLs). ADLs include independence with: (Select all that
apply.)
1. Driving.
2. Toileting.
3. Bathing.
4. Daily exercise.
5. Eating. - ANS ✓toileting
bathing
eating
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During a home health visit a nurse talks with a patient and his
family caregiver about the patient's medications. The patient
has hypertension and renal disease. Which of the following
findings place him at risk for an adverse drug event? (Select all
that apply.)
1. Taking two medications for hypertension
2. Taking a total of eight different medications during the day
3. Having one physician who reviews all medications
4. Patient's health history of renal disease
5. Involvement of the caregiver in helping with medication
administration - ANS ✓Taking a total of eight different
medications during the day
Patient's health history of renal disease
A 71-year-old patient enters the emergency department after
falling down stairs at church. The nurse is conducting a fall
history with the patient and his wife. They live in a one-level
ranch home. He has had diabetes for over 15 years and
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experiences some numbness in his feet. He wears bifocal
glasses. His blood pressure is stable at 130/70. The patient
does not exercise regularly and states that he experiences
weakness in his legs when climbing stairs. He is alert, oriented,
and able to answer questions clearly. What are the fall risk
factors for this patient? (Select all that apply.)
1. Impaired vision
2. Residence design
3. Blood pressure
4. Leg weakness
5. Exercise history - ANS ✓Impaired vision
Leg weakness
Exercise history
psychosocial changes occurring during aging - ANS ✓life
transitions and loss
(retirement and the associated financial changes, changes in
roles and relationships, alterations in health and functional
ability, changes in one's social network, and relocation)
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True or False- Depression is a normal part of aging - ANS
✓False
generalized impairment of intellectual functioning that interferes
with social and occupational functioning. characterized by a
gradual, progressive, and irreversible decline in cerebral
function. - ANS ✓dementia
respiratory physiological changes with aging - ANS
✓Decreased cough reflex and ciliary activity; increased
anterior-posterior chest diameter; increased chest wall rigidity;
fewer alveoli, increased airway resistance
cardiac physiological changes with aging - ANS ✓Thickening of
blood vessel walls, narrowing of vessel lumen, loss of vessel
elasticity, lower cardiac output, decreased number of heart
muscle fibers, decreased elasticity and calcification of heart
valves, decreased baroreceptor sensitivity, decreased
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NU170
NU170/ NU 170 EXAM 2:(NEW 2025/
2026 UPDATE) MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING
GUIDE| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS| GRADE A|
100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
A nurse is participating in a health and wellness event at the
local community centre. A woman approaches and relates that
she is worried that her widowed father is becoming more
functionally impaired and may need to move in with her. The
nurse asks about his ability to complete activities of daily living
(ADLs). ADLs include independence with: (Select all that
apply.)
1. Driving.
2. Toileting.
3. Bathing.
4. Daily exercise.
5. Eating. - ANS ✓toileting
bathing
eating
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During a home health visit a nurse talks with a patient and his
family caregiver about the patient's medications. The patient
has hypertension and renal disease. Which of the following
findings place him at risk for an adverse drug event? (Select all
that apply.)
1. Taking two medications for hypertension
2. Taking a total of eight different medications during the day
3. Having one physician who reviews all medications
4. Patient's health history of renal disease
5. Involvement of the caregiver in helping with medication
administration - ANS ✓Taking a total of eight different
medications during the day
Patient's health history of renal disease
A 71-year-old patient enters the emergency department after
falling down stairs at church. The nurse is conducting a fall
history with the patient and his wife. They live in a one-level
ranch home. He has had diabetes for over 15 years and
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experiences some numbness in his feet. He wears bifocal
glasses. His blood pressure is stable at 130/70. The patient
does not exercise regularly and states that he experiences
weakness in his legs when climbing stairs. He is alert, oriented,
and able to answer questions clearly. What are the fall risk
factors for this patient? (Select all that apply.)
1. Impaired vision
2. Residence design
3. Blood pressure
4. Leg weakness
5. Exercise history - ANS ✓Impaired vision
Leg weakness
Exercise history
psychosocial changes occurring during aging - ANS ✓life
transitions and loss
(retirement and the associated financial changes, changes in
roles and relationships, alterations in health and functional
ability, changes in one's social network, and relocation)
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True or False- Depression is a normal part of aging - ANS
✓False
generalized impairment of intellectual functioning that interferes
with social and occupational functioning. characterized by a
gradual, progressive, and irreversible decline in cerebral
function. - ANS ✓dementia
respiratory physiological changes with aging - ANS
✓Decreased cough reflex and ciliary activity; increased
anterior-posterior chest diameter; increased chest wall rigidity;
fewer alveoli, increased airway resistance
cardiac physiological changes with aging - ANS ✓Thickening of
blood vessel walls, narrowing of vessel lumen, loss of vessel
elasticity, lower cardiac output, decreased number of heart
muscle fibers, decreased elasticity and calcification of heart
valves, decreased baroreceptor sensitivity, decreased
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