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NU176/ NU 176 Exam 3: Geriatric Nursing Guide (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) | Qs & As| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Answers)- Galen

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NU176/t NUt 176t Examt 3:t Geriatrict
Nursingt Guidet (Latestt 2025/t 2026t
Update)t |t Qst &t As|t Gradet A|t 100%t
Correctt (Verifiedt Answers)-t Galen
QUESTION
Parkinson'st fourt cardinalt signs

Answer:
tremor-t restingt tremort 1stt sign,t armt andt handt mostt commonly,t nott presentt duringt sleep
musclet rigidity-t cogwheel,t plastic,t leadt pipe,t maskt liket facet
bradykinesia-t slowt movementt
akinesia-t not movementt
asymmetrict onset



QUESTION
parkinsonst s/st andt complications

Answer:
•t Slow,t poorlyt coordinatedt movements
•t Shuffling,t stoopedt gait
•t Poort posture
•t Musclet rigidity
•t Dysphagia
•t Tremorst att restt (typicallyt relievedt witht purposefult movement)
•t Depression
•t Falls
•t Aspiration
•t Losst oft rolet identity
•t Disruptedt familyt dynamics



QUESTION
reducedt elasticityt andt stiffeningt oft thet musclet fiberst oft thet lens

Answer:

,•t Startst int fourtht decade
•t Decreasedt abilityt tot focust (presbyopia)t closet up
•t Mostt commont reasont fort glasses
•t Reducedt pupilt sizet andt opacificationt oft thet lenst causest visualt acuityt tot decline
•t Moret difficultt tot transitiont betweent brightt &t lowt light



QUESTION
peripheralt visiont loss

Answer:
•t Reducedt visualt fieldt ist smaller
•t Patientt willt havet tot turnt headt tot see
⚬t Dot nott approacht themt fromt thet side



QUESTION
cataractst riskt factors

Answer:
•t Exposuret tot ultraviolett Bt (UVBt rays)
•t Diabetest (Sorbitolt collectst ont lens)t
•t Smokingt
•t Hight alcoholt consumption
•t Eyet injury



QUESTION
cataractst s/s

Answer:
•t Distortedt vision
•t Not paint ort discomfort
•t Nightt visiont decreasest
•t Glaret ist bothersomet
•t Senset oft filmt overt eyet -t Pupilt mayt changet fromt blackt tot cloudy



QUESTION
cataractst tx

, Answer:
surgeryt tot removet thet lens



QUESTION
Neurologicalt aget relatedt changes

Answer:
losst oft neurons/atrophyt oft braint
slowert reactiont timest
decreasedt cardiact outputt andt atherosclerosist causet decrasedt braint bloodflowt
decreasedt shortt termt memory,t longt termt ist typicallyt retainedt
decreaset int neurotransmitterst cant affectt cognition,t gait,t andt ballance



QUESTION
Riskt factorst fort stroke

Answer:
hight bloodt pressure
hxt oft TIAt ort priort stroket
DMt
hyperlipidemiat
tobaccot use
afib



QUESTION
BEt FASTt acronym

Answer:
Balance
Eyes
Face
Arms
Speech
Time

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