Test Bank - for Toward Healthy Aging: Human Needs and Nursing Response 11th Edition (Theris A. Touhy, 2025), Chapter 1-36 | All Chapters.

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PART 1 Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
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1 Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum
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qof Care 2 Aging, Health, and Wellness in a
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qGlobal Community 3 Theories of Aging
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4 Providing Cross-Cultural Care
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5 Economics and Health Care in Late
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Life 6 Promoting Excellence in Long-
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Term Care PART 2 Foundations for
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Taking Action
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7 Therapeutic Communication With Older
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qAdults 8 Cognitive Health and Learning
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9 Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to Maximize
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qOutcomes 10 Using Laboratory Data in Clinical q q q q q



qJudgment
11 Safe Medication Use
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PART 3 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function
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12 Visual Health
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13 AuditoryHealth
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14 Healthy Skin
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15 Nutritional Health
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16 Hydration and Oral
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qHealth 17 Elimination q q


18 Sleepq


19 Activity and Exercise
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20 Falls and Fall Risk
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qReduction 21 Safe and Secure q q q q



qEnvironments
PART 4 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons With
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22 Living Well With Chronic
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Illness 23 Vascular Disorders
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24 RespiratoryDisorders
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25 NeurocognitiveDisorders
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26 Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive
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Disorders 27 Endocrine and Immune Disorders
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28 Common Musculoskeletal
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Disorders 29 Pain and Comfort q q q q



30 Mental Health
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,PART 5 Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy
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Aging With Older Adults and Families
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31 Ethics, Decision Making, and
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Mistreatment 32 Relationships, Roles,
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and Life Transitions 33 Intimacy and
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Sexual Health
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34 Loss, Death, and Palliative Care
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, 35 Spiritual Health, Meaning, and Self-Actualization
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Chapter 01: Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of
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Care
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Touhy: Toward Healthy Aging, 11th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE q




1. When did serious and well-controlled research studies on aging first become
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available?
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a. Only in the past 60 years.q q q q q


b. Since the turn of the 20th century.
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c. Following the Great Depression. q q q


d. Since the year 2000. q q q




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research studies flourished. Before that, anecdotal evidence was used to
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illustrate issues assumed to be universal, making all the remaining options
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incorrect.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering TOPIC: Integrated
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Process: Teaching/Learning MSC: Patient Needs: Health
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Promotion and Maintenance
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2. The son of a nursing home resident asks a nursing attendant:
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q “What is the significance of being certified in gerontology? I see that
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qyou are, but not all of the nursing attendants are.” What response best
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qanswers the family member’s question?
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a. “National certification as a gerontological nursing attendant is a
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way to demonstrate special knowledge in caring for older
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adults.”
b. “National certification in gerontology is required for all nursing
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attendants who have worked in this setting for 2 or more
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years.”
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c. “National certification is only available to nursing attendants
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who have a Baccalaureate degree in nursing.”
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d. “Only advanced practice nursing attendants, like nursing
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attendant practitioners, are certified in gerontology.”
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in caring for older adults. It is not required for practice in any setting across the
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continuum of care, and it is not exclusive to nursing attendants with
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Baccalaureate degrees. There is both a generalist and a specialist gerontological
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nursing certification. The generalist functions in a variety of settings providing
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care to older adults and their families. The specialist has advanced
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