gerontology quiz 1
persons over the age of 60 worldwide will double in the year ____ and will consist of
mostly this sex - answer2050
female
Those that are still alive at 110 years of age - answer Super-Centenarians
Those between the ages of 100 and 109 years – answer Centenarians
Strategies that can and are used to prevent illness before it occurs - answer primary
prevention
Early detection of the disease or health problem that has already developed - answer
secondary prevention
Addresses the needs of persons who have their day-to-day wellness challenged, by
slowing disease or limiting complications - answertertiary prevention
The greatest increase in aging by group percentage is occurring among those: -
answer85 and older
Estimates are by 2020 up to ____% of nurses' time will be spent with older adults -
answer75
Origins of gerontological nursing rooted in ____ & began with - answerEngland
Florence nightingale
Scope and Standards of Practice addresses knowledge and skills for nurses is done by
- answerANA Gerontological Nursing
Started in 1992 and designed to improve outcomes for hospitalized older adults: -
answerNurses Improving Care of Health System Elders (NICHE)
One in _____ older adults is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of leaving -
answerfive
1 out of ___ Medicare patients admitted to a skilled nursing facility will be readmitted
within 30 days - answer4
_____ are the most prevalent adverse event following discharge from the hospital -
answerMedication discrepancies
, Which was the first formal action the ANA took in relation to gerontological nursing? -
answerEstablished a national geriatric nursing group
Which gerontological organization had a significant influence on the care of older
adults? - answerjohn Hartford foundation
Biological aging— aka "____" - answersenescence
A complex genetically regulated interactive process of change in every living organism -
answerBiological aging—"senescence
Changes to cells that decrease ability to replicate attributed to aging, especially the
mitochondria - - answercellular functioning
What biological theory?
Cellular replication is critical to survival, integrity of genetic code implies new cells have
same form and fx of old ones, organisms are destined to become more complex over
time - - answercellular function and aging
What biological theory?
Cells have limited replication, aging is result of predictable cellular death, cells and
organisms have predetermined life span known as haflick limit or biological clock, -
answerProgrammed aging theory
What biological theory?
Changes at the cellular level are random and unpredidcatble
Wear and tear, oxidative stress, free radical, mutations, telomeres and aging -
answerERROR THEORIES
What biological theory?
Cellular errors a result of "wearing out" over time from continued use
Associated with internal and external stressors (associated with free radicals)
Causes a progressive decline in cellular function or increased cellular death -
answerWEAR AND TEAR THEORY
Increased ROS reactive oxygen species is referred to as "______" or "________" -
answeroxidative stress
oxidative damage
ROS is increased by external factors such as pollution, cigarrette smoke and internal
factors such as ____ - answerinflammation
ROS is the thinking of what biological theory? - answerOxidative stress theory
What biological theory?
persons over the age of 60 worldwide will double in the year ____ and will consist of
mostly this sex - answer2050
female
Those that are still alive at 110 years of age - answer Super-Centenarians
Those between the ages of 100 and 109 years – answer Centenarians
Strategies that can and are used to prevent illness before it occurs - answer primary
prevention
Early detection of the disease or health problem that has already developed - answer
secondary prevention
Addresses the needs of persons who have their day-to-day wellness challenged, by
slowing disease or limiting complications - answertertiary prevention
The greatest increase in aging by group percentage is occurring among those: -
answer85 and older
Estimates are by 2020 up to ____% of nurses' time will be spent with older adults -
answer75
Origins of gerontological nursing rooted in ____ & began with - answerEngland
Florence nightingale
Scope and Standards of Practice addresses knowledge and skills for nurses is done by
- answerANA Gerontological Nursing
Started in 1992 and designed to improve outcomes for hospitalized older adults: -
answerNurses Improving Care of Health System Elders (NICHE)
One in _____ older adults is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of leaving -
answerfive
1 out of ___ Medicare patients admitted to a skilled nursing facility will be readmitted
within 30 days - answer4
_____ are the most prevalent adverse event following discharge from the hospital -
answerMedication discrepancies
, Which was the first formal action the ANA took in relation to gerontological nursing? -
answerEstablished a national geriatric nursing group
Which gerontological organization had a significant influence on the care of older
adults? - answerjohn Hartford foundation
Biological aging— aka "____" - answersenescence
A complex genetically regulated interactive process of change in every living organism -
answerBiological aging—"senescence
Changes to cells that decrease ability to replicate attributed to aging, especially the
mitochondria - - answercellular functioning
What biological theory?
Cellular replication is critical to survival, integrity of genetic code implies new cells have
same form and fx of old ones, organisms are destined to become more complex over
time - - answercellular function and aging
What biological theory?
Cells have limited replication, aging is result of predictable cellular death, cells and
organisms have predetermined life span known as haflick limit or biological clock, -
answerProgrammed aging theory
What biological theory?
Changes at the cellular level are random and unpredidcatble
Wear and tear, oxidative stress, free radical, mutations, telomeres and aging -
answerERROR THEORIES
What biological theory?
Cellular errors a result of "wearing out" over time from continued use
Associated with internal and external stressors (associated with free radicals)
Causes a progressive decline in cellular function or increased cellular death -
answerWEAR AND TEAR THEORY
Increased ROS reactive oxygen species is referred to as "______" or "________" -
answeroxidative stress
oxidative damage
ROS is increased by external factors such as pollution, cigarrette smoke and internal
factors such as ____ - answerinflammation
ROS is the thinking of what biological theory? - answerOxidative stress theory
What biological theory?
