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COMPLETE TEST BANK FOR
HAM'S PRIMARY CARE GERIATRICS: A CASE-BASED
APPROACH 7TH EDITION
BY WARSHAW, POTTER |COMPLETE CHAPTERS 1-54(SOME WITH ANSWER SECTION)

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. PRINCIPLES OF PRIMARY CARE OF OLDER ADULTS ................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 2. INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM CARE ........................................................................................... 15
CHAPTER 3. ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................... 27
CHAPTER 4. WELLNESS AND PREVENTION ................................................................................................. 38
CHAPTER 5. ADVANCED CULTURAL COMPETENCY IN CARING FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS ......................... 49
CHAPTER 6. APPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING.................................................................................................... 59
CHAPTER 7. ETHICS ..................................................................................................................................... 69

CHAPTER 8. FINANCING AND ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH CARE ............................................................... 80
CHAPTER 9. BILLING AND CODING.............................................................................................................. 84
CHAPTER 10. HOSPITAL CARE ..................................................................................................................... 97
CHAPTER 11. LONG-TERM CARE ............................................................................................................... 103

CHAPTER 12. HOME CARE ......................................................................................................................... 118
CHAPTER 13. REHABILITATION ................................................................................................................. 131
CHAPTER 14. PALLIATIVE CARE ................................................................................................................. 141
CHAPTER 16. DELIRIUM ............................................................................................................................ 164
CHAPTER 18. DEPRESSION ........................................................................................................................ 181
CHAPTER 20. FALLS ................................................................................................................................... 199
CHAPTER 21. DIZZINESS ............................................................................................................................ 209
CHAPTER 22. SYNCOPE ............................................................................................................................. 211
CHAPTER 23. URINARY INCONTINENCE .................................................................................................... 213
CHAPTER 24. CONSTIPATION AND FECAL INCONTINENCE ....................................................................... 223
CHAPTER 25. HEARING IMPAIRMENT ....................................................................................................... 233

CHAPTER 26. VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND EYE PROBLEMS ........................................................................ 250
CHAPTER 27. PERSISTENT PAIN ................................................................................................................ 266
CHAPTER 28. MALNUTRITION AND FEEDING PROBLEMS......................................................................... 275
CHAPTER 29. FRAILTY ................................................................................................................................ 285

CHAPTER 30. PRESSURE ULCERS ............................................................................................................... 295
CHAPTER 31. SLEEP DISORDERS ................................................................................................................ 303

,CHAPTER 32. SEXUAL HEALTH .................................................................................................................. 314
CHAPTER 33. MISTREATMENT AND NEGLECT .......................................................................................... 325

CHAPTER 34. ALCOHOLISM ....................................................................................................................... 328
CHAPTER 35. DRIVING............................................................................................................................... 334
CHAPTER 36. HYPERTENSION ................................................................................................................... 336
CHAPTER 37. CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ................................................... 357

CHAPTER 38. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.............................................................................................. 367
CHAPTER 39. PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE ........................................................................................ 384
CHAPTER 40. TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS AND STROKE .................................................................... 403
CHAPTER 41. DIABETES MELLITUS ............................................................................................................ 419
CHAPTER 42. THYROID DISORDERS........................................................................................................... 438
CHAPTER 43. OSTEOPOROSIS ................................................................................................................... 448
CHAPTER 44. ARTHRITIS AND RELATED DISORDERS ................................................................................. 469
CHAPTER 45. FOOT PROBLEMS ................................................................................................................. 486
CHAPTER 46. CANCER ............................................................................................................................... 498
CHAPTER 47. ANEMIA ............................................................................................................................... 508
CHAPTER 48. PULMONARY DISEASE ......................................................................................................... 530
CHAPTER 49. INFECTIOUS DISEASES ......................................................................................................... 540
CHAPTER 50. THE ACUTE ABDOMEN ........................................................................................................ 550
CHAPTER 51. BENIGN PROSTATE DISEASE ................................................................................................ 568
CHAPTER 52. PARKINSON’S DISEASE ........................................................................................................ 580
CHAPTER 53. ORAL DISORDERS ................................................................................................................ 582
CHAPTER 54. SKIN PROBLEMS .................................................................................................................. 585

, HAM'S PRIMARY CARE GERIATRICS: A CASE-BASED APPROACH 7TH EDITION TEST BANK



CHAPTER 1. PRINCIPLES OF PRIMARY CARE OF OLDER ADULTS

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. IN 2010, THE REVISED STANDARDS AND SCOPE OF GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING PRACTICE WAS
PUBLISHED.

THE NURSE WOULD USE THESE STANDARDS TO:

A. PROMOTE THE PRACTICE OF GERONTOLOGIC NURSING WITHIN THE ACUTE CARE SETTING.

B. DEFINE THE CONCEPTS AND DIMENSIONS OF GERONTOLOGIC NURSING PRACTICE.

C. ELEVATE THE PRACTICE OF GERONTOLOGIC NURSING.

D. INCORPORATE SUGGESTED INTERVENTIONS FROM OTHERS WHO PRACTICE GERONTOLOGIC
NURSING.

ANSWER:D

THE CURRENT PUBLISHING OF THE STANDARDS AND SCOPE OF GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING PRACTICE
IN 2010

INCORPORATES THE INPUT OF GERONTOLOGIC NURSES FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS
NOT INTENDED TO PROMOTE GERONTOLOGIC NURSING PRACTICE WITHIN ACUTE CARE SETTINGS,
DEFINE CONCEPTS OR DIMENSIONS OF GERONTOLOGIC NURSING PRACTICE, OR ELEVATE THE PRACTICE
OF GERONTOLOGIC NURSING.

DIF: REMEMBERING (KNOWLEDGE) REF: MSC: 2 OBJ: 1-1 TOP: N/A MSC: SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CARE
ENVIRONMENT

2. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECT OF AGEISM ON THE PRACTICE OF NURSING
OLDER ADULTS, A

NURSE NEEDS TO FIRST:

A. RECOGNIZE THAT NURSES MUST ACT AS ADVOCATES FOR AGING PATIENTS.

B. ACCEPT THAT THIS POPULATION REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THOSE REQUIRING
NURSING CARE.

C. SELF-REFLECT AND FORMULATE ONES PERSONAL VIEW OF AGING AND THE OLDER PATIENT.

D. RECOGNIZE AGEISM AS A FORM OF BIGOTRY SHARED BY MANY AMERICANS.

ANSWER:C

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Gregg A. Warshaw, MD, Jane F. Potter, MD, Ellen Flaherty, PhD, APRN, AGSF, Matthew K. McNabney, Mitchell T. Heflin, Richard J. Ham, MD Ham\'s Primary Care Geriatrics
Publisher: Unknown ISBN: 9780323721684 Edition: Unknown

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