CAN EXAMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,
(2025/2026) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Many elderly residents lose their appetite due to
a)a decrease in saliva
b)hardening of the arteries
c)decrease number of tastebuds
d)both a & c
d)both a&c
The thinning of the fatty layer under the skin could cause the resident to:
a)lose their appetite
b)have difficulty walking
c)develop pressure sores
d)have slowed mental responses
c)develop pressure sores
Elderly residents sometimes appear stooped over and like they have lose height
due to:
a)the residence increase difficulty breathing
b)the deterioration of muscle tissue
c)lose of Ca causing changes in the spinal column
d)decreased cardiac tissue
c)lose of Ca causing changes in the spinal column
one of the major reasons the elderly are incontinent of urine is:
a)they are too lazy to go to the BR
b)they can't get a nurse aid to help them to the BR
c)the circulatory system is failing
d)the muscle that keeps urine in the bladder weakens
d)muscle in the bladder weakens
Constipation and indigestion can result from:
a)slowed restorations
b)slowed mental response
c)slowed peristalsis
d)slowed brain waves
c)slowed peristalsis
Strokes are seen in the elderly. Strokes are best described as:
a)when the muscle dies
b)when the brain is deprived of O2
c)when the heart fails
d)when the lungs fill with fluid
b)when the brain is deprived of O2
Which statement is TRUE concerning sexuality in the elderly:
a)sex and intimacy aren't important
b)elderly men and women are not interested in sex
, c)the elderly men and women are attracted to each other
d)elderly people are only interested in their health
c)elderly men and women are attracted to each other
One of the major causes of depression in the elderly is:
a)inability to run their own lives
b)going to nursing home activities
c)living with their children
d)lack of money
a)inability to run their own lives
which of the following statements about aging is true:
a)most elderly are confused
b)most older people live in nursing homes
c)most older people are alert and oriented
d)most older people are sick and helpless
c)most older people are alert and oriented
When dry, hard stool fills the rectum and will not pass is called:
a)edema
b)incontinence
c)atrophy
d)impaction
d)impaction
a sitting or semi-setting position with the head of the bead elevated is called:
a)prone
b)supine
c)lateral
d) fowlers
d)fowlers
which of the following statements about nursing home admissions is FALSE:
a)most families prefer to care for elderly relatives at home
b)some elderly people are unsafe at home
c)most people prefer to put elderly relatives in a long term care facility
d)family members may be unable to care for elderly relatives at home
c)most people prefer to put elderly relatives in a LTC facility
Wasting or a decrease in the size of a muscle is called:
a)decubitus
b)atrophy
c)impaction
d)edema
b)atrophy
A confused resident tells you there is a monster in the closet. The nurse aid
should:
a)pretend to kill the monster in the closet
b)tell the resident there is no such thing as monsters
c)open the closet and show the resident nothing is there
d)tell the resident you will take the monster home with you
c)open the closet and show the resident nothing is there
(2025/2026) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Many elderly residents lose their appetite due to
a)a decrease in saliva
b)hardening of the arteries
c)decrease number of tastebuds
d)both a & c
d)both a&c
The thinning of the fatty layer under the skin could cause the resident to:
a)lose their appetite
b)have difficulty walking
c)develop pressure sores
d)have slowed mental responses
c)develop pressure sores
Elderly residents sometimes appear stooped over and like they have lose height
due to:
a)the residence increase difficulty breathing
b)the deterioration of muscle tissue
c)lose of Ca causing changes in the spinal column
d)decreased cardiac tissue
c)lose of Ca causing changes in the spinal column
one of the major reasons the elderly are incontinent of urine is:
a)they are too lazy to go to the BR
b)they can't get a nurse aid to help them to the BR
c)the circulatory system is failing
d)the muscle that keeps urine in the bladder weakens
d)muscle in the bladder weakens
Constipation and indigestion can result from:
a)slowed restorations
b)slowed mental response
c)slowed peristalsis
d)slowed brain waves
c)slowed peristalsis
Strokes are seen in the elderly. Strokes are best described as:
a)when the muscle dies
b)when the brain is deprived of O2
c)when the heart fails
d)when the lungs fill with fluid
b)when the brain is deprived of O2
Which statement is TRUE concerning sexuality in the elderly:
a)sex and intimacy aren't important
b)elderly men and women are not interested in sex
, c)the elderly men and women are attracted to each other
d)elderly people are only interested in their health
c)elderly men and women are attracted to each other
One of the major causes of depression in the elderly is:
a)inability to run their own lives
b)going to nursing home activities
c)living with their children
d)lack of money
a)inability to run their own lives
which of the following statements about aging is true:
a)most elderly are confused
b)most older people live in nursing homes
c)most older people are alert and oriented
d)most older people are sick and helpless
c)most older people are alert and oriented
When dry, hard stool fills the rectum and will not pass is called:
a)edema
b)incontinence
c)atrophy
d)impaction
d)impaction
a sitting or semi-setting position with the head of the bead elevated is called:
a)prone
b)supine
c)lateral
d) fowlers
d)fowlers
which of the following statements about nursing home admissions is FALSE:
a)most families prefer to care for elderly relatives at home
b)some elderly people are unsafe at home
c)most people prefer to put elderly relatives in a long term care facility
d)family members may be unable to care for elderly relatives at home
c)most people prefer to put elderly relatives in a LTC facility
Wasting or a decrease in the size of a muscle is called:
a)decubitus
b)atrophy
c)impaction
d)edema
b)atrophy
A confused resident tells you there is a monster in the closet. The nurse aid
should:
a)pretend to kill the monster in the closet
b)tell the resident there is no such thing as monsters
c)open the closet and show the resident nothing is there
d)tell the resident you will take the monster home with you
c)open the closet and show the resident nothing is there
