Toward Healthy Aging: Human Needs and Nursing Response
THERIS A. TOUHY, KATHLEEN F. JETT
11th Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENT
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PART 1 Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
1 Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of
Care 2 Aging, Health, and Wellness in a Global
Community 3 Theories of Aging
4 Providing Cross-Cultural Care
5 Economics and Health Care in Late Life
6 Promoting Excellence in Long-
Term Care PART 2 Foundations for Taking
Action
7 Therapeutic Communication With Older Adults 8
Cognitive Health and Learning
9 Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to Maximize
Outcomes 10 Using Laboratory Data in Clinical
Judgment
11 Safe Medication Use
PART 3 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function
12 Visual Health
13 Auditory Health
14 Healthy Skin
15 Nutritional Health
16 Hydration and Oral Health
17 Elimination
18 Sleep
19 Activity and Exercise
20 Falls and Fall Risk Reduction
21 Safe and Secure Environments
PART 4 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons With Chronic
Illnesses
22 Living Well With Chronic Illness
23 Vascular Disorders
24 RespiratoryDisorders
25 NeurocognitiveDisorders
26 Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive Disorders
27 Endocrine and Immune Disorders 28
Common Musculoskeletal
Disorders 29 Pain and Comfort
30 Mental Health
,PART 5 Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy
Aging With Older Adults and Families 31
Ethics, Decision Making, and Mistreatment
32 Relationships, Roles, and Life Transitions
33 Intimacy and
Sexual Health
34 Loss, Death, and Palliative Care
35 Spiritual Health, Meaning, and Self-Actualization
, Chapter 01: Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care
Touhy: Toward Healthy Aging, 11th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When did serious and well-controlled research studies on aging first become
available?
a. Only in the past 60 years.
b. Since the turn of the 20th century.
c. Following the Great Depression.
d. Since the year 2000.
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-A
REASONING:->>>Only in the past 60 years have serious and carefully controlled research
studies flourished. Before that, anecdotal evidence was used to illustrate issues assumed
to be universal, making all the remaining options incorrect.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering TOPIC: Integrated Process:
Teaching/Learning MSC: Patient Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance
2. The son of a nursing home resident asks a nursing attendant: “What is the
significance of being certified in gerontology? I see that you are, but not all of the
nursing attendants are.” What response best answers the family member’s question?
a. “National certification as a gerontological nursing attendant is a way
to demonstrate special knowledge in caring for older
adults.”
b. “National certification in gerontology is required for all nursing
attendants who have worked in this setting for 2 or more years.”
c. “National certification is only available to nursing attendants
who have a Baccalaureate degree in nursing.”
d. “Only advanced practice nursing attendants, like nursing
attendant practitioners, are certified in gerontology.”
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-A
REASONING:->>>National certification is a way to demonstrate special expertise in
caring for older adults. It is not required for practice in any setting across the
continuum of care, and it is not exclusive to nursing attendants with Baccalaureate
degrees. There is both a generalist and a specialist gerontological
nursing certification. The generalist functions in a variety of settings providing
care to older adults and their families. The specialist has advanced gerontological
education at a master’s level.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding