Test Bank - Caring for Older Adults Holistically, 8th Edition (Dahlkemper, 2025), Chapter 1-20 | All Chapters

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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, approximately how many Americans are older than age 65?
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2. What is the average life expectancy today?
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3) 81.1 years for women and 76.3 years for men
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3. Which statement is NOT true about holistic nursing?
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1) Holistic nursing focuses on the specific disease or disorder a person has in order to treat it effectively.
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2) Holistic nursing aims to treat the whole person, not just a specific disease or disorder the person ma
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3) Holistic nursing focuses on the individual patient and uses many techniques, such as empatheti
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c listening, music, and imagery, as well as specific clinical skills.
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4) Holistic nursing weaves the technical skills of nursing with the social science skills that enhanc
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e communication and rapport between the nurse and the person receiving care.
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4. The Science of Human Caring theory was developed by
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5. Which is NOT emphasized in The Science of Human Caring?
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2) Focusing on the person while you are with him or her
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3) Ensuring that all nonessential tasks, such as bathing, are given according to a strict schedule
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4) Reaching out to the patient, making eye contact, touching if appropriate, speaking softly
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6. Which of the following is included as a basic concept of holistic nursing?
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1) Using your developed clinical expertise
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2) Developing a close relationship with the patient’s family members and significant others
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3) Remembering the personal intuition and creativity of patients in your nursing plan
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4) All of the above
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7. Most elderly people having a heart attack have
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1) Pain diffused over the entire chest area
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4) Pain on the left side of the chest and pain that radiates down the left arm
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8. Compared with the doses of medication given to a young adult, the doses given to an old-
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old person are usually
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1) Smaller

2) Larger, because the old-old person is probably sicker
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4) Minimal, because the person is very old and probably near death
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