NURS 5461 Adult Gerontology
NURS 5461 Adult Gerontology Final Actual
Exam 1 Test Bank / NURS 5461 Adult
Gerontology Final Preparation /NURS 5461
Adult Gerontology Final Practice Exam
With Complete Verified Questions And Correct
Answers with Detailed Rationales Graded A +
Eligibility to receive low-income loans or reimbursement for expenses is provided to hospitals
that follow safety provisions of service established by:
A.
Board of Nursing Examiners (BNE)
B.
Nurse Practice Act (NPA)
C.
American Nurses Association (ANA)
D.
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) –
Correct Answer :D
If a hospital fails to follow ADA guidelines for meeting the special needs of persons with
disabilities, the facility loses funding and become ineligible to receive low-income loans or
reimbursement of expenses. ADA protects the civil rights of disabled people. Its provisions apply
to both hospital clients and hospital staff.
Which statement about an institutional ethics committee is correct?
A.
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The ethics committee is an additional resource for clients and health care professionals.
B.
The ethics committee relieves health care professionals from dealing with ethical issues.
C.
The ethics committee would be the first option in addressing an ethical dilemma.
D.
The ethics committee replaces decision making by the client and health care providers –
Correct Answer :The ethics committee is an additional resource for clients and health care
professionals.
What should the nurse do when planning nursing care for a client with a different cultural
background? The nurse should:
A. Allow the family to provide care during the hospital stay so no rituals or customs are broken
B. Identify how these cultural variables affect the health problem
C. Speak slowly and show pictures to make sure the client always understands –
Correct Answer :B
Which statement would best explain the role of the nurse when planning care for a culturally
diverse population? The nurse will plan care to:
A.
Include care that is culturally congruent with the staff from predetermined criteria
B.
Focus only on the needs of the client, ignoring the nurse's beliefs and practices
C.
Blend the values of the nurse that are for the good of the client and minimize the client's
individual values and beliefs during care
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D.
Provide care while aware of one's own bias, focusing on the client's individual needs rather than
the staff's practices –
Correct Answer :D
Without understanding one's own beliefs and values, a bias or preconceived belief by the nurse
could create an unexpected conflict or an area of neglect in the plan of care for a client (who
might be expecting something totally different from the care). During assessment values, beliefs,
practices should be identified by the nurse and used as a guide to identify the choices by the
nurse to meet specific needs/outcomes of that client. Therefore identification of values, beliefs,
and practices allows for planning meaningful and beneficial care specific for this client.
What are the stages of dying according to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross?
A.
Numbing; yearning and searching; disorganization and despair; and reorganization.
B.
Accepting the reality of loss, working through the pain of grief, adjusting to the environment
without the deceased, and emotionally relocating the deceased and moving on with life.
C.
Anticipatory grief, perceived loss, actual loss, and renewal.
D.
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. –
Correct Answer :D
Bereavement may be defined as
A.
The emotional response to loss
B.
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The outward, social expression of loss
C.
Postponing the awareness of the reality of the loss
D.
The inner feeling and outward reactions of the survivor –
Correct Answer :D
In a situation in which there is insufficient staff to implement competent care, a nurse should
refuse the assignment.
A. True
B. False –
Correct Answer :False: Accept the assignment but make a protest in writing to the administration
A health care issue often becomes an ethical dilemma because
A.
A clients legal rights coexist with a health professionals obligation
B.
Decisions must be made quickly, often under stressful conditions
C.
Decisions must be made based on value systems
D.
The choices involved do not appear to be clearly right or wrong –
Correct Answer :D
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NURS 5461 Adult Gerontology Final Actual
Exam 1 Test Bank / NURS 5461 Adult
Gerontology Final Preparation /NURS 5461
Adult Gerontology Final Practice Exam
With Complete Verified Questions And Correct
Answers with Detailed Rationales Graded A +
Eligibility to receive low-income loans or reimbursement for expenses is provided to hospitals
that follow safety provisions of service established by:
A.
Board of Nursing Examiners (BNE)
B.
Nurse Practice Act (NPA)
C.
American Nurses Association (ANA)
D.
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) –
Correct Answer :D
If a hospital fails to follow ADA guidelines for meeting the special needs of persons with
disabilities, the facility loses funding and become ineligible to receive low-income loans or
reimbursement of expenses. ADA protects the civil rights of disabled people. Its provisions apply
to both hospital clients and hospital staff.
Which statement about an institutional ethics committee is correct?
A.
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The ethics committee is an additional resource for clients and health care professionals.
B.
The ethics committee relieves health care professionals from dealing with ethical issues.
C.
The ethics committee would be the first option in addressing an ethical dilemma.
D.
The ethics committee replaces decision making by the client and health care providers –
Correct Answer :The ethics committee is an additional resource for clients and health care
professionals.
What should the nurse do when planning nursing care for a client with a different cultural
background? The nurse should:
A. Allow the family to provide care during the hospital stay so no rituals or customs are broken
B. Identify how these cultural variables affect the health problem
C. Speak slowly and show pictures to make sure the client always understands –
Correct Answer :B
Which statement would best explain the role of the nurse when planning care for a culturally
diverse population? The nurse will plan care to:
A.
Include care that is culturally congruent with the staff from predetermined criteria
B.
Focus only on the needs of the client, ignoring the nurse's beliefs and practices
C.
Blend the values of the nurse that are for the good of the client and minimize the client's
individual values and beliefs during care
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D.
Provide care while aware of one's own bias, focusing on the client's individual needs rather than
the staff's practices –
Correct Answer :D
Without understanding one's own beliefs and values, a bias or preconceived belief by the nurse
could create an unexpected conflict or an area of neglect in the plan of care for a client (who
might be expecting something totally different from the care). During assessment values, beliefs,
practices should be identified by the nurse and used as a guide to identify the choices by the
nurse to meet specific needs/outcomes of that client. Therefore identification of values, beliefs,
and practices allows for planning meaningful and beneficial care specific for this client.
What are the stages of dying according to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross?
A.
Numbing; yearning and searching; disorganization and despair; and reorganization.
B.
Accepting the reality of loss, working through the pain of grief, adjusting to the environment
without the deceased, and emotionally relocating the deceased and moving on with life.
C.
Anticipatory grief, perceived loss, actual loss, and renewal.
D.
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. –
Correct Answer :D
Bereavement may be defined as
A.
The emotional response to loss
B.
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The outward, social expression of loss
C.
Postponing the awareness of the reality of the loss
D.
The inner feeling and outward reactions of the survivor –
Correct Answer :D
In a situation in which there is insufficient staff to implement competent care, a nurse should
refuse the assignment.
A. True
B. False –
Correct Answer :False: Accept the assignment but make a protest in writing to the administration
A health care issue often becomes an ethical dilemma because
A.
A clients legal rights coexist with a health professionals obligation
B.
Decisions must be made quickly, often under stressful conditions
C.
Decisions must be made based on value systems
D.
The choices involved do not appear to be clearly right or wrong –
Correct Answer :D
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