Gerontologic Nursing, 6th Edition, Prep-
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Overview //of //Gerontologic //Nursing
Why /
/is /
/gerontologic /
/nursing //growing //in //recognition //compared //with //how //it //was //viewed //in //the //past?
More //people //will //be //presented //with //the //same //health //care //problems.
More //older //adults //are //living //a //longer //period //of //time //in //old //age.
A //greater //number //of //people //are //surviving //the //unstable //period //of //adolescence.
More //older //adults //are //married //couples, //with //men's //life //expectancies //equaling //women's.
Correct //
More //older //adults //are //living //a //longer //period //of //time //in //old //age.
With //
a //"gerontology /
/boom" /
/beginning, /
/the /
/specialty /
,/of /
/nursing /
/is /
/growing /
/in /
/recognition. /
/Older /
/adults /
/are //living //longer. //They //continue //to //be //the //fastest //growing //segment //of //the //population. //
Gerontologic /
/nursing /
/has /
/seen //
a/
/growth /
/in /
/recognition /
/since /
/the /
/Baby /
/Boomer /
/generation /
/began /
/turning /
/65. /
/The /
/health /
/care /
/problems /
/affecting /
/older /
/adults /
/are /
/unique /
/to /
/each /
,/individual. /
/There /
/is /
/no /
/great /
/increase //in //the //number //of //people //surviving //adolescence. //Women //typically //outlive //men.
Overview //of //Gerontologic //Nursing
Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/phenomena /
/most //likely //accounts //for //the //fact //that //more //women //than //men //live //alone //at //age //65 //and
//older?
Women //are //living //longer //than //men //because //of //an //increased //mortality //rate //in //men //from
//chronic //disease.Older //
women //are //much //more //likely //to //be //married //than //older //men.
Men //have //been //living //longer //than //women //since //the //1930s.
Women //have //better //access //to //medical //and //social //services //than //men.
Correct
, Women //are //living //longer //than //men //because //of //an //increased //mortality //rate //in //men //from
//chronic //disease.
Women /
/tend /
/to /
/live /
/longer /
/than /
/men /
/and /
/live /
/alone /
/in /
/the /
/United /
/States. /
/Since /
/1930, /
/women /
/have /
/been /
/living /
/longer /
/than /
/men /
/as //
a/
/result /
/of /
/reduced /
/maternal /
/mortality, //
a/
/decreased /
/death /
/rate /
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U, Study Mode Exam Questions With Correct Answers
// // // // // // //
Overview //of //Gerontologic //Nursing
Why /
/is /
/gerontologic /
/nursing //growing //in //recognition //compared //with //how //it //was //viewed //in //the //past?
More //people //will //be //presented //with //the //same //health //care //problems.
More //older //adults //are //living //a //longer //period //of //time //in //old //age.
A //greater //number //of //people //are //surviving //the //unstable //period //of //adolescence.
More //older //adults //are //married //couples, //with //men's //life //expectancies //equaling //women's.
Correct //
More //older //adults //are //living //a //longer //period //of //time //in //old //age.
With //
a //"gerontology /
/boom" /
/beginning, /
/the /
/specialty /
,/of /
/nursing /
/is /
/growing /
/in /
/recognition. /
/Older /
/adults /
/are //living //longer. //They //continue //to //be //the //fastest //growing //segment //of //the //population. //
Gerontologic /
/nursing /
/has /
/seen //
a/
/growth /
/in /
/recognition /
/since /
/the /
/Baby /
/Boomer /
/generation /
/began /
/turning /
/65. /
/The /
/health /
/care /
/problems /
/affecting /
/older /
/adults /
/are /
/unique /
/to /
/each /
,/individual. /
/There /
/is /
/no /
/great /
/increase //in //the //number //of //people //surviving //adolescence. //Women //typically //outlive //men.
Overview //of //Gerontologic //Nursing
Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/phenomena /
/most //likely //accounts //for //the //fact //that //more //women //than //men //live //alone //at //age //65 //and
//older?
Women //are //living //longer //than //men //because //of //an //increased //mortality //rate //in //men //from
//chronic //disease.Older //
women //are //much //more //likely //to //be //married //than //older //men.
Men //have //been //living //longer //than //women //since //the //1930s.
Women //have //better //access //to //medical //and //social //services //than //men.
Correct
, Women //are //living //longer //than //men //because //of //an //increased //mortality //rate //in //men //from
//chronic //disease.
Women /
/tend /
/to /
/live /
/longer /
/than /
/men /
/and /
/live /
/alone /
/in /
/the /
/United /
/States. /
/Since /
/1930, /
/women /
/have /
/been /
/living /
/longer /
/than /
/men /
/as //
a/
/result /
/of /
/reduced /
/maternal /
/mortality, //
a/
/decreased /
/death /
/rate /
