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Gerontological Nursing Exam Prep Test Bank | BSN
425 Practice Exam 2026 ||Verified Exam!!!| Questions,
Answers & Rationales||Newest Exam!!!
What benefit does evidnce-based practice offer clients
over the age of 60?
a) No actual benefits have been noted when evidence-
based practice is the model for geriatric care
b) Evidence-based practice offers the client improved
health care in all settings
c) Evidence-based pracrice is only used as a model in
acute care settings
d) Minimal changes in geriatric care have arisen from the
use of evidnece-baseed practice models - Answer-B
What is the purpose of Rogers' diffusion of innovation
model in relation to evidnece-based practice (EBP)?
a) There is no relation to EBP
b) It offers an explanation of aging
c) It is used to open communication around issues of
implementing changes in practice when EBP research has
shown that change would improve outcomes
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d) It is the model that contradicts the EBP theory - Answer-
C
Which choice best explains the practice setting for the
gerontological nurse?
a) In the home of the client
b) Only in acute care settings
c) Clinics and long-term care facilities
d) Home of the client, acute care facilities, long-term care
settings, and clinics or anywhere clients over the age of 65
seek health care and health education - Answer-D
A 70-year-old presents to the clinic stating that his family
things he is losing his mind and they want to put him in a
home. What would be the intial role of the gerontological
nurse?
a) Begin the process of finding a qualified nursing home
b) Do a complete history,physical, and assessment
c) Speak with the family about their concerns
d) Make light of the subject until the nurse can evaluate
the situation - Answer-B
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Which item would not be a focus of a cognitive-perceptual
pattern assessment for the older client?
a) Cognition--Have you experienced any changes in your
memory?
b) Communication--Have you had any difficulty speaking
or forming ideas?
c) FInancial--Have you had any financial hardships over
the past several months?
d) Orientation--Do you know what day, month, and year it
is? - Answer-C
Which topic should NOT be omitted when assessign the
aging client?
a) Sexual history
b) Caridac history
c) History of abuse
d) All of the above - Answer-D
Pain of gastrointestinal origin is best differentiated from
pain of cardiac origin by the
presence of:
1. chest pain lasting longer than five minutes.
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2. chest pain of rapid onset.
3. left flank pain.
4. substernal chest discomfort. - Answer-4
Medications, slower mobility, lack of proper fluid intake,
and poor diet can contribute to what common symptom in
the elder population?
a) Urinary incontinence
b) Skin changes
c) Mental changes
d) Depression - Answer-A
Which statement would be most appropriate to ask when
assessing an aging adult for cognitive function?
a) What is today's date?
b) Can you count to 10 for me?
c) Have you noticed anything different about your memory
or thinking in the past few months?
d) Who is the president of the United States? - Answer-C
Which disease or ailment is often under diagnosed and
undertreated in the aging population?
Gerontological Nursing Exam Prep Test Bank | BSN
425 Practice Exam 2026 ||Verified Exam!!!| Questions,
Answers & Rationales||Newest Exam!!!
What benefit does evidnce-based practice offer clients
over the age of 60?
a) No actual benefits have been noted when evidence-
based practice is the model for geriatric care
b) Evidence-based practice offers the client improved
health care in all settings
c) Evidence-based pracrice is only used as a model in
acute care settings
d) Minimal changes in geriatric care have arisen from the
use of evidnece-baseed practice models - Answer-B
What is the purpose of Rogers' diffusion of innovation
model in relation to evidnece-based practice (EBP)?
a) There is no relation to EBP
b) It offers an explanation of aging
c) It is used to open communication around issues of
implementing changes in practice when EBP research has
shown that change would improve outcomes
,2|Page
d) It is the model that contradicts the EBP theory - Answer-
C
Which choice best explains the practice setting for the
gerontological nurse?
a) In the home of the client
b) Only in acute care settings
c) Clinics and long-term care facilities
d) Home of the client, acute care facilities, long-term care
settings, and clinics or anywhere clients over the age of 65
seek health care and health education - Answer-D
A 70-year-old presents to the clinic stating that his family
things he is losing his mind and they want to put him in a
home. What would be the intial role of the gerontological
nurse?
a) Begin the process of finding a qualified nursing home
b) Do a complete history,physical, and assessment
c) Speak with the family about their concerns
d) Make light of the subject until the nurse can evaluate
the situation - Answer-B
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Which item would not be a focus of a cognitive-perceptual
pattern assessment for the older client?
a) Cognition--Have you experienced any changes in your
memory?
b) Communication--Have you had any difficulty speaking
or forming ideas?
c) FInancial--Have you had any financial hardships over
the past several months?
d) Orientation--Do you know what day, month, and year it
is? - Answer-C
Which topic should NOT be omitted when assessign the
aging client?
a) Sexual history
b) Caridac history
c) History of abuse
d) All of the above - Answer-D
Pain of gastrointestinal origin is best differentiated from
pain of cardiac origin by the
presence of:
1. chest pain lasting longer than five minutes.
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2. chest pain of rapid onset.
3. left flank pain.
4. substernal chest discomfort. - Answer-4
Medications, slower mobility, lack of proper fluid intake,
and poor diet can contribute to what common symptom in
the elder population?
a) Urinary incontinence
b) Skin changes
c) Mental changes
d) Depression - Answer-A
Which statement would be most appropriate to ask when
assessing an aging adult for cognitive function?
a) What is today's date?
b) Can you count to 10 for me?
c) Have you noticed anything different about your memory
or thinking in the past few months?
d) Who is the president of the United States? - Answer-C
Which disease or ailment is often under diagnosed and
undertreated in the aging population?
