Gero Lecture Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
4. The Long Term Care Minimum Data Set (MDS):
a. is not a health status screening and assessment tool
b. is used for all residents of long term care nursing facilities
certified to participate in Medicare or Medicaid
c. it is not required for Medicare payment of skilled nursing
facility stays
d. seeks to reduce quality of life of older adults Correct
Answers B
A client complains of a loss of peripheral vision. Which
condition should the client be evaluated for?
A. Cortical cataracts
B. Nuclear cataracts
C. Macular degeneration
D. Glaucoma Correct Answers D
All of the following are assessed in the "Katz Index of
Independence in Activities of Daily Living " except:
a. Dressing
b. Driving a car safely
c. Continence
d. Feeding Correct Answers B
At what time of day would an older adult experience
postprandial hypotension?
A. Immediately on awakening
, B. After breakfast
C. Late afternoon
D. Before bedtime Correct Answers B
Community-based services that are specifically aimed to
promote wellness in older adults include all of these except:
A. health promotion programs
B. respite services
C. adult day centers
D. day care centers for children under the age of 2 Correct
Answers D
Mr. Mathews, an older adult, has complained of blurry vision,
being very sensitive to light, and having trouble seeing well at
night. Mr. Mathews' ophthalmologist has recommended surgery
to remove his cloudy natural lens and replace it with a clear
artificial lens called an intraocular lens (IOL). Given this
information, Mr. Mathews most likely has which of these
conditions?
a. cataracts
b. absence of pupils
c. glaucoma
d. retinal detachment Correct Answers A
Nurses who use the Minimum Data Set for assessment in
nursing homes understand that utilization of this tool promotes:
4. The Long Term Care Minimum Data Set (MDS):
a. is not a health status screening and assessment tool
b. is used for all residents of long term care nursing facilities
certified to participate in Medicare or Medicaid
c. it is not required for Medicare payment of skilled nursing
facility stays
d. seeks to reduce quality of life of older adults Correct
Answers B
A client complains of a loss of peripheral vision. Which
condition should the client be evaluated for?
A. Cortical cataracts
B. Nuclear cataracts
C. Macular degeneration
D. Glaucoma Correct Answers D
All of the following are assessed in the "Katz Index of
Independence in Activities of Daily Living " except:
a. Dressing
b. Driving a car safely
c. Continence
d. Feeding Correct Answers B
At what time of day would an older adult experience
postprandial hypotension?
A. Immediately on awakening
, B. After breakfast
C. Late afternoon
D. Before bedtime Correct Answers B
Community-based services that are specifically aimed to
promote wellness in older adults include all of these except:
A. health promotion programs
B. respite services
C. adult day centers
D. day care centers for children under the age of 2 Correct
Answers D
Mr. Mathews, an older adult, has complained of blurry vision,
being very sensitive to light, and having trouble seeing well at
night. Mr. Mathews' ophthalmologist has recommended surgery
to remove his cloudy natural lens and replace it with a clear
artificial lens called an intraocular lens (IOL). Given this
information, Mr. Mathews most likely has which of these
conditions?
a. cataracts
b. absence of pupils
c. glaucoma
d. retinal detachment Correct Answers A
Nurses who use the Minimum Data Set for assessment in
nursing homes understand that utilization of this tool promotes:
