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PART 1 Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
1 Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care
2 Aging, Health, and Wellness in a Global Community
3 Theories of Aging
4 Providing Cross-Cultural Care
5 Economics and Health Care in Late Life
6 Promoting Excellence in
Long-Term Care PART 2
Foundations for Taking
Action
7 Therapeutic Communication With Older Adults
8 Cognitive Health and Learning
9 Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to
Maximize Outcomes 10 Using
Laboratory Data in Clinical Judgment
11 Safe Medication Use
PART 3 Clinical Judgment to Promote
Wellness and Function 12 Visual Health
13 Auditory Health
14 Healthy Skin
15 Nutritional Health
16 Hydration and Oral Health
17 Elimination
18 Sleep
19 Activity and Exercise
20 Falls and Fall Risk Reduction
21 Safe and Secure Environments
PART 4 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons With Chronic
Illnesses
22 Living Well With Chronic Illness
23 Vascular Disorders
,24 Respiratory Disorders
25 Neurocognitive Disorders
26 Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive Disorders
27 Endocrine and Immune Disorders
28 Common Musculoskeletal Disorders
29 Pain and Comfort
30 Mental Health
PART 5 Clinical Judgment to
Promote Healthy Aging With Older
Adults and Families
31 Ethics, Decision Making, and Mistreatment
32 Relationships, Roles, and Life Transitions
33 Intimacy and Sexual Health
34 Loss, Death, and Palliative Care
35 Spiritual Health, Meaning, and Self-Actualization
, Chapter 01: Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuumof Care
Touhy: Toward Healthy Aging, 11th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When did serious and well-controlled research studies on aging
first become available?
a. Only in the past 60 years.
b. Since the turn ofthe 20th century.
c. Following the Great Depression.
d. Since the year 2000.
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-A
REASONING:->>>Only in the past 60 years have serious and
carefully controlled research studies flourished. Before that, anecdotal
evidence was used to illustrate issues assumed to be universal,
making all the remaining options incorrect.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering TOPIC:
Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning MSC:
Patient Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance
2. The son of a nursing home resident asks a nursing attendant:
“What is the significance of being certified in gerontology? I see
that you are, but not all of the nursing attendants are.” What
response best answers the family member's question?
a. “National certification as a gerontological nursing
attendant is a wayto demonstrate special knowledge
in caring for older adults.”
b. “National certification in gerontology is required for all
nursing attendants who have worked in this setting for 2
or more years.”
c. “National certification is only available to nursing
attendants who have a Baccalaureate degree in
nursing.”
d. “Only advanced practice nursing attendants, like
nursing attendant practitioners, are certified in
gerontology.”
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-A