NUR 163 LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are the feelings/concept associated with ageism? - ✔✔helplessness
elders are handicapped
elders are unproductive
✔✔What are the S/S of ineffective coping? - ✔✔using drugs/alcohol to cope
isolation
sexual promiscuity
✔✔What could revision of a will mean or be a sign of for an elderly individual? - ✔✔This
could be a sign of depression that could be advancing towards signs of possible suicide.
✔✔What are the normal integumentary changes with age? - ✔✔skin appears clear
pale
thinner
senile purpura (common but not present in everyone)
✔✔What musculoskeletal exercise is good for distribution of calcium and phosphorus? -
✔✔weight bearing exercises
✔✔What are risk factors for Osteoporosis? - ✔✔Hip fracture
Low estrogen
Post-Menopausal
Pathological Fractures
Smoking
Small body frame
Gender (more prevalent in women)
Sedentary lifestyle
✔✔Do the elderly have a decrease in fluid throughout the body? - ✔✔Indeed
✔✔What is subjective data? - ✔✔Subjective data is not observable (Ex: pain, nausea)
✔✔What is Objective data? - ✔✔Objective data is observable
(Ex: BP, foul odor, purulent drainage, swelling)
✔✔What is on a health history? - ✔✔Allergies
Illnesses
Surgeries
Immunizations
Results of physical exams and tests
Health habits such as diets and exercise
, ✔✔Which tools assess cognitive function in the elderly? - ✔✔Mini Cog
Montreal Assessment
✔✔If you should need an interpreter, should you use them for every interaction with
patient or just the important medically related things? - ✔✔Just the Medically related
information
✔✔Which pulses can you do bilaterally (at the same time)? - ✔✔everyone but Carotid
and Apical
✔✔What are the S/S of HYPERthermia? - ✔✔Blood vessels dilate
Flushed
Sweat glands become more active
✔✔Why do elderly people complain about the room temperature? - ✔✔Slower
Metabolism
✔✔If someone with cancer wants to attend a trip at the zoo, what should you tell them
to do? - ✔✔Conserve energy by taking frequent breaks.
✔✔If your patient somehow ends up HYPOthermic after playing in the rain, what is the
first thing you need to do? - ✔✔Remove wet clothing
✔✔In a healthcare organization to promote a culture of safety what is the one main
component to do so? - ✔✔EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
✔✔Why wouldn't pharmaceutical companies test older adults in there pharmacological
studies (new meds)? - ✔✔younger adults are healthy
✔✔Medication errors happen more frequently in elders, why is this? - ✔✔Elders may
forget to take their medications
Elders may forget and then double up
✔✔What is the most reliable method of identification for a patient? - ✔✔Identification
wrist band
✔✔If someone is having a difficult time swallowing their medications (getting caught in
back of throat), what should you offer them or promote? - ✔✔More H2O
✔✔What do you teach an individual about there new medication? - ✔✔Explain in great
detail what it is, how its taken and, what its used for.
✔✔Can you give a patient with sleep apnea sedatives? - ✔✔No
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are the feelings/concept associated with ageism? - ✔✔helplessness
elders are handicapped
elders are unproductive
✔✔What are the S/S of ineffective coping? - ✔✔using drugs/alcohol to cope
isolation
sexual promiscuity
✔✔What could revision of a will mean or be a sign of for an elderly individual? - ✔✔This
could be a sign of depression that could be advancing towards signs of possible suicide.
✔✔What are the normal integumentary changes with age? - ✔✔skin appears clear
pale
thinner
senile purpura (common but not present in everyone)
✔✔What musculoskeletal exercise is good for distribution of calcium and phosphorus? -
✔✔weight bearing exercises
✔✔What are risk factors for Osteoporosis? - ✔✔Hip fracture
Low estrogen
Post-Menopausal
Pathological Fractures
Smoking
Small body frame
Gender (more prevalent in women)
Sedentary lifestyle
✔✔Do the elderly have a decrease in fluid throughout the body? - ✔✔Indeed
✔✔What is subjective data? - ✔✔Subjective data is not observable (Ex: pain, nausea)
✔✔What is Objective data? - ✔✔Objective data is observable
(Ex: BP, foul odor, purulent drainage, swelling)
✔✔What is on a health history? - ✔✔Allergies
Illnesses
Surgeries
Immunizations
Results of physical exams and tests
Health habits such as diets and exercise
, ✔✔Which tools assess cognitive function in the elderly? - ✔✔Mini Cog
Montreal Assessment
✔✔If you should need an interpreter, should you use them for every interaction with
patient or just the important medically related things? - ✔✔Just the Medically related
information
✔✔Which pulses can you do bilaterally (at the same time)? - ✔✔everyone but Carotid
and Apical
✔✔What are the S/S of HYPERthermia? - ✔✔Blood vessels dilate
Flushed
Sweat glands become more active
✔✔Why do elderly people complain about the room temperature? - ✔✔Slower
Metabolism
✔✔If someone with cancer wants to attend a trip at the zoo, what should you tell them
to do? - ✔✔Conserve energy by taking frequent breaks.
✔✔If your patient somehow ends up HYPOthermic after playing in the rain, what is the
first thing you need to do? - ✔✔Remove wet clothing
✔✔In a healthcare organization to promote a culture of safety what is the one main
component to do so? - ✔✔EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
✔✔Why wouldn't pharmaceutical companies test older adults in there pharmacological
studies (new meds)? - ✔✔younger adults are healthy
✔✔Medication errors happen more frequently in elders, why is this? - ✔✔Elders may
forget to take their medications
Elders may forget and then double up
✔✔What is the most reliable method of identification for a patient? - ✔✔Identification
wrist band
✔✔If someone is having a difficult time swallowing their medications (getting caught in
back of throat), what should you offer them or promote? - ✔✔More H2O
✔✔What do you teach an individual about there new medication? - ✔✔Explain in great
detail what it is, how its taken and, what its used for.
✔✔Can you give a patient with sleep apnea sedatives? - ✔✔No
