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Toward Healthy Aging: Human Needs and Nursing Response, 11th Edition
By Theris A. Touhy, Kathleen F. Jett.
(All Chapters 1-35, Latest Edition, Verified Answers with Rationales)
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,Table of Content
PART 1: Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
1. Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care — 1
2. Aging, Health, and Wellness in a Global Community — 17
3. Theories of Aging — 27
4. Providing Cross-Cultural Care — 36
5. Economics and Health Care in Late Life — 49
6. Promoting Excellence in Long-Term Care — 58
PART 2: Foundations for Taking Action
7. Therapeutic Communication With Older Adults — 75
8. Cognitive Health and Learning — 84
9. Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to Maximize Outcomes — 95
10. Using Laboratory Data in Clinical Judgment — 110
11. Safe Medication Use — 124
PART 3: Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function
12. Visual Health — 141
13. Auditory Health — 154
14. Healthy Skin — 164
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16.
Nutritional Health — 184
Hydration and Oral Health — 202
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17. Elimination — 212
18. Sleep — 230
19. Activity and Exercise — 242
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20. Falls and Fall Risk Reduction — 252
21. Safe and Secure Environments — 270
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PART 4: Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons With Chronic Illnesses
22. Living Well With Chronic Illness — 286
23. Vascular Disorders — 291
24. Respiratory Disorders — 307
25. Neurocognitive Disorders — 316
26. Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive Disorders — 327
27. Endocrine and Immune Disorders — 352
28. Common Musculoskeletal Disorders — 362
29. Pain and Comfort — 372
30. Mental Health — 384
PART 5: Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging With Older Adults and Families
31. Ethics, Decision Making, and Mistreatment — 411
32. Relationships, Roles, and Life Transitions — 424
33. Intimacy and Sexual Health — 446
34. Loss, Death, and Palliative Care — 464
35. Spiritual Health, Meaning, and Self-Actualization — 481
,Chapter 01: Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care
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 of the 20th century.
c. Following the Great Depression.
d. Since the year 2000.
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
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2. The son of a nursing home resident asks a nursing attendant: “What is the significance of
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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?
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a. “National certification as a gerontological nursing attendant is a way to
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.”
Answer:- A
Reasoning: National certification is a way to demonstrate special expertise in caring for older
adults. It is not required for practice in any setting across the continuum of care, and it is not
exclusive to nursing attendants with Baccalaureate degrees. There is both a generalist and a
specialist gerontological nursing certification. The generalist functions in a variety of settings
providing care to older adults and their families. The specialist has advanced gerontological
, education at a master’s level.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding
TOPIC: Integrated Process: Communication and
Documentation MSC: Patient Needs: Management of Care
3. The major goal of the NICHE (Nursing attendants Improving Care for Health
system Elders) program includes which of the following?
a. Improve outcomes for hospitalized older adults.
b. Increase the number of older adults cared for in hospitals.
c. Increase the number of iatrogenic complications that occur in hospitalized older
adults.
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Toward Healthy Aging: Human Needs and Nursing Response, 11th Edition
By Theris A. Touhy, Kathleen F. Jett.
(All Chapters 1-35, Latest Edition, Verified Answers with Rationales)
C
LE
ST
BE
,Table of Content
PART 1: Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
1. Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care — 1
2. Aging, Health, and Wellness in a Global Community — 17
3. Theories of Aging — 27
4. Providing Cross-Cultural Care — 36
5. Economics and Health Care in Late Life — 49
6. Promoting Excellence in Long-Term Care — 58
PART 2: Foundations for Taking Action
7. Therapeutic Communication With Older Adults — 75
8. Cognitive Health and Learning — 84
9. Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to Maximize Outcomes — 95
10. Using Laboratory Data in Clinical Judgment — 110
11. Safe Medication Use — 124
PART 3: Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function
12. Visual Health — 141
13. Auditory Health — 154
14. Healthy Skin — 164
15.
16.
Nutritional Health — 184
Hydration and Oral Health — 202
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17. Elimination — 212
18. Sleep — 230
19. Activity and Exercise — 242
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20. Falls and Fall Risk Reduction — 252
21. Safe and Secure Environments — 270
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PART 4: Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons With Chronic Illnesses
22. Living Well With Chronic Illness — 286
23. Vascular Disorders — 291
24. Respiratory Disorders — 307
25. Neurocognitive Disorders — 316
26. Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive Disorders — 327
27. Endocrine and Immune Disorders — 352
28. Common Musculoskeletal Disorders — 362
29. Pain and Comfort — 372
30. Mental Health — 384
PART 5: Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging With Older Adults and Families
31. Ethics, Decision Making, and Mistreatment — 411
32. Relationships, Roles, and Life Transitions — 424
33. Intimacy and Sexual Health — 446
34. Loss, Death, and Palliative Care — 464
35. Spiritual Health, Meaning, and Self-Actualization — 481
,Chapter 01: Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care
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 of the 20th century.
c. Following the Great Depression.
d. Since the year 2000.
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 C
LE
2. The son of a nursing home resident asks a nursing attendant: “What is the significance of
ST
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?
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a. “National certification as a gerontological nursing attendant is a way to
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.”
Answer:- A
Reasoning: National certification is a way to demonstrate special expertise in caring for older
adults. It is not required for practice in any setting across the continuum of care, and it is not
exclusive to nursing attendants with Baccalaureate degrees. There is both a generalist and a
specialist gerontological nursing certification. The generalist functions in a variety of settings
providing care to older adults and their families. The specialist has advanced gerontological
, education at a master’s level.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding
TOPIC: Integrated Process: Communication and
Documentation MSC: Patient Needs: Management of Care
3. The major goal of the NICHE (Nursing attendants Improving Care for Health
system Elders) program includes which of the following?
a. Improve outcomes for hospitalized older adults.
b. Increase the number of older adults cared for in hospitals.
c. Increase the number of iatrogenic complications that occur in hospitalized older
adults.
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LE
ST
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