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NUR 353 Exam 2 with precise detailed solutions || || || || || || ||
A 55-year-old female presents to the outpatient clinic describing irregular menstrual periods
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and hot flashes. Which information should the nurse share with the patient?
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The patient should stop regular exercise because that is probably causing these symptoms.
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Those symptoms are abnormal when a woman undergoes the climacteric.
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An assessment is not really needed because these problems are normal for older women.
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The patient's assessment points toward normal menopause. - ✔✔Normal menopause
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A 50-year-old male patient is seen in the clinic. He tells a nurse that he has recently lost his
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job and his wife of 26 years has asked for a divorce. He has a flat affect. Family history
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reveals that his father committed suicide at the age of 53. The nurse assesses for the
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following:
Iron deficiency anemia
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Sexually transmitted infection || ||
Cardiovascular disease ||
Depression - ✔✔Depression || ||
A nurse determines that a middle-aged patient is a typical example of the "sandwich
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generation." What did the nurse discover the patient is caught between? || || || || || || || || || ||
Job responsibilities or family responsibilities
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Stopping old habits and starting new ones || || || || || ||
Advancing in career or retiring || || || ||
Caring for children and aging parents - ✔✔Children & aging parents
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A nurse is preparing a health promotion course for a group of middle adults. Which of the
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following strategies should the nurse recommend? (select all that apply.)
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Decrease intake of calcium supplements || || || ||
Eye examination every 1-3 years
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Dexascan screening for osteoporosis || || ||
Screening for depressive disorders - ✔✔All but decreased intake of Ca
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Upon assessment of a middle-aged adult, the nurse observes uneven weight bearing and
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decreased range of joint motion. Which area is priority?
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Abuse potential ||
Fall Precautions
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Stroke prevention ||
Self-esteem issues - ✔✔Fall precautions || || || ||
What is the major component of life transitions in the older adult?
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a. change
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b. increased happiness
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c. loss
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d. independence - ✔✔c loss
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Life transitions, of which loss is a major component, include retirement and the associated
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financial changes, changes in roles and relationships, alterations in health and functional
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ability, changes in one's social network, and relocation. p. 180 Potter
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The suicide rate of which group is the highest in the United States?
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a. Black females over the age of 85
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b. Black males over the age of 85
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c. White females over the age of 85
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d. White males over the age of 85 - ✔✔d
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In fact, white men age 85 and older have the highest suicide rate in the United States
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(National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.Links to an external site.). Potter p. 179
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An older adult who is subject to threats, insults, harassment and isolation is receiving what
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kind of mistreatment? || ||
a. physical abuse
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b. financial exploitation
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c. psychosocial/emotional abuse
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d. self-neglect - ✔✔c psycho/emotional
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These are verbal and nonverbal acts that inflict mental pain, anguish and distress. Potter p.
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188
An example of therapeutic touch for the older age group includes all of the following
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except:
a. Touching their arm
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b. Standing close to another
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c. Patting someone on the head
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d. Reaching to hold someone's hand - ✔✔c patting
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p. 188 Potter, do not use touch in a condescending manner such as patting an older adult on
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the head.
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Forgetfulness is an expected consequence of aging. || || || || || ||
True
False - ✔✔false || ||
NUR 353 Exam 2 with precise detailed solutions || || || || || || ||
A 55-year-old female presents to the outpatient clinic describing irregular menstrual periods
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and hot flashes. Which information should the nurse share with the patient?
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The patient should stop regular exercise because that is probably causing these symptoms.
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Those symptoms are abnormal when a woman undergoes the climacteric.
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An assessment is not really needed because these problems are normal for older women.
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The patient's assessment points toward normal menopause. - ✔✔Normal menopause
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A 50-year-old male patient is seen in the clinic. He tells a nurse that he has recently lost his
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job and his wife of 26 years has asked for a divorce. He has a flat affect. Family history
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reveals that his father committed suicide at the age of 53. The nurse assesses for the
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following:
Iron deficiency anemia
|| ||
Sexually transmitted infection || ||
Cardiovascular disease ||
Depression - ✔✔Depression || ||
A nurse determines that a middle-aged patient is a typical example of the "sandwich
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generation." What did the nurse discover the patient is caught between? || || || || || || || || || ||
Job responsibilities or family responsibilities
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Stopping old habits and starting new ones || || || || || ||
Advancing in career or retiring || || || ||
Caring for children and aging parents - ✔✔Children & aging parents
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A nurse is preparing a health promotion course for a group of middle adults. Which of the
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following strategies should the nurse recommend? (select all that apply.)
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Decrease intake of calcium supplements || || || ||
Eye examination every 1-3 years
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Dexascan screening for osteoporosis || || ||
Screening for depressive disorders - ✔✔All but decreased intake of Ca
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Upon assessment of a middle-aged adult, the nurse observes uneven weight bearing and
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decreased range of joint motion. Which area is priority?
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Abuse potential ||
Fall Precautions
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Stroke prevention ||
Self-esteem issues - ✔✔Fall precautions || || || ||
What is the major component of life transitions in the older adult?
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a. change
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b. increased happiness
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c. loss
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d. independence - ✔✔c loss
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Life transitions, of which loss is a major component, include retirement and the associated
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financial changes, changes in roles and relationships, alterations in health and functional
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ability, changes in one's social network, and relocation. p. 180 Potter
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The suicide rate of which group is the highest in the United States?
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a. Black females over the age of 85
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b. Black males over the age of 85
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c. White females over the age of 85
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d. White males over the age of 85 - ✔✔d
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In fact, white men age 85 and older have the highest suicide rate in the United States
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(National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.Links to an external site.). Potter p. 179
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An older adult who is subject to threats, insults, harassment and isolation is receiving what
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kind of mistreatment? || ||
a. physical abuse
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b. financial exploitation
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c. psychosocial/emotional abuse
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d. self-neglect - ✔✔c psycho/emotional
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These are verbal and nonverbal acts that inflict mental pain, anguish and distress. Potter p.
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188
An example of therapeutic touch for the older age group includes all of the following
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except:
a. Touching their arm
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b. Standing close to another
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c. Patting someone on the head
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d. Reaching to hold someone's hand - ✔✔c patting
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p. 188 Potter, do not use touch in a condescending manner such as patting an older adult on
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the head.
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Forgetfulness is an expected consequence of aging. || || || || || ||
True
False - ✔✔false || ||
