BASIC GERIATRIC NURSING QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFIED
ANSWERS
THE NURSE KEEPS THE ENVIRONMENT WARMER FOR OLDER ADULTS BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE
SENSITIVE TO COLD BECAUSE OF THE AGE RELATED CHANGES IN THEIR -
answer☑️✔️.SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
THE NURSE REASSURES THE DISTRESSED 75 YEAR OLD MALE THAT THE WARTLIKE DARK
MACULES WITH DISTINCT BORDERS ARE NOT MELANOMAS BUT THE SKIN LESIONS OF -
answer☑️✔️.SEBORRHEIC KERATOSES
THE NURSE IS ACCOMPANYING A GROUP OF OLDER ADULTS ON A JULY 4TH OUTING TO
MONITOR HEAT PROSTRATION. OLDER ADULTS ARE INTOLERANT OF HEAT BECAUSE OF AN AGE
RELATED REDUCTION OF - answer☑️✔️.SEBORRHEIC KERATOSES
THE NURSE IS ACCOMPANYING A GROUP OF OLDER ADULTS ON A JULY 4TH OUTING TO
MONITOR HEAT PROSTRATION. OLDER ADULTS ARE INTOLERANT OF HEAT BECAUSE OF AN AGE
RELATED REDUCTION OF - answer☑️✔️.PERSPIRATION
THE NURSE CAUTIONS THE CNS TO USE CARE WHEN TRANSFERRING OR HANDLING OLDER
ADULTS BECAUSE THEIR VASCULAR FRAGILITY WILL CAUSE - answer☑️✔️.SENILE PURPURA
THE NURSE ASSESSES A STAGE I PRESSURE ULCER ON AN OLDER ADULTS COCCYX BY THE
APPEARANCE OF A - answer☑️✔️.NONBLANCHABLE AREA OF ERYTHEMA
THE CNA CARING FOR AN OLDER ADULT ASKS IF THE YELLOWWAXY CRUSTY LESIONS ON THE
PATIENTS AXILLA AND GROIN ARE CONTAGIOUS. THE NURSES MOST HELPFUL RESPONSE IS -
answer☑️✔️.NO. IT IS SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE SEBUM
, THE NURSE LEADS A GROUP OF POSTMENOPAUSAL OLDER WOMEN ON A DAILY 15 MINUTE
WALKING TOUR THROUGH THE LONG TERM CARE FACILITY TO - answer☑️✔️.INPROVE BONE
STRENGTH
WHEN THE PERPLEXED 70 YEAR OLD WOMAN ASKS HOW IN THE WORLD CAN MY BONES BE
BRITTLE WHEN I EAT ALL THE RIGHT FOODS? THE NURSES MOST INFORMATIVE REPLY IS -
answer☑️✔️.CALCIUM IS CONTINUOUSLY WITH DRAWN FROM BONE FOR NERVE AND
MUSCLE FUNCTION
WHEN THE 70 YEAR OLD POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMAN ASKS WHETHER HER HORMONE
REPLACEMENT THERAPY WILL PREVENT BONE LOSS THE NURSES MOST HELPFUL RESPONSE IS -
answer☑️✔️.YES HRT WILL PREVENT BONE LOSS BUT CAN CAUSE A STROKE HEART ATTACK OR
BREAST CANCER
AN 80 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO HAS OSTEOARTHRITIS COMPLAINS OF HOW UGLY HER HANDS
HAVE BECOME SINCE SHE HAS DEVELOPED HEBERDEN NODES WHICH ARE -
answer☑️✔️.BONY ENLARGEMENTS OF DISTAL JOINTS OF THE FINGERS
THE NURSE MODIFIES THE NURSING CARE PLAN FOR A 62 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN AN EXTENDED
CARE FACILITY WHO IS SUFFERING A FLARE IN HER RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TO INCLUDE
INTERVENTIONS TO - answer☑️✔️.SCHEDULE SEVERAL REST PERIODS TO BALANCE ACTIVITY
THE NURSE EXPLAINS THAT EMPHYSEMA IS A CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
CHARACTERIZED BY THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - answer☑️✔️.INFLAMMATION OF THE TRACHEA
AND BRONCHIOLES EXCESSIVE MUCUS AND PRODUCTIVE COUGH
THE NURSE EXPLAINS THAT THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF A MYOCARDIAL INFARCT IS THAT -
answer☑️✔️.A PORTION OF THE MYOCARDIUM NECROSES AND SCARS OVER
ANSWERS
THE NURSE KEEPS THE ENVIRONMENT WARMER FOR OLDER ADULTS BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE
SENSITIVE TO COLD BECAUSE OF THE AGE RELATED CHANGES IN THEIR -
answer☑️✔️.SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
THE NURSE REASSURES THE DISTRESSED 75 YEAR OLD MALE THAT THE WARTLIKE DARK
MACULES WITH DISTINCT BORDERS ARE NOT MELANOMAS BUT THE SKIN LESIONS OF -
answer☑️✔️.SEBORRHEIC KERATOSES
THE NURSE IS ACCOMPANYING A GROUP OF OLDER ADULTS ON A JULY 4TH OUTING TO
MONITOR HEAT PROSTRATION. OLDER ADULTS ARE INTOLERANT OF HEAT BECAUSE OF AN AGE
RELATED REDUCTION OF - answer☑️✔️.SEBORRHEIC KERATOSES
THE NURSE IS ACCOMPANYING A GROUP OF OLDER ADULTS ON A JULY 4TH OUTING TO
MONITOR HEAT PROSTRATION. OLDER ADULTS ARE INTOLERANT OF HEAT BECAUSE OF AN AGE
RELATED REDUCTION OF - answer☑️✔️.PERSPIRATION
THE NURSE CAUTIONS THE CNS TO USE CARE WHEN TRANSFERRING OR HANDLING OLDER
ADULTS BECAUSE THEIR VASCULAR FRAGILITY WILL CAUSE - answer☑️✔️.SENILE PURPURA
THE NURSE ASSESSES A STAGE I PRESSURE ULCER ON AN OLDER ADULTS COCCYX BY THE
APPEARANCE OF A - answer☑️✔️.NONBLANCHABLE AREA OF ERYTHEMA
THE CNA CARING FOR AN OLDER ADULT ASKS IF THE YELLOWWAXY CRUSTY LESIONS ON THE
PATIENTS AXILLA AND GROIN ARE CONTAGIOUS. THE NURSES MOST HELPFUL RESPONSE IS -
answer☑️✔️.NO. IT IS SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE SEBUM
, THE NURSE LEADS A GROUP OF POSTMENOPAUSAL OLDER WOMEN ON A DAILY 15 MINUTE
WALKING TOUR THROUGH THE LONG TERM CARE FACILITY TO - answer☑️✔️.INPROVE BONE
STRENGTH
WHEN THE PERPLEXED 70 YEAR OLD WOMAN ASKS HOW IN THE WORLD CAN MY BONES BE
BRITTLE WHEN I EAT ALL THE RIGHT FOODS? THE NURSES MOST INFORMATIVE REPLY IS -
answer☑️✔️.CALCIUM IS CONTINUOUSLY WITH DRAWN FROM BONE FOR NERVE AND
MUSCLE FUNCTION
WHEN THE 70 YEAR OLD POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMAN ASKS WHETHER HER HORMONE
REPLACEMENT THERAPY WILL PREVENT BONE LOSS THE NURSES MOST HELPFUL RESPONSE IS -
answer☑️✔️.YES HRT WILL PREVENT BONE LOSS BUT CAN CAUSE A STROKE HEART ATTACK OR
BREAST CANCER
AN 80 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO HAS OSTEOARTHRITIS COMPLAINS OF HOW UGLY HER HANDS
HAVE BECOME SINCE SHE HAS DEVELOPED HEBERDEN NODES WHICH ARE -
answer☑️✔️.BONY ENLARGEMENTS OF DISTAL JOINTS OF THE FINGERS
THE NURSE MODIFIES THE NURSING CARE PLAN FOR A 62 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN AN EXTENDED
CARE FACILITY WHO IS SUFFERING A FLARE IN HER RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TO INCLUDE
INTERVENTIONS TO - answer☑️✔️.SCHEDULE SEVERAL REST PERIODS TO BALANCE ACTIVITY
THE NURSE EXPLAINS THAT EMPHYSEMA IS A CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
CHARACTERIZED BY THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - answer☑️✔️.INFLAMMATION OF THE TRACHEA
AND BRONCHIOLES EXCESSIVE MUCUS AND PRODUCTIVE COUGH
THE NURSE EXPLAINS THAT THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF A MYOCARDIAL INFARCT IS THAT -
answer☑️✔️.A PORTION OF THE MYOCARDIUM NECROSES AND SCARS OVER
