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NU 176/ NU176 Exam 1– Geriatric Nursing | Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION The nurse is caring for an older adult client who wants to improve their respiratory and cardiac function. Which of the following types of activity should the nurse recommend? Answer: Endurance. QUESTION The nurse is caring for an older adult client who wants to increase their tolerance for walking but becomes easily fatigued with short distances. Which of the following activities should the nurse suggest to this client? Answer: Walk 10 feet in the home several times a day QUESTION The nurse is caring for an older adult client who wants to become more active. The nurse recommends beginning yoga. Which of the following types of activity is the nurse recommending? Answer: Flexibility QUESTION The nurse is caring for an older adult client who is experiencing difficulty with upper arm mobility. Which of the following activities should the nurse encourage? Answer: Combing hair QUESTION The home health nurse is caring for an older adult client who has organized all of their old photos to give to their adult children. This is an example of which of the following types of behavior? Answer: Life review QUESTION The nurse is caring for an older adult client who still has children at home and is also caring for their ill parents. The nurse recognizes the client is dealing with which of the following life transitions? Answer: Role crisis. QUESTION The nurse is caring for an older adult client who has unintentionally lost 15 pounds in the last

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NUl 176/l NU176l Examl 1–l Geriatricl
Nursingl |l Galenl (Latestl 2026/l 2027l
Update)l 100%l Verifiedl Questionsl &l
Answersl |l Gradel A


Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl anl olderl adultl clientl whol wantsl tol improvel theirl
respiratoryl andl cardiac
function.l Whichl ofl thel followingl typesl ofl activityl shouldl thel nursel recommend?



Answer:
Endurance.




Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl anl olderl adultl clientl whol wantsl tol increasel theirl
tolerancel forl walkingl butl becomesl easilyl fatiguedl withl shortl distances.l Whichl ofl thel
followingl activitiesl shouldl thel nurse
suggestl tol thisl client?


Answer:
Walkl 10l feetl inl thel homel severall timesl al day




Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl anl olderl adultl clientl whol wantsl tol becomel morel active.l
Thel nursel recommendsl beginningl yoga.l Whichl ofl thel followingl typesl ofl activityl isl thel
nursel recommending?


Answer:
Flexibility

, Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl anl olderl adultl clientl whol isl experiencingl difficultyl withl
upperl arm
mobility.l Whichl ofl thel followingl activitiesl shouldl thel nursel encourage?


Answer:
Combingl hair




Q:l Thel homel healthl nursel isl caringl forl anl olderl adultl clientl whol hasl organizedl alll
ofl theirl old
photosl tol givel tol theirl adultl children.l Thisl isl anl examplel ofl whichl ofl thel followingl
typesl ofl behavior?



Answer:
Lifel review




Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl anl olderl adultl clientl whol stilll hasl childrenl atl homel andl
isl alsol caring
forl theirl illl parents.l Thel nursel recognizesl thel clientl isl dealingl withl whichl ofl thel
followingl lifel transitions?



Answer:
Rolel crisis.




Q:l Thel nursel isl caringl forl anl olderl adultl clientl whol hasl unintentionallyl lostl 15l
poundsl inl thel last

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