GERIATRIC NURSING PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
● What is a prerequisite for a nurse working with geriatric patients?
Answer: Knowledge, understanding, and caring.
● What factor increases the risk of respiratory infection for older adults?
Answer: Decreased ciliary action.
● What is a major sign of renal changes related to age? Answer:
Urgency incontinence.
● Why can drug toxicity occur due to age-related changes in the liver?
Answer: Decreased liver enzyme activity.
● How do gerontologists recognize aging as a developmental process?
Answer: It begins at the time of birth.
● Why does a 78-year-old woman insist on wearing high heels and
makeup? Answer: Denial concerning her advancing age.
, ● What is ageism? Answer: Stereotyping of and discrimination against
people because of their age.
● What are effects of aging on the nervous system? Answer: Decreased
conduction speed of neurons.
● What diagnosis are patients with mild cognitive impairment more
likely to develop? Answer: Alzheimer dementia.
● What nursing action improves short-term memory for older adults?
Answer: Using mnemonics and memory rehearsal.
● What indicates a normal memory change in older adults? Answer:
Occasional forgetfulness or inability to recall names.
● What is generally accepted about functional intellectual capability in
older adults? Answer: It is maintained.
● What decreases in functional brain activities as people age? Answer:
Functional brain activities decrease.
● What is a common memory lapse in older adults? Answer: Forgetting
a name or misplacing an item.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
● What is a prerequisite for a nurse working with geriatric patients?
Answer: Knowledge, understanding, and caring.
● What factor increases the risk of respiratory infection for older adults?
Answer: Decreased ciliary action.
● What is a major sign of renal changes related to age? Answer:
Urgency incontinence.
● Why can drug toxicity occur due to age-related changes in the liver?
Answer: Decreased liver enzyme activity.
● How do gerontologists recognize aging as a developmental process?
Answer: It begins at the time of birth.
● Why does a 78-year-old woman insist on wearing high heels and
makeup? Answer: Denial concerning her advancing age.
, ● What is ageism? Answer: Stereotyping of and discrimination against
people because of their age.
● What are effects of aging on the nervous system? Answer: Decreased
conduction speed of neurons.
● What diagnosis are patients with mild cognitive impairment more
likely to develop? Answer: Alzheimer dementia.
● What nursing action improves short-term memory for older adults?
Answer: Using mnemonics and memory rehearsal.
● What indicates a normal memory change in older adults? Answer:
Occasional forgetfulness or inability to recall names.
● What is generally accepted about functional intellectual capability in
older adults? Answer: It is maintained.
● What decreases in functional brain activities as people age? Answer:
Functional brain activities decrease.
● What is a common memory lapse in older adults? Answer: Forgetting
a name or misplacing an item.
