Toward Healthy Aging – 11th Edition | Complete Test Bank

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TOWARD HEALTH AGING:
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PART1FoundationsforClinicalJudgmentto PromoteHealthyAging
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1GerontologicalNursingAcrosstheContinuum of
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Global Community 3 Theories of Aging
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4 ProvidingCross-CulturalCare
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5 Economics and Health Care in Late
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Life 6Promoting ExcellenceinLong-
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Term Care PART 2 Foundations for
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Taking Action
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7TherapeuticCommunicationWithOlder Adults
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8 Cognitive Health and Learning
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9 Recognizing andAnalyzing Cues to Maximize
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Outcomes 10UsingLaboratoryDatainClinical
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PART 3 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function
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16HydrationandOral Health
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17Elimination
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20 Falls and Fall Risk Reduction
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21SafeandSecure
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Environments
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PART 4 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons With
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Chronic Illnesses
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22 Living Well With Chronic
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Illness 23VascularDisorders
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25NeurocognitiveDisorders
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Disorders 27EndocrineandImmuneDisorders
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28Common Musculoskeletal
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,PART5ClinicalJudgment toPromote Healthy
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AgingWithOlderAdultsandFamilies 31
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Ethics, Decision Making, and
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Mistreatment 32Relationships,Roles,
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and Life Transitions 33 Intimacy and
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Sexual Health
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34Loss,Death,andPalliativeCare
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, 35 SpiritualHealth,Meaning,andSelf-Actualization
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Chapter01:GerontologicalNursingAcrosstheContinuumof
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Touhy: Toward Healthy Aging, 11th Edition
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1. When did serious and well-controlled research studies on aging first become
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REASONING:->>>Only in the past 60 years have serious and carefully controlled t t t t t t t t t t




research studies flourished. Before that, anecdotal evidence was used to illustrate
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issues assumed tobe universal, making all the remaining options incorrect.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering TOPIC: Integrated
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Process: Teaching/Learning MSC: Patient Needs: Health
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Promotion and Maintenance
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2. The son of a nursing home resident asks a nursing attendant: “What
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tis the significance of being certified in gerontology? I see that you are, but
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tnot all of the nursing attendants are.” What response best answers the family
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wayto demonstratespecial knowledge in caring for older
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adults.”
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who have a Baccalaureate degree in nursing.”
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attendant practitioners, are certified in gerontology.”
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caring
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continuum of care, and it is not exclusive to nursing attendants with
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Baccalaureate degrees. There is both a generalist anda specialist gerontological
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nursing certification. The generalist functions in a variety of
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care to older adults and their families. The specialist has advanced gerontological
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