NURS 3325 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Is the following statement true or false?
Age related changes in cardiac physiology are minimal. - ✔✔True
✔✔At what time of day would an older adult experience postprandial
hypotension? - ✔✔After breakfast
postprandial hypotension, a blood pressure reduction of 20 mm Hg within 75 minutes of
eating a meal, particularly breakfast, occurs in 20 to 40% of healthy older adults
✔✔What is white coat hypertension? - ✔✔elevated blood pressure readings during a
visit to the healthcare provider
✔✔Is the following statement true or false?
selection of antihypertensive medications in the older population is
based on the consideration of potential adverse effects and is related to various types of
functional impairment that exist in this population - ✔✔true
✔✔Which is not an age related change that can affect respiratory performance? -
✔✔decreased respiratory rate with exertion
✔✔Most significant risk factor for decreased lung function - ✔✔Smoking
✔✔Is the following statement true or false?
the maximum level of respiratory function in middle and later adulthood is significantly
influenced by the maximum level reached during the fifth decade of life - ✔✔false
✔✔What can increase the risk of pneumonia? - ✔✔poor oral care
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Is the following statement true or false?
Age related changes in cardiac physiology are minimal. - ✔✔True
✔✔At what time of day would an older adult experience postprandial
hypotension? - ✔✔After breakfast
postprandial hypotension, a blood pressure reduction of 20 mm Hg within 75 minutes of
eating a meal, particularly breakfast, occurs in 20 to 40% of healthy older adults
✔✔What is white coat hypertension? - ✔✔elevated blood pressure readings during a
visit to the healthcare provider
✔✔Is the following statement true or false?
selection of antihypertensive medications in the older population is
based on the consideration of potential adverse effects and is related to various types of
functional impairment that exist in this population - ✔✔true
✔✔Which is not an age related change that can affect respiratory performance? -
✔✔decreased respiratory rate with exertion
✔✔Most significant risk factor for decreased lung function - ✔✔Smoking
✔✔Is the following statement true or false?
the maximum level of respiratory function in middle and later adulthood is significantly
influenced by the maximum level reached during the fifth decade of life - ✔✔false
✔✔What can increase the risk of pneumonia? - ✔✔poor oral care
