NR 442 COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICE REVISION
ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Widowhood - ✔✔- A label applied to both men and women who survive the death of
a spouse...
o Seen more in women
• Loss of companionship and intimacy
• Loss of one's sexual partner
• Feelings of grief
• Loneliness and less efficient financial management
• Changes in relationships with children, married friends, and other family members
• Possibly raising their grandchildren
o Increase of number of children under 18 years living in households maintained by
grandparents
✔✔Healthy People 2020 - ✔✔- Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
- Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
- Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
, - Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life
stages.
✔✔True/False: The purpose of screenings is for early detect of disease not prophylaxis
- ✔✔True
✔✔Poor diet and physical activity leads to: - ✔✔- Cardiovascular disease
- Hypertension
- Type 2 diabetes
- Osteoporosis
- Some types of cancer
✔✔Common Health Concerns - ✔✔• Chronic Illness
o Arthritis
o Hypertension
o Diabetes
• Medication use
o High prevalence of chronic diseases = large numbers of medication
o Older adults responsible for more than a third of total outpatient spending on
prescription medications
o Polypharmacy makes older adults vulnerable to drug interactions and dangerous
adverse reactions.
✔✔Elder Safety and Security Needs - ✔✔1. Risk of falls
2. Physiologic changes
3. Chronic illness
4. Medications
5. Osteoporosis
6. Orthostatic Hypotension
7. Generalized weakening
8. Environmental hazards (home assessment), Cold Stress - Hypothermia
✔✔Elder Abuse and Neglect - ✔✔- Any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a
caregiver or other person that causes harm to people age 65 and older
- Types include: physical, psychological/emotional, financial, and neglect
✔✔What is generalized anxiety disorder? - ✔✔= An anxiety disorder in which a person
is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal;
> 6 months in this state
✔✔What is Depression? - ✔✔• Depression is a condition that interferes with daily life
such as the ability to work, sleep, concentrate, eat,
ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Widowhood - ✔✔- A label applied to both men and women who survive the death of
a spouse...
o Seen more in women
• Loss of companionship and intimacy
• Loss of one's sexual partner
• Feelings of grief
• Loneliness and less efficient financial management
• Changes in relationships with children, married friends, and other family members
• Possibly raising their grandchildren
o Increase of number of children under 18 years living in households maintained by
grandparents
✔✔Healthy People 2020 - ✔✔- Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
- Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
- Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
, - Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life
stages.
✔✔True/False: The purpose of screenings is for early detect of disease not prophylaxis
- ✔✔True
✔✔Poor diet and physical activity leads to: - ✔✔- Cardiovascular disease
- Hypertension
- Type 2 diabetes
- Osteoporosis
- Some types of cancer
✔✔Common Health Concerns - ✔✔• Chronic Illness
o Arthritis
o Hypertension
o Diabetes
• Medication use
o High prevalence of chronic diseases = large numbers of medication
o Older adults responsible for more than a third of total outpatient spending on
prescription medications
o Polypharmacy makes older adults vulnerable to drug interactions and dangerous
adverse reactions.
✔✔Elder Safety and Security Needs - ✔✔1. Risk of falls
2. Physiologic changes
3. Chronic illness
4. Medications
5. Osteoporosis
6. Orthostatic Hypotension
7. Generalized weakening
8. Environmental hazards (home assessment), Cold Stress - Hypothermia
✔✔Elder Abuse and Neglect - ✔✔- Any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a
caregiver or other person that causes harm to people age 65 and older
- Types include: physical, psychological/emotional, financial, and neglect
✔✔What is generalized anxiety disorder? - ✔✔= An anxiety disorder in which a person
is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal;
> 6 months in this state
✔✔What is Depression? - ✔✔• Depression is a condition that interferes with daily life
such as the ability to work, sleep, concentrate, eat,
