GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING 10TH EDITION BY
ELIOPOULOS EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ syncope.
Answer: fainting
◉ dysarthria.
Answer: the inability to use speech that is distinct and connected
because of a loss of muscle control after damage to the peripheral or
central nervous system
◉ CVA.
Answer: cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
◉ TIA.
Answer: transient ischemic attack (mini stroke)
◉ ataxia.
Answer: lack of muscle coordination
◉ nocturia.
,Answer: excessive urination at night
◉ orthostatic hypotension.
Answer: low blood pressure that occurs upon standing up
◉ lentigo.
Answer: a flat, brownish spot on the skin sometimes caused by
exposure to the sun and weather; freckle
◉ sundowning syndrome.
Answer: Older adult habitually becomes confused, restless, and
agitated after dark
◉ purse lip breathing.
Answer: Technique helps keep airways open doing exhalation
promotes carbon dioxide at excretion. use any time patient feel short
of breath. Seen in COPD
◉ presbyopia.
Answer: farsightedness caused by loss of elasticity of the lens of the
eye, occurring typically in middle and old age.
◉ presbycusis.
, Answer: a gradual loss of sensorineural hearing that occurs as the
body ages
◉ biologic clock theory.
Answer: cells programmed to live a certain amount of time, then
break down and die
◉ free-radical theory.
Answer: oxygen molecules with an unstable electron move around
the cell, damaging cell structures as they go
◉ wear and tear theory.
Answer: suggests that the body, much like any machine, gradually
deteriorates and finally wears out
◉ immune system failure theory.
Answer: the system loses its ability to protect the body from disease
◉ autoimmune theory.
Answer: body no longer recognizes itself and begins to attack itself
and break down
◉ hypertension.
ELIOPOULOS EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ syncope.
Answer: fainting
◉ dysarthria.
Answer: the inability to use speech that is distinct and connected
because of a loss of muscle control after damage to the peripheral or
central nervous system
◉ CVA.
Answer: cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
◉ TIA.
Answer: transient ischemic attack (mini stroke)
◉ ataxia.
Answer: lack of muscle coordination
◉ nocturia.
,Answer: excessive urination at night
◉ orthostatic hypotension.
Answer: low blood pressure that occurs upon standing up
◉ lentigo.
Answer: a flat, brownish spot on the skin sometimes caused by
exposure to the sun and weather; freckle
◉ sundowning syndrome.
Answer: Older adult habitually becomes confused, restless, and
agitated after dark
◉ purse lip breathing.
Answer: Technique helps keep airways open doing exhalation
promotes carbon dioxide at excretion. use any time patient feel short
of breath. Seen in COPD
◉ presbyopia.
Answer: farsightedness caused by loss of elasticity of the lens of the
eye, occurring typically in middle and old age.
◉ presbycusis.
, Answer: a gradual loss of sensorineural hearing that occurs as the
body ages
◉ biologic clock theory.
Answer: cells programmed to live a certain amount of time, then
break down and die
◉ free-radical theory.
Answer: oxygen molecules with an unstable electron move around
the cell, damaging cell structures as they go
◉ wear and tear theory.
Answer: suggests that the body, much like any machine, gradually
deteriorates and finally wears out
◉ immune system failure theory.
Answer: the system loses its ability to protect the body from disease
◉ autoimmune theory.
Answer: body no longer recognizes itself and begins to attack itself
and break down
◉ hypertension.
