Jersey College - Geriatrics 2024/25;Questions
& Answers
Gerontologic Clinical Nurse Specialist Answer-Master's prepared RN who
functions as clinician, educator, consultant, administrator, or researcher.
Adult Gerontologic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Answer-Practice in
various settings and function as a provider of primary care and a case manager.
Gerontologic Nursing Answer-nursing specialty concerned with the care
of the older adult
Gerontic Nursing Answer-emphasizes nurturing, caring, and comforting
more than treatment of disease.
Reasons for an increase in elderly population. Answer-Falling fertility
rates, reduced infant and child mortality, improved sanitation, vaccinations,
increasing survival at older ages.
Income, mobility, housing, intimacy and social interaction. Answer-Why is
marital status an important determinant of health and well being?
, Jersey College - Geriatrics 2024/25;Questions
& Answers
Functional independence with consideration for safety and social interaction.
Answer-Housing should promote..
Low level of education Impairments Answer-This can impair...
A healthy lifestyle
Access to benefit programs
Recognizing health problems and seeking care
Following recommendations for care
Social Security Answer-The major income source for older individuals and
couples in 2014.
75% Answer-What percentage of all deaths are caused by: heart disease,
lung cancer, COPD, accidents, strokes, alzheimers, diabetes, kidney disease,
flu/pneu, and suicide.
Functional Ability Answer-The capacity to carry out the basic self-care
activities that ensure overall health and well-being.
, Jersey College - Geriatrics 2024/25;Questions
& Answers
Medicare Part A Answer-The part of the Medicare program that pays for
hospitalization, care in a skilled nursing facility, home health care, and hospice
care.
Medicare Part B Answer-The part of the Medicare program that pays for
physician services, outpatient hospital services, durable medical equipment, and
other services and supplies.
Medicare Part C Answer-Managed care health plans offered to medicare
beneficiaries under the medicare advantage program.
Acute Care Setting Answer-Used for acute conditions and do not do well
in preventing functional decline or prompting independence.
Subacute Care Units Answer-Aimed at high-risk, hospitalized older adults,
bridge between hospital and home.
Theories Answer-Purpose of __________
, Jersey College - Geriatrics 2024/25;Questions
& Answers
Helps make sense of a particular phenomenon
Provides a sense of order
Gives a perspective from which to view the facts
Provides a spring board for discussion and research
Human Aging Answer-This is influenced by a composite of biologic,
psychologic, social, functional and spiritual factors.
Process that begins at conception.
Biologic Theories of Aging Answer-Concerned with answering basic
questions regarding physiologic processes that occur in all living organisms over
time.
Deleterious effects leading to decreasing function of the organism, gradually
occurring age related changes that progress over time, intrinsic changes that
may affect all members of a species of chronologic age.
& Answers
Gerontologic Clinical Nurse Specialist Answer-Master's prepared RN who
functions as clinician, educator, consultant, administrator, or researcher.
Adult Gerontologic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Answer-Practice in
various settings and function as a provider of primary care and a case manager.
Gerontologic Nursing Answer-nursing specialty concerned with the care
of the older adult
Gerontic Nursing Answer-emphasizes nurturing, caring, and comforting
more than treatment of disease.
Reasons for an increase in elderly population. Answer-Falling fertility
rates, reduced infant and child mortality, improved sanitation, vaccinations,
increasing survival at older ages.
Income, mobility, housing, intimacy and social interaction. Answer-Why is
marital status an important determinant of health and well being?
, Jersey College - Geriatrics 2024/25;Questions
& Answers
Functional independence with consideration for safety and social interaction.
Answer-Housing should promote..
Low level of education Impairments Answer-This can impair...
A healthy lifestyle
Access to benefit programs
Recognizing health problems and seeking care
Following recommendations for care
Social Security Answer-The major income source for older individuals and
couples in 2014.
75% Answer-What percentage of all deaths are caused by: heart disease,
lung cancer, COPD, accidents, strokes, alzheimers, diabetes, kidney disease,
flu/pneu, and suicide.
Functional Ability Answer-The capacity to carry out the basic self-care
activities that ensure overall health and well-being.
, Jersey College - Geriatrics 2024/25;Questions
& Answers
Medicare Part A Answer-The part of the Medicare program that pays for
hospitalization, care in a skilled nursing facility, home health care, and hospice
care.
Medicare Part B Answer-The part of the Medicare program that pays for
physician services, outpatient hospital services, durable medical equipment, and
other services and supplies.
Medicare Part C Answer-Managed care health plans offered to medicare
beneficiaries under the medicare advantage program.
Acute Care Setting Answer-Used for acute conditions and do not do well
in preventing functional decline or prompting independence.
Subacute Care Units Answer-Aimed at high-risk, hospitalized older adults,
bridge between hospital and home.
Theories Answer-Purpose of __________
, Jersey College - Geriatrics 2024/25;Questions
& Answers
Helps make sense of a particular phenomenon
Provides a sense of order
Gives a perspective from which to view the facts
Provides a spring board for discussion and research
Human Aging Answer-This is influenced by a composite of biologic,
psychologic, social, functional and spiritual factors.
Process that begins at conception.
Biologic Theories of Aging Answer-Concerned with answering basic
questions regarding physiologic processes that occur in all living organisms over
time.
Deleterious effects leading to decreasing function of the organism, gradually
occurring age related changes that progress over time, intrinsic changes that
may affect all members of a species of chronologic age.
