GERONTOLOGY QUIZ 1 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS UPDATED AND VERIFIED

GERONTOLOGY QUIZ 1 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS UPDATED AND VERIFIED persons over the age of 60 worldwide will double in the year ____ and will consist of mostly this sex - 2050 female Those that are still alive at 110 years of age - Super-Centenarians Those between the ages of 100 and 109 years - Centenarians Strategies that can and are used to prevent illness before it occurs - primary prevention Early detection of the disease or health problem that has already developed - secondary prevention Addresses the needs of persons who have their day-to-day wellness challenged, by slowing disease or limiting complications - tertiary prevention The greatest increase in aging by group percentage is occurring among those: - 85 and older Estimates are by 2020 up to ____% of nurses' time will be spent with older adults - 75 Origins of gerontological nursing rooted in ____ & began with - England Florence nightingale Scope and Standards of Practice addresses knowledge and skills for nurses is done by - ANA Gerontological Nursing Started in 1992 and designed to improve outcomes for hospitalized older adults: - Nurses Improving Care of Health System Elders (NICHE) Page 2/10 Crafted for Academic Insight by KatelynWhitman. All rights reserved © 2025 One in _____ older adults is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of leaving - five 1 out of ___ Medicare patients admitted to a skilled nursing facility will be readmitted within 30 days - 4 _____ are the most prevalent adverse event following discharge from the hospital - Medication discrepancies Which was the first formal action the ANA took in relation to gerontological nursing? - Established a national geriatric nursing group Which gerontological organization had a significant influence on the care of older adults? - john Hartford foundation Biological aging— aka "____" - senescence A complex genetically regulated interactive process of change in every living organism - Biological aging—"senescence Changes to cells that decrease ability to replicate attributed to aging, especially the mitochondria - - cellular functioning What biological theory? Cellular replication is critical to survival, integrity of genetic code implies new cells have same form and fx of old ones, organisms are destined to become more complex over time - - cellular function and aging What biological theory? Cells have limited replication, aging is result of predictable cellular death, cells and organisms have predetermined life span known as haflick limit or biological clock, - Programmed aging theory Page 3/10 Crafted for Academic Insight by KatelynWhitman. All rights reserved © 2025 What biological theory? Changes at the cellular level are random and unpredidcatble Wear and tear, oxidative stress, free radical, mutations, telomeres and aging - ERROR THEORIES What biological theory? Cellular errors a result of "wearing out" over time from continued use Associated with internal and external stressors (associated with free radicals) Causes a progressive decline in cellular function or increased cellular death - WEAR AND TEAR THEORY Increased ROS reactive oxygen species is referred to as "______" or "________" - oxidative stre