GERI EXAM 2 EVOLVE well answered A+
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A patient care assistant has been assigned to feed your client with dysphagia.
Which of the following instructions would you give the assistant? - correct answer
✔✔90 degrees during all oral intake, alternate solids and liquids, avoid rushing
the client, stroke under the chin in a downward motion
__ is associated with increased health care costs, functional impairments, and
disability. - correct answer ✔✔obesity
To prevent malnutrition in older clients with dementia, all of the following would
benefit your client EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔caloric supplements with meals
An older adult client reports pressure ulcers, anemia, hypotension, and recurrent
urinary tract infections (UTIs). You suspect that this client is exhibiting which one
of the following? - correct answer ✔✔malnutrition
Which one of the following statements is not true about the dietary needs of
older adults? - correct answer ✔✔older adults need more calories because of
their age and possible weight loss
An older adult client who has had several urinary tract infections (UTIs) complains
of constipation. You realize he might have which of the following conditions? -
correct answer ✔✔dehydration
, Which of the following is an unreliable assessment in the older adult? - correct
answer ✔✔skin turgor at the sternum
The promotion of an adequate fluid balance which prevents medical complication
defines which of the following terms? - correct answer ✔✔hydration
When assessing an older client, what are the specific areas to look for that might
put your patient at risk for changes in their fluid balance? - correct answer ✔✔age
related changes, medication use, emotional illness
the best determination of hydration is - correct answer ✔✔urine color
older adults should consume how much fluid a day? - correct answer
✔✔1500mL/day
The most common gastrointestinal complaint made to a health care provider is -
correct answer ✔✔constipation
Some things that you, as the nurse, might teach your client to help control urinary
incontinence might be all the following EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔continuous
indwelling catheterization
You are taking care of an older adult with severe cognitive impairments. She is
unable to tell you when she needs to urinate and, as a result, is often incontinent.
You realize that she is experiencing - correct answer ✔✔functional incontinence
You realize that your client's bladder functions are only slightly altered by the
physiological changes of age. If an older person is experiencing urinary
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A patient care assistant has been assigned to feed your client with dysphagia.
Which of the following instructions would you give the assistant? - correct answer
✔✔90 degrees during all oral intake, alternate solids and liquids, avoid rushing
the client, stroke under the chin in a downward motion
__ is associated with increased health care costs, functional impairments, and
disability. - correct answer ✔✔obesity
To prevent malnutrition in older clients with dementia, all of the following would
benefit your client EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔caloric supplements with meals
An older adult client reports pressure ulcers, anemia, hypotension, and recurrent
urinary tract infections (UTIs). You suspect that this client is exhibiting which one
of the following? - correct answer ✔✔malnutrition
Which one of the following statements is not true about the dietary needs of
older adults? - correct answer ✔✔older adults need more calories because of
their age and possible weight loss
An older adult client who has had several urinary tract infections (UTIs) complains
of constipation. You realize he might have which of the following conditions? -
correct answer ✔✔dehydration
, Which of the following is an unreliable assessment in the older adult? - correct
answer ✔✔skin turgor at the sternum
The promotion of an adequate fluid balance which prevents medical complication
defines which of the following terms? - correct answer ✔✔hydration
When assessing an older client, what are the specific areas to look for that might
put your patient at risk for changes in their fluid balance? - correct answer ✔✔age
related changes, medication use, emotional illness
the best determination of hydration is - correct answer ✔✔urine color
older adults should consume how much fluid a day? - correct answer
✔✔1500mL/day
The most common gastrointestinal complaint made to a health care provider is -
correct answer ✔✔constipation
Some things that you, as the nurse, might teach your client to help control urinary
incontinence might be all the following EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔continuous
indwelling catheterization
You are taking care of an older adult with severe cognitive impairments. She is
unable to tell you when she needs to urinate and, as a result, is often incontinent.
You realize that she is experiencing - correct answer ✔✔functional incontinence
You realize that your client's bladder functions are only slightly altered by the
physiological changes of age. If an older person is experiencing urinary
