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By Authors: Sue Meiner, and Jennifer Yeager
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eBookmISBN:m9780323498098
PaperbackmISBN:m9780323498111
PaperbackmISBN:m9780323848381
Tablemof mContents
PartmI:mIntroductionmtomGerontologicmNursing
1. Overview mof mGerontologicmNursing
2. TheoriesmRelated mtomCaremof mthemOldermAdult
3. Legalmand mEthicalmIssues
4. Assessment mof mthemOldermAdult
PartmII:mInfluencesmonmHealthmandmIllness
5. CulturalmInfluences
6. FamilymInfluences
7. Socioeconomicmand mEnvironmentalmInfluences
8. HealthmPromotionmand mIllness/DisabilitymPrevention
PartmIII:mInfluencesmonmQualitymof mLife
9. Nutrition
10. Sleepmand mActivity
11. Safety
12. Sexualitymand mAging
,13. Pain
14. Infectionmand mInflammation
PartmIV:mDiagnosticmStudiesmandmPharmacologicmManagement
15. Laboratorymand mDiagnosticmTests
16. Drugsmand mAging
PartmV:mNursingmCaremof mPhysiologicmandmPsychologicmDisorders
17. IntegumentarymFunction
18. SensorymFunction
19. CardiovascularmFunction
20. RespiratorymFunction
21. GastrointestinalmFunction
22. UrinarymFunction
23. MusculoskeletalmFunction
24. Cognitivemand mNeurologicmFunction
25. EndocrinemFunction
PartmVI:mHealthmCaremTransitions
26. HealthmCaremDeliverymSettingsmand mOldermAdults
27. ChronicmIllnessmand mRehabilitation
28. Cancer
29. Lossmand mEnd-of-LifemIssues
, GerontologicmNursingm6thmEditionmMeinermTest mBan
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Chapter m01:mOverviewmofmGerontologic mNursin
gmMeiner:mGerontologic mNursing,m6thmEdition
MULTIPLEmCHOICE
1. Inm2010,mthemrevised mStandardsmandmScopemofmGerontologicalmNursingmPracticemw
asmpublished.mThemnursemwould musemthesemstandardsmto
a. promotemthempracticemof mgerontologicmnursingmwithinmthemacutemcaremsetting.
b. definemthemconceptsmand mdimensionsmof mgerontologicmnursingmpractice.
c. elevatemthempracticemof mgerontologicmnursing.
d. incorporatemthemconceptsmof mhealthmpromotion,mhealthmmaintenance,mdiseas
emprevention,mand mself-care
ANS:m D
Themcurrent mpublishingmof mthemStandardsmandmScopemofmGerontologicalmNursingmPracticeminm
2010mincorporatesmtheminput mof mgerontologicmnursesmfrommacrossmthemUnited mStatesmand mincl
udesmcomprehensivemconceptsmand mdimensionsmimportant mtomthosempracticingmgerontologicmn
ursing.mIt mwasmnot mintended mtompromotemgerontologicmnursingmpracticemwithinmacutemcaremsett
ings,mdefinemconceptsmormdimensionsmof mgerontologicmnursingmpractice,mormelevatemthempracti
cemof mgerontologicmnursing.
DIF: Remembering OBJ: 1-1 TOP:
N/A mMSC:m Safemand mEffectivemCaremEnvironment
2. Whenmattemptingmtomminimizemthemeffect mof mageismmonmthempracticemof mnursingmoldermadults
,mamnursemneedsmtomfirst NURSINGTB.COM
a. recognizemthat mnursesmmust mact masmadvocatesmformagingmpatients.
b. accept mthat mthismpopulationmrepresentsmamsubstantialmportionmof mthosemrequiri
ngmnursingmcare.
c. self-reflect mand mformulatemone’smpersonalmview mof magingmand mthemoldermpatient.
d. recognizemageismmasmamformmof mbigotrymshared mbymmanymAmericans.
ANS:m C
Ageismmismanmever-
increasingmprejudicialmview mof mthemeffectsmof mthemagingmprocessmand mof mthemoldermpopulationm
asmamwhole.mWithmnursesmbeingmmembersmof mamsocietymholdingmsuchmviews,mit mismcriticalmthat m
themindividualmnursemself-
reflectsmonmpersonalmfeelingsmand mdeterminesmwhethermsuchmfeelingsmwillmaffect mthemnursingm
caremthat mhemormshemprovidesmtomthemagingmpatient.mActingmasmanmadvocatemismanmimportant mnu
rsingmroleminmallmsettings.mSimply macceptingmamfact mdoesmnot mhelpmend mageism,mnormdoesmreco
gnizingmageismmasmamformmof mbigotry.
DIF: Applying OBJ: 1-6 TOP: Integrated mProcess:mTeaching-
LearningmMSC:m Safemand mEffectivemCaremEnvironment
3. Themnursemplanningmcaremformanmoldermadult mwhomhasmrecentlymbeenmdiagnosed mwithmrheumat
oid marthritismviewsmthemprioritymcriterionmformcontinued mindependencemtombemthempatient’s
a. age.
b. financialmstatus.
c. gender.
d. functionalmstatus.