Gerontological Nursing EXAM QUESTIONS
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The nurse is performing Crusting- indicates a potential complication
an assessment on an
older adult client. What
assessment data would
indicate a potential
complication associated
with the skin of this
client?- Crusting,
Wrinkling, or
thinning/loss of elasticity
of skin
The nurse who volunteers Walking 3-5 times per week for 30 minutes. Exercise
at a senior citizens' center and activity are essential for health promotion and
is planning activities for maintenance.
the members. What
activity would best
promote health and
maintenance?
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The home health nurse is Determine whether there are medication
visiting a client for the duplications. Polypharamacy is a concern in the
first time. While assessing geriatric population.
the client's medication, it
is noted that there are 19
prescription and several
over the counter
medications that the
client is taking. What
intervention should the
nurse take first?
The nurse is working with Having storytelling hours- clients who like to retell
older clients in a long stories or past events need to be provided time to
term care facility. Which do so. It is a way for the older adult to relive and
activities performed by restructure life experiences and is a part of
the nurse fosters achieving ego identity.
reminiscence among
these clients?
The home care nurse is Unsecured scattered rugs- trauma to the older
performing an client in the home may be caused by a variety of
environmental factors. These include unsteady gait, the presence
assessment in the home of unsecured scatter rugs, clattered passageways,
of an older adult. Which and inoperable smoke detectors.
of the following requires
immediate nursing
action?
Unsecured scattered
rugs, operable smoke
detector, or prefilled
medication cassette?
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The nurse is teaching an "I need to decrease fiber in my diet" -Adequate
older client about dietary fiber is an important factor in aiding bowel
measures to prevent function. Dietary fiber increases fecal weight and
constipation. What water content and accelerates the transit of fecal
statement made by the mass through the GI tract.
client indicates further
teaching is needed?
-"I'll walk 1-2 miles
everyday"
-"I need to decrease fiber
in my diet"
-"I have a bowel
movement everyday"
-"I drink 6-8 glasses of
water everyday"
Ageism is a form of prejudice in which older adults
are stereotyped by characteristics found in only a
few members of their group. Fundamental to ageism
Define Ageism. is the view that older persons are different from "me"
and will remain different from "me." Therefore, they
are portrayed as not experiencing the same desires,
needs, and concerns.
The nurse is providing Decreased lean body mass and decreased
medication instructions glomerular filtration rate.
to an older client who is
taking digoxin (Lanoxin)
daily. What age related
body changes could
place the client at risk for
digoxin toxicity?
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