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The nurse is performing an Crusting- indicates a potential complication
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 duplications.
visiting a client for the first Polypharamacy is a concern in the geriatric
time. While assessing the population.
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 do
term care facility. Which so. It is a way for the older adult to relive and
activities performed by restructure life experiences and is a part of achieving
the nurse fosters ego identity.
reminiscence among these
clients?
The home care nurse is Unsecured scattered rugs- trauma to the older client
performing an in the home may be caused by a variety of factors.
environmental assessment These include unsteady gait, the presence of
in the home of an older unsecured scatter rugs, clattered passageways, and
adult. Which of the inoperable smoke detectors.
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 is the
Define Ageism. 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 to glomerular filtration rate.
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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QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (2025)
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Terms in this set (143)
The nurse is performing an Crusting- indicates a potential complication
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 duplications.
visiting a client for the first Polypharamacy is a concern in the geriatric
time. While assessing the population.
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 do
term care facility. Which so. It is a way for the older adult to relive and
activities performed by restructure life experiences and is a part of achieving
the nurse fosters ego identity.
reminiscence among these
clients?
The home care nurse is Unsecured scattered rugs- trauma to the older client
performing an in the home may be caused by a variety of factors.
environmental assessment These include unsteady gait, the presence of
in the home of an older unsecured scatter rugs, clattered passageways, and
adult. Which of the inoperable smoke detectors.
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 is the
Define Ageism. 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 to glomerular filtration rate.
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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