NUR163 Exam 1 Questions and Correct Answers

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NUR163 Exam 1 Questions and Correct
Answers

Question: What is the biggest factor with patient education?
Answer: Motivation


Question: How often should older adults get visual screenings?
Answer: Annually


Question: What should toothpaste contain?
Answer: floride


Question: When re-positioning a patient what should be done to prevent
pressure ulcers?
Answer: float the heels


Question: If a patient scores a 60 on the morris fall scale what fall risk
are they?
Answer: High fall risk


Question: If a patient is a high fall risk, what kind of care should they
get to prevent falls?
Answer: standards for moderate risk plus bed alarms


Question: Who came up with the national patient safety goals?
Answer: Joint commission


Question: What is a big factor in the ability of an older adult to do
health maintenance?
Answer: losing a spouse



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Question: Home health aides cannot do anything with what?
Answer: medication


Question: What is the minimum amount of exercise recommended of
daily activity/exercise?
Answer: 30 mins a day


Question: What type of prevention are immunizations?
Answer: primary prevention


Question: What is a major communication barrier for the elderly?
Answer: medical terminology


Question: What is one way to give a patient a sense of being a person?
Answer: engage patients in social conversations


Question: What are some ways to communicate with the elderly?
Answer: bend down close to the patient
speak in low tones


Question: When asking a question, what is best sometimes?
Answer: silence, waiting for answer


Question: What is best to do when communicating with the elderly?
Answer: provide as much information as possible don't rush


Question: Who will always be considered a fall risk?
Answer: patients who have previously fallen


Question: What is the most common thing patients are doing when they
fall?


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