NURS 1015 GERO EXAM 1 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ageism - ANS prejudice and discrimination against older people
Nurses' Attitudes Toward Older Adults - ANS - Nurses need to recognize and address ageism
by questioning prevailing negative attitudes and stereotypes and reinforcing the realities of
aging as they care for older adults in all care settings
- It is critical for you to learn to respect older adults and actively involve them in care decisions
and activities.
Developmental tasks for older adults - ANS development tasks appropriate for stages in life;
deaths of friends and significant others, retirement, reduced or fixed income, changes in quality
of life or living arrangements
- structural & functional changes; failing health and physical strength
- self acceptance; integrity & despair.
Cultural competency - ANS - understand your own belief system
- use interpreters when available
- perform cultural assessment
Role of older adults in community based and institutional health care services - ANS older
adults need to help with decisions regarding which type of health care service is appropriate for
them.
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, PACE means? - ANS Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly
- Helps people meet their health care needs in the community instead of going to a nursing
home or other care facility.
Older Adult Interview Techniques - ANS -sit or stand at eye level, in front of the patient in full
view
-face the older adult while speaking; do not cover your mouth and speak clearly
-provide diffuse, bright, nonglare lighting
-encourage the older adult to use his or her familiar assistive devices such as glasses or
magnifiers
Older adult Nursing Assessment - ANS - use caution when interpreting signs and symptoms
of diseases and laboratory values
- it is important to recognize early indicators of acute illness
- some mental changes are often drug related caused by drug toxicity or adverse drug events
- many conditions are common caused of functional decline; nurse are essential in early
identification, referral, and treatment of health problems in older adults.
Three Physiologic changes clinically significant in making older adults vulnerable to injury and
diseases - ANS - loss in compensatory reserve
- Progressive loss in efficiency of the body to repair damaged tissue
- decreased functioning of the immune system processes
Nurse role about teaching and designing rehabilitation programs for older adults should include
- ANS Exercise and nutrition
Note: Sleep pattern for older adults - ANS shorter stages of sleep, particularly shorter cycles
betwwen stages 1 & 4 ( stage 4 is deep sleep).
- a common response is the use of prescription sleeping pills which can create still further
problems of disorientation
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ageism - ANS prejudice and discrimination against older people
Nurses' Attitudes Toward Older Adults - ANS - Nurses need to recognize and address ageism
by questioning prevailing negative attitudes and stereotypes and reinforcing the realities of
aging as they care for older adults in all care settings
- It is critical for you to learn to respect older adults and actively involve them in care decisions
and activities.
Developmental tasks for older adults - ANS development tasks appropriate for stages in life;
deaths of friends and significant others, retirement, reduced or fixed income, changes in quality
of life or living arrangements
- structural & functional changes; failing health and physical strength
- self acceptance; integrity & despair.
Cultural competency - ANS - understand your own belief system
- use interpreters when available
- perform cultural assessment
Role of older adults in community based and institutional health care services - ANS older
adults need to help with decisions regarding which type of health care service is appropriate for
them.
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, PACE means? - ANS Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly
- Helps people meet their health care needs in the community instead of going to a nursing
home or other care facility.
Older Adult Interview Techniques - ANS -sit or stand at eye level, in front of the patient in full
view
-face the older adult while speaking; do not cover your mouth and speak clearly
-provide diffuse, bright, nonglare lighting
-encourage the older adult to use his or her familiar assistive devices such as glasses or
magnifiers
Older adult Nursing Assessment - ANS - use caution when interpreting signs and symptoms
of diseases and laboratory values
- it is important to recognize early indicators of acute illness
- some mental changes are often drug related caused by drug toxicity or adverse drug events
- many conditions are common caused of functional decline; nurse are essential in early
identification, referral, and treatment of health problems in older adults.
Three Physiologic changes clinically significant in making older adults vulnerable to injury and
diseases - ANS - loss in compensatory reserve
- Progressive loss in efficiency of the body to repair damaged tissue
- decreased functioning of the immune system processes
Nurse role about teaching and designing rehabilitation programs for older adults should include
- ANS Exercise and nutrition
Note: Sleep pattern for older adults - ANS shorter stages of sleep, particularly shorter cycles
betwwen stages 1 & 4 ( stage 4 is deep sleep).
- a common response is the use of prescription sleeping pills which can create still further
problems of disorientation
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