GERIATRICS HESI Final Exam Questions
and Answers Latest Versions 2025 Graded
A+
Which interventions would be appropriate when teaching a
patient with presbycusis? (Select all that apply.)
ch. 5 - CORRECT ANSWER-Use visual cues or written materials.
Repeat information.
Face the patient when talking.
Speak without food or drink in your mouth.
The nurse is caring for an older adult in a rehabilitation unit.
Which actions by the nurse are most likely to enhance
communication with the patient? (Select all that apply.)
ch. 5 - CORRECT ANSWER-Identify yourself; remind the person who
you are.
Use pictures and gestures in addition to words.
Be patient, and avoid interrupting.
A nurse is caring for an older adult who is upset about having to
move into a skilled nursing facility. Which communication
technique used by the nurse is most effective at establishing an
empathetic climate?
ch. 5 - CORRECT ANSWER-Open-ended responses
A nurse is discharging an older adult patient from a
rehabilitation facility after a left hip replacement. The nurse
,providing discharge teaching knows that older adults are most
responsive to what type of information?
, ch. 5 - CORRECT ANSWER-When the information is relevant to their
lives
An older adult who resides in a long-term care facility has been
refusing food and fluids for the past 2 days. He repeatedly says,
"Leave me alone!" What is the best initial nursing intervention?
ch. 6 - CORRECT ANSWER-Assess to identify changes in physical or
emotional status.
An older woman recently moved to the United States from the
Middle East. She does not like to drink cow's milk or eat most
cheeses. What is a culturally acceptable food that would best
help meet the need for calcium?
ch.6 - CORRECT ANSWER-Yogurt
An older man who lives alone is placed on a sodium restricted
diet because of heart failure. He asks you to help him make
good diet choices. Which foods should he avoid? (Select all that
apply.)
ch. 6 - CORRECT ANSWER-Canned tomato soup
Deli bologna or ham
Frozen spaghetti dinner
An 85-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital. Clinical
indicators of inadequate nutrition include: (Select all that
apply.)
ch. 6 - CORRECT ANSWER-Thin, brittle hair
Hemoglobin 10.2 g/dL; Hematocrit 45%
Pale conjunctiva
and Answers Latest Versions 2025 Graded
A+
Which interventions would be appropriate when teaching a
patient with presbycusis? (Select all that apply.)
ch. 5 - CORRECT ANSWER-Use visual cues or written materials.
Repeat information.
Face the patient when talking.
Speak without food or drink in your mouth.
The nurse is caring for an older adult in a rehabilitation unit.
Which actions by the nurse are most likely to enhance
communication with the patient? (Select all that apply.)
ch. 5 - CORRECT ANSWER-Identify yourself; remind the person who
you are.
Use pictures and gestures in addition to words.
Be patient, and avoid interrupting.
A nurse is caring for an older adult who is upset about having to
move into a skilled nursing facility. Which communication
technique used by the nurse is most effective at establishing an
empathetic climate?
ch. 5 - CORRECT ANSWER-Open-ended responses
A nurse is discharging an older adult patient from a
rehabilitation facility after a left hip replacement. The nurse
,providing discharge teaching knows that older adults are most
responsive to what type of information?
, ch. 5 - CORRECT ANSWER-When the information is relevant to their
lives
An older adult who resides in a long-term care facility has been
refusing food and fluids for the past 2 days. He repeatedly says,
"Leave me alone!" What is the best initial nursing intervention?
ch. 6 - CORRECT ANSWER-Assess to identify changes in physical or
emotional status.
An older woman recently moved to the United States from the
Middle East. She does not like to drink cow's milk or eat most
cheeses. What is a culturally acceptable food that would best
help meet the need for calcium?
ch.6 - CORRECT ANSWER-Yogurt
An older man who lives alone is placed on a sodium restricted
diet because of heart failure. He asks you to help him make
good diet choices. Which foods should he avoid? (Select all that
apply.)
ch. 6 - CORRECT ANSWER-Canned tomato soup
Deli bologna or ham
Frozen spaghetti dinner
An 85-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital. Clinical
indicators of inadequate nutrition include: (Select all that
apply.)
ch. 6 - CORRECT ANSWER-Thin, brittle hair
Hemoglobin 10.2 g/dL; Hematocrit 45%
Pale conjunctiva
