Jersey College - Geriatrics 2025 Questions With Complete
Solutions
5 As of Adherence Correct Answers Assess
Advise
Agree
Assist
Arrange
75% Correct Answers What percentage of all deaths are
caused by: heart disease, lung cancer, COPD, accidents, strokes,
alzheimers, diabetes, kidney disease, flu/pneu, and suicide.
Activity Theory Correct Answers Theory sees activity as
necessary to maintain a person's life satisfaction and positive
self concept.
Even with illness or advancing age, the older person can remain
"active" and achieve a sense of life satisfaction.
Activity with Dementia Correct Answers Activities should be
meaningful, have a purpose, and foster a sense of well-being for
the participants.
Physical exercise is important for general physical well-being.
Exercise may reduce agitation or wandering.
Rhythmic movement of a rocking chair may reduce agitation.
Going for a walk may redirect the impulse to wander.
,Activities that tap into the older adult's past life experiences and
interests may stimulate memory.
Acute Care Setting Correct Answers Used for acute conditions
and do not do well in preventing functional decline or prompting
independence.
Acute Gastritis Correct Answers Transient inflammation of the
gastric mucosa
Most commonly associated with local irritants such as bacterial
endotoxins, alcohol, and aspirin.
Have small frequent meals and monitor F/E
Adult Gerontologic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Correct
Answers Practice in various settings and function as a provider
of primary care and a case manager.
Afferent Pathways Correct Answers Reception, nociceptors
found on the skin.
Age related changes as we sleep Correct Answers Increased
sleep latency
Reduced sleep efficiency
Nocturnal awakenings
Increased early morning
Increased daytime sleepiness
4 or more times a night
,Daytime Napping is common (could suggest underlining
disease)
Age Stratification Theory Correct Answers Theory views the
aging as an individual element of society an also as a member
with peers interacting in a social process.
Attempts to explain the interdependence between older adults
and society and how they constantly influence each other in a
variety of ways.
Anhidrosis Correct Answers lack of sweating
Anthropometrics Correct Answers The aspect of ergonomics
that deals with body measurements, particularly those of size,
strength and physical capacity.
Arthritis and HTN Correct Answers in 2015 the most common
conditions for non-institutionalized older adults over the age of
75 were....
Barriers to Pain Correct Answers Many believe pain comes
with aging. This can lead to underreporting of pain.
Patients don't want to hinder or bother anyone.
Many people with cancer just deal with the pain because it
means death is near.
Inadequate access to diagnostic services.
, Nursing lack of knowledge regarding pain assessment.
Biologic Theories of Aging Correct Answers Concerned with
answering basic questions regarding physiologic processes that
occur in all living organisms over time.
Deleterious effects leading to decreasing function of the
organism, gradually occurring age related changes that progress
over time, intrinsic changes that may affect all members of a
species of chronologic age.
Bradycardia Correct Answers Cimetidine and propranolol can
lead to...
CAGE Assessment Correct Answers Cutdown
Annoyed by criticism
Guilt about drinking
Eye-opener
Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) Correct Answers a form of sleep
apnea that occurs when the brain fails to stimulate breathing
muscles, causing brief pauses in breathing.
Chacexia Correct Answers is characterized by a loss of fat and
muscle mass accompanied with anorexia.
Cholelithiasis Correct Answers Stones in gallbladder or bile
ducts.
RUQ pain to right scapula. Sharp, cramped or dull. Pain can
begin suddenly, right after a meal.
Solutions
5 As of Adherence Correct Answers Assess
Advise
Agree
Assist
Arrange
75% Correct Answers What percentage of all deaths are
caused by: heart disease, lung cancer, COPD, accidents, strokes,
alzheimers, diabetes, kidney disease, flu/pneu, and suicide.
Activity Theory Correct Answers Theory sees activity as
necessary to maintain a person's life satisfaction and positive
self concept.
Even with illness or advancing age, the older person can remain
"active" and achieve a sense of life satisfaction.
Activity with Dementia Correct Answers Activities should be
meaningful, have a purpose, and foster a sense of well-being for
the participants.
Physical exercise is important for general physical well-being.
Exercise may reduce agitation or wandering.
Rhythmic movement of a rocking chair may reduce agitation.
Going for a walk may redirect the impulse to wander.
,Activities that tap into the older adult's past life experiences and
interests may stimulate memory.
Acute Care Setting Correct Answers Used for acute conditions
and do not do well in preventing functional decline or prompting
independence.
Acute Gastritis Correct Answers Transient inflammation of the
gastric mucosa
Most commonly associated with local irritants such as bacterial
endotoxins, alcohol, and aspirin.
Have small frequent meals and monitor F/E
Adult Gerontologic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Correct
Answers Practice in various settings and function as a provider
of primary care and a case manager.
Afferent Pathways Correct Answers Reception, nociceptors
found on the skin.
Age related changes as we sleep Correct Answers Increased
sleep latency
Reduced sleep efficiency
Nocturnal awakenings
Increased early morning
Increased daytime sleepiness
4 or more times a night
,Daytime Napping is common (could suggest underlining
disease)
Age Stratification Theory Correct Answers Theory views the
aging as an individual element of society an also as a member
with peers interacting in a social process.
Attempts to explain the interdependence between older adults
and society and how they constantly influence each other in a
variety of ways.
Anhidrosis Correct Answers lack of sweating
Anthropometrics Correct Answers The aspect of ergonomics
that deals with body measurements, particularly those of size,
strength and physical capacity.
Arthritis and HTN Correct Answers in 2015 the most common
conditions for non-institutionalized older adults over the age of
75 were....
Barriers to Pain Correct Answers Many believe pain comes
with aging. This can lead to underreporting of pain.
Patients don't want to hinder or bother anyone.
Many people with cancer just deal with the pain because it
means death is near.
Inadequate access to diagnostic services.
, Nursing lack of knowledge regarding pain assessment.
Biologic Theories of Aging Correct Answers Concerned with
answering basic questions regarding physiologic processes that
occur in all living organisms over time.
Deleterious effects leading to decreasing function of the
organism, gradually occurring age related changes that progress
over time, intrinsic changes that may affect all members of a
species of chronologic age.
Bradycardia Correct Answers Cimetidine and propranolol can
lead to...
CAGE Assessment Correct Answers Cutdown
Annoyed by criticism
Guilt about drinking
Eye-opener
Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) Correct Answers a form of sleep
apnea that occurs when the brain fails to stimulate breathing
muscles, causing brief pauses in breathing.
Chacexia Correct Answers is characterized by a loss of fat and
muscle mass accompanied with anorexia.
Cholelithiasis Correct Answers Stones in gallbladder or bile
ducts.
RUQ pain to right scapula. Sharp, cramped or dull. Pain can
begin suddenly, right after a meal.
