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Gerontologic Nursing 6th Edition - By Authors: Sue
Meiner, and Jennifer Yeager

, Test54Bank54For54Gerontologic54Nursing546th54Edition54-
54By54Authors:54Sue54Meiner,54and54Jennifer54Yeager

eBook54ISBN:549780323498098
Paperback54ISBN:549780323498111
Paperback54ISBN:549780323848381



Table54of54Contents
Part54I:54Introduction54to54Gerontologic54Nursing

1. Overview54of54Gerontologic54Nursing

2. Theories54Related54to54Care54of54the54Older54Adult

3. Legal54and54Ethical54Issues

4. Assessment54of54the54Older54Adult



Part54II:54Influences54on54Health54and54Illness

5. Cultural54Influences

6. Family54Influences

7. Socioeconomic54and54Environmental54Influences

8. Health54Promotion54and54Illness/Disability54Prevention



Part54III:54Influences54on54Quality54of54Life

9. Nutrition

10. Sleep54and54Activity

11. Safety

12. Sexuality54and54Aging

,13. Pain

14. Infection54and54Inflammation



Part54IV:54Diagnostic54Studies54and54Pharmacologic54Management

15. Laboratory54and54Diagnostic54Tests

16. Drugs54and54Aging



Part54V:54Nursing54Care54of54Physiologic54and54Psychologic54Disorders

17. Integumentary54Function

18. Sensory54Function

19. Cardiovascular54Function

20. Respiratory54Function

21. Gastrointestinal54Function

22. Urinary54Function

23. Musculoskeletal54Function

24. Cognitive54and54Neurologic54Function

25. Endocrine54Function



Part54VI:54Health54Care54Transitions

26. Health54Care54Delivery54Settings54and54Older54Adults

27. Chronic54Illness54and54Rehabilitation

28. Cancer

29. Loss54and54End-of-Life54Issues

, Gerontologic54Nursing546th54Edition54Meiner54Test5
4Bank

Chapter5401:54Overview54of54Gerontologic54Nursing
54Meiner:54Gerontologic54Nursing,546th54Edition



MULTIPLE54CHOICE

1. In542010,54the54revised54Standards54and54Scope54of54Gerontological54Nursing54Pr
actice54was54published.54The54nurse54would54use54these54standards54to
a. promote54the54practice54of54gerontologic54nursing54within54the54acute54care54setting.
b. define54the54concepts54and54dimensions54of54gerontologic54nursing54practice.
c. elevate54the54practice54of54gerontologic54nursing.
d. incorporate54the54concepts54of54health54promotion,54health54maintenance,5
4disease54prevention,54and54self-care

ANS:5 4 D
The54current54publishing54of54the54Standards54and54Scope54of54Gerontological54Nursing54P
ractice54in54201054incorporates54the54input54of54gerontologic54nurses54from54across54the54U
nited54States54and54includes54comprehensive54concepts54and54dimensions54important54to54tho
se54practicing54gerontologic54nursing.54It54was54not54intended54to54promote54gerontologic54n
ursing54practice54within54acute54care54settings,54define54concepts54or54dimensions54of54gero
ntologic54nursing54practice,54or54elevate54the54practice54of54gerontologic54nursing.

DIF: Remembering OBJ: 1-1 TOP:
N/A54MSC:5 4 Safe54and54Effective54Care54Environment

2. When54attempting54to54minimize54the54effect54of54ageism54on54the54practice54of54nursing54o
lder54adults,54a54nurse54needs54to54first NURSINGTB.COM
a. recognize54that54nurses54must54act54as54advocates54for54aging54patients.
b. accept54that54this54population54represents54a54substantial54portion54of54those5
4requiring54nursing54care.
c. self-reflect54and54formulate54one’s54personal54view54of54aging54and54the54older54patient.
d. recognize54ageism54as54a54form54of54bigotry54shared54by54many54Americans.
ANS:5 4 C
Ageism54is54an54ever-
increasing54prejudicial54view54of54the54effects54of54the54aging54process54and54of54the54older5
4population54as54a54whole.54With54nurses54being54members54of54a54society54holding54such54v
iews,54it54is54critical54that54the54individual54nurse54self-
reflects54on54personal54feelings54and54determines54whether54such54feelings54will54affect54the5
4nursing54care54that54he54or54she54provides54to54the54aging54patient.54Acting54as54an54advocat
e54is54an54important54nursing54role54in54all54settings.54Simply54accepting54a54fact54does54not5
4help54end54ageism,54nor54does54recognizing54ageism54as54a54form54of54bigotry.


DIF: Applying OBJ: 1-6 TOP: Integrated54Process:54Teaching-
Learning54MSC:5 4 Safe54and54Effective54Care54Environment

3. The54nurse54planning54care54for54an54older54adult54who54has54recently54been54diagnosed54wit
h54rheumatoid54arthritis54views54the54priority54criterion54for54continued54independence54to54
be54the54patient’s
a. age.
b. financial54status.
c. gender.
d. functional54status.