GERO exam 2 questions and answers
graded A+ latest update
Dementia screening will be a USPTF ?
A.Level A recommendation
B.Level B recommendation
C.Level C recommendation
D.Level I recommendation - correct answer ✔✔Level I recommendation
One of the most difficult activities for an older women with upper extremity with hemiplegia
due to stroke would be ?
A.Ambulating
B.Putting in a long-sleeved shirt
C.Putting hair in a pony tail
D.Washing her face - correct answer ✔✔Putting her hair in a pony tail
A 72 yr old male pt. Is very confuse with a history of falling 3x in the past 2 months. ED called
you and informed you that said patient will be admitted to your Med-sug unit. As the charge
nurse of the unit, what will be the best nursing strategy you will implement for this pt knowing
he is confuse and is at high risk for fall?
A. Room close to nursing station
B. Use of posey
C. All 4 side rails up to prevent patient from getting out of bed - correct answer ✔✔Room close
to nursing station
Aspiration can occur at which points?
,A.Before the swallow
B.After the swallow
C.During the swallow
D.All of the above - correct answer ✔✔Before the swallow, after the swallow, during the
swallow
A patient presents to the clinic with confusion and provides a list of meds to the nurse. Which of
the following meds could be a source if this problem ?
A.Meperidine
B.Aspirin
C. Benzodiazepines
D. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔Meperidine, Benzodiazepines
Morse scale is best define as ?
A.A quick guide to assess patient for risk for skin breakdown
B.Screening tool for geriatric depression
C.Rapid and simple method on assessing risk for fall
D. Screening tool for early sign of dementia - correct answer ✔✔Rapid and simple method on
assessing risk for fall
While speaking with a patient who is experiencing depression, which of the following strategies
might be most helpful?
A.Speaking very loudly since they are certainly hard of hearing
B.Recording the important information for them in a notebook to refer to later
C.Ignoring the person and discussing their condition with a family member
D.Telling them that their depression will go away if they think positively - correct answer
✔✔Recording the important information for them in a notebook to refer to later
, Hypertension screening is ?
A.Level A recommendation
B.Level B recommendation
C.Level I recommendation
D.None of the above - correct answer ✔✔Level A recommendation
Influenza and pneumonia vaccines will be ?
A.Level A recommendations
B.Level B recommendations
C.Level C recommendations
D.Level I recommendations - correct answer ✔✔Level B recommendations
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) is not recommended for use in older adults because of?
A.Confusion and severe anticholinergic effects
B.Risk of seizures
C.Prolonged half life
D. Dosage problems - correct answer ✔✔Confusion and severe anticholinergic effects
Beer's criteria identifies medications and doses that may be harmful to adults age 65+. The key
principle in administering medication is less is more: Start high and then go low.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔False
Your pt, 68/yo female admitted yesterday for syncope in the telemetry unit. You were doing
your rounds when you hear loud noise coming fro her room. You an the charge nurse ran to her
room and found her down in the bathroom with a cut lip and bleeding. She was sent to ED and
he'd her lip sutured. You will categorize her fall injury as ?
graded A+ latest update
Dementia screening will be a USPTF ?
A.Level A recommendation
B.Level B recommendation
C.Level C recommendation
D.Level I recommendation - correct answer ✔✔Level I recommendation
One of the most difficult activities for an older women with upper extremity with hemiplegia
due to stroke would be ?
A.Ambulating
B.Putting in a long-sleeved shirt
C.Putting hair in a pony tail
D.Washing her face - correct answer ✔✔Putting her hair in a pony tail
A 72 yr old male pt. Is very confuse with a history of falling 3x in the past 2 months. ED called
you and informed you that said patient will be admitted to your Med-sug unit. As the charge
nurse of the unit, what will be the best nursing strategy you will implement for this pt knowing
he is confuse and is at high risk for fall?
A. Room close to nursing station
B. Use of posey
C. All 4 side rails up to prevent patient from getting out of bed - correct answer ✔✔Room close
to nursing station
Aspiration can occur at which points?
,A.Before the swallow
B.After the swallow
C.During the swallow
D.All of the above - correct answer ✔✔Before the swallow, after the swallow, during the
swallow
A patient presents to the clinic with confusion and provides a list of meds to the nurse. Which of
the following meds could be a source if this problem ?
A.Meperidine
B.Aspirin
C. Benzodiazepines
D. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔Meperidine, Benzodiazepines
Morse scale is best define as ?
A.A quick guide to assess patient for risk for skin breakdown
B.Screening tool for geriatric depression
C.Rapid and simple method on assessing risk for fall
D. Screening tool for early sign of dementia - correct answer ✔✔Rapid and simple method on
assessing risk for fall
While speaking with a patient who is experiencing depression, which of the following strategies
might be most helpful?
A.Speaking very loudly since they are certainly hard of hearing
B.Recording the important information for them in a notebook to refer to later
C.Ignoring the person and discussing their condition with a family member
D.Telling them that their depression will go away if they think positively - correct answer
✔✔Recording the important information for them in a notebook to refer to later
, Hypertension screening is ?
A.Level A recommendation
B.Level B recommendation
C.Level I recommendation
D.None of the above - correct answer ✔✔Level A recommendation
Influenza and pneumonia vaccines will be ?
A.Level A recommendations
B.Level B recommendations
C.Level C recommendations
D.Level I recommendations - correct answer ✔✔Level B recommendations
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) is not recommended for use in older adults because of?
A.Confusion and severe anticholinergic effects
B.Risk of seizures
C.Prolonged half life
D. Dosage problems - correct answer ✔✔Confusion and severe anticholinergic effects
Beer's criteria identifies medications and doses that may be harmful to adults age 65+. The key
principle in administering medication is less is more: Start high and then go low.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔False
Your pt, 68/yo female admitted yesterday for syncope in the telemetry unit. You were doing
your rounds when you hear loud noise coming fro her room. You an the charge nurse ran to her
room and found her down in the bathroom with a cut lip and bleeding. She was sent to ED and
he'd her lip sutured. You will categorize her fall injury as ?
