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PART 1 Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
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1 Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuu br br br br
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2 Aging, Health, and Wellness in a Global br br br br br br b
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3 Theories of Aging br br
4 Providing Cross-Cultural Care br br
5 Economics and Health Care in Late br br br br br br
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6 Promoting Excellence in Long- br br br
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PART 2 Foundations for Taking Action
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7 Therapeutic Communication With Olde br br br
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8 Cognitive Health and Learning br br br
9 Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to Maximize br br br br br
Outcomes
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10 Using Laboratory Data in Clinical Judgment
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11 Safe Medication Use br br
PART 3 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function
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12 Visual Health br
13 AuditoryHealth
14 Healthy Skin br
15 Nutritional Health br
16 Hydration and Ora br br
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17 Elimination
18 Sleep
19 Activity and Exercise br br
20 Falls and Fall Risk br br br
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21 Safe and Secur br br
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23 Vascular Disorders br
24 RespiratoryDisorders
25 NeurocognitiveDisorders
26 Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive
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27 Endocrine and Immune Disorders br br br
28 Common Musculoskeletal br
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29 Pain and Comfort br br
30 Mental Health br
PART 5 Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy
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Aging With Older Adults and Families
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31 Ethics, Decision Making, and br br br br
Mistreatment
32 Relationships, Roles, and Life br br br br
Transitions
33 Intimacy and Sexual Health br br br
34 Loss, Death, and Palliative Care
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35 Spiritual Health,Meaning, and Self-Actualization
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, Chapter 01: Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of
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MULTIPLE CHOICE br
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering TOPIC: Integrated Pro
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2. The son of a nursing home resident asks a nursing attendant: “What is the signific
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ance of being certified in gerontology? I see that you are, but not all of th
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e nursing attendants are.” What response best answers the family member’s ques
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way to demonstrate special knowledge in caring for older ad
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who have a Baccalaureate degree in nursing.”
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d. “Only advanced practice nursing attendants, like nursing
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attendant practitioners, are certified in gerontology.”
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There is both a generalist and a specialist gerontological nursing certification.
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The generalist functions in a variety of
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PART 1 Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
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1 Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuu br br br br
m of Care br br
2 Aging, Health, and Wellness in a Global br br br br br br b
Community
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3 Theories of Aging br br
4 Providing Cross-Cultural Care br br
5 Economics and Health Care in Late br br br br br br
Life
6 Promoting Excellence in Long- br br br
Term Care
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PART 2 Foundations for Taking Action
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7 Therapeutic Communication With Olde br br br
r Adults
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8 Cognitive Health and Learning br br br
9 Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to Maximize br br br br br
Outcomes
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10 Using Laboratory Data in Clinical Judgment
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11 Safe Medication Use br br
PART 3 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function
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12 Visual Health br
13 AuditoryHealth
14 Healthy Skin br
15 Nutritional Health br
16 Hydration and Ora br br
l Health
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17 Elimination
18 Sleep
19 Activity and Exercise br br
20 Falls and Fall Risk br br br
Reduction
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21 Safe and Secur br br
e Environments
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,PART 4 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons With
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Chronic Illnesses b r
22 Living Well With Chronic br br br br
Illness
23 Vascular Disorders br
24 RespiratoryDisorders
25 NeurocognitiveDisorders
26 Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive
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Disorders
27 Endocrine and Immune Disorders br br br
28 Common Musculoskeletal br
Disorders
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29 Pain and Comfort br br
30 Mental Health br
PART 5 Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy
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Aging With Older Adults and Families
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31 Ethics, Decision Making, and br br br br
Mistreatment
32 Relationships, Roles, and Life br br br br
Transitions
33 Intimacy and Sexual Health br br br
34 Loss, Death, and Palliative Care
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35 Spiritual Health,Meaning, and Self-Actualization
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, Chapter 01: Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of
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Care
br Touhy: Toward Healthy Aging, 11th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE br
1. When did serious and well- br br br br
controlled research studies on aging first become available? br br b r br br br br
a. Only in the past 60 years. br br br br br
b. Since the turn of the 20th century. br br br br br br
c. Following the Great Depression. br br b r
d. Since the year 2000. br br br
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ANSWER:-A
REASONING:-
>>>Only in the past 60 years have serious and carefully controlled research stu
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dies flourished. Before that, anecdotal evidence was used to illustrate issues assum
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ed to be universal, making all the remaining options incorrect.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering TOPIC: Integrated Pro
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cess: Teaching/Learning MSC: Patient Needs: Health Prom
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otion and Maintenance br br
2. The son of a nursing home resident asks a nursing attendant: “What is the signific
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ance of being certified in gerontology? I see that you are, but not all of th
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e nursing attendants are.” What response best answers the family member’s ques
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tion?
a. “National certification as a gerontological nursing attendant is a br br br br br br br br b
way to demonstrate special knowledge in caring for older ad
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ults.”
b. “National certification in gerontology is required for all nursing atten br br br br br br br br br
dants who br
have worked in this setting for 2 or more years br br b r b r b r b r br b r b r
.”
c. “National certification is only available to nursing attendants br br br br br br br b
who have a Baccalaureate degree in nursing.”
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d. “Only advanced practice nursing attendants, like nursing
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attendant practitioners, are certified in gerontology.”
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ACCURATE br
ANSWER:-A
REASONING:-
>>>National certification is a way to demonstrate special expertise in caring br br br br br br br br br br
for older adults. It is not required for practice in any setting across the br br br br br br br br br br br br br br
continuum of care, and br br br
it is not exclusive to nursing attendants with Baccalaureate degrees. br br br br br br br br br br
There is both a generalist and a specialist gerontological nursing certification.
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The generalist functions in a variety of
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