Test Bank - Caring for Older Adults Holistically, 8th Edition (Dahlkemper, 2025), Chapter 1-20 | All Chapters

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,Chapter 1: Holistic Caring
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Multiple Choice
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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, approximately how many Americans are older than age 65?
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1) 2%
2) 5%
3) 13%
4) 20%

2. What is the average life expectancy today?
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1) 70.2 years 5%


2) 75 years 5%


3) 81.1 years for women and 76.3 years for men
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3. Which statement is NOT true about holistic nursing?
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1) Holistic nursing focuses on the specific disease or disorder a person has in order t
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2) Holistic nursing aims to treat the whole person, not just a specific disease or diso
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3) Holistic nursing focuses on the individual patient and uses many techniques, s
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uch as empathetic listening, music, and imagery, as well as specific clinical s
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kills.
4) Holistic nursing weaves the technical skills of nursing with the social science skil
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ls that enhance communication and rapport between the nurse and the person re
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4. The Science of Human Caring theory was developed by
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3) Jean Watson 5%


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5. Which is NOT emphasized in The Science of Human Caring?
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1) Providing transpersonal caring 5% 5%


2) Focusing on the person while you are with him or her 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%


3) Ensuring that all nonessential tasks, such as bathing, are given according to
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4) Reaching out to the patient, making eye contact, touching if appropriate, speaking softly
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6. Which of the following is included as a basic concept of holistic nursing?
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1) Using your developed clinical expertise5% 5% 5% 5%


2) Developing a close relationship with the patient’s family members and significant others
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3) Remembering the personal intuition and creativity of patients in your nursing plan
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4) All of the above 5% 5% 5%




7. Most elderly people having a heart attack have
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1) Pain diffused over the entire chest area
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3) Crushing sternal pain 5% 5%


4) Pain on the left side of the chest and pain that radiates down the left arm
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8.5 %Compared with the doses of medication given to a young adult, the doses given to an old-
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old person are usually
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1) Smaller
2) Larger, because the old-old person is probably sicker
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4) Minimal, because the person is very old and probably near death
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9. 5%5% What communication technique has been developed specifically for dealing with demented elderly persons
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5 % 10. 5 An 82-year-old patient is diagnosed with liver cancer and has long-
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standing cardiovascular problems. The patient begins screaming and pushes his meal tray away.
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What would be an appropriate response?
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1) Take the meal tray and leave the room without saying anything.
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2) Tell him to stop screaming in a loud voice.
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3) Calmly ask him what he is upset about and listen carefully to him.
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4) Call your supervisor.
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5 % 11. 5 % The nurse is overhead addressing an 87-year-old patient as “honey.” What is this an example of?
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1) Beneficence
2) Paternalism
3) Caring
4) Malfeasance

5 % 12. 5 % The term “elite-old” is used for people
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1) 65 to 74 years old
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2) 75 to 84 years old
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3) 85 to 100 years old
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5 % 13. 5 % 5 % Which is a key concept in holistic nursing?
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1) Following physician instructions and follow-up with the physician
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2) Developing a relationship with family members of the patient
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3) Using what you have learned—your clinical experience
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4) All of the above
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5 % 14. 5 % 5 % How should the nursing instructor explain the term “gerontology” to a new class of students?
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1) It means the use of older medications to treat illnesses.
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2) It comes from a Greek word that means “related to old age.”
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3) It focuses on the housing needs of people who are underserved.
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4) It is a way of explaining health problems of people over age 50.
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