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TOWARD HEALTH AGING:
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PART 1 Foundations for Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy Aging
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1 Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum
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of Care 2 Aging, Health, and Wellness in a
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Global Community 3 Theories of Aging
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4 ProvidingCross-Cultural Care
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5 Economics and Health Care in Late
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Life 6 Promoting Excellence in Long-
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Term Care PART 2 Foundations for
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Taking Action
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7 Therapeutic Communication With Older
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Adults 8 Cognitive Health and Learning
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9 Recognizing and Analyzing Cues to Maximize
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Outcomes 10 Using Laboratory Data in Clinical
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Judgment
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11 Safe Medication Use
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PART 3 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness and Function
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12 VisualHealth 4m 4m
13 AuditoryHealth
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14 Healthy Skin 4m 4m
15 NutritionalHealth
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16 Hydration and Oral Health
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417Elimination
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18 Sleep 4m
19 Activity and Exercise
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20 Falls and Fall Risk
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Reduction 21 Safe and Secure
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Environments
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PART 4 Clinical Judgment to Promote Wellness for Persons With
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4 Chronic Illnesses
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22 Living Well With Chronic
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Illness 23 Vascular Disorders
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24 RespiratoryDisorders
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25 NeurocognitiveDisorders
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26 Care of Individuals With Neurocognitive
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Disorders 27 Endocrine and Immune Disorders
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28 Common Musculoskeletal
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30 Mental Health4m 4m
,PART 5 Clinical Judgment to Promote Healthy
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Aging With Older Adults and Families 31
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Ethics, Decision Making, and
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Mistreatment 32 Relationships, Roles,
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and Life Transitions 33 Intimacy and
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Sexual Health
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34 Loss, Death, and Palliative Care
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, 35 Spiritual Health,Meaning, and Self-Actualization
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Chapter01:Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of
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Care
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Touhy: Toward Healthy Aging, 11th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 4m
1. When did serious and well-controlled research studies on aging first become
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b. Since the turn of the 20th century. 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m
c. Following the Great Depression. 4m 4m 4m
d. Since the year 2000. 4m 4m 4 m
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REASONING:->>>Only in the past 60 years have serious and carefully controlled 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m
research
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illustrate issues assumed to be
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incorrect.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering TOPIC: Integrated
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Process:
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Health Promotion and Maintenance
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2. The son of a nursing
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gerontology? I see that you are, but not all of the nursing attendants are.”
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4 What response best answers the family member’s question?
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a. “National certification as a gerontological nursing attendant is a 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m
way to demonstrate special knowledge in caring for older
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adults.”
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attendants who have worked in this setting for 2 or more
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c. “National certification is only available to nursing attendants 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m
who have a 4mBaccalaureate 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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in caring for older adults. It is not required for practice in any setting across the
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continuum of care, and it is not exclusive to nursing attendants with
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Baccalaureate degrees. There is both a generalistand a specialist gerontological
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nursing certification. The generalist functions in a variety of settings providing
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care to older adults and their families. The specialist has advanced
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