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Ebersoleand Hess' Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging in Canada
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,Chapter 01: Introduction to Healthy Aging
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Touhy & Jett: Ebersole and Hess’ Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 3rd Edition
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1. A man is terminally ill with end-
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Nursing interventions can help empower a client to achieve a higher level of wellness; a nurse can
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foster wellness in his or her clients. Wellness is defined by the individual and is multidimension
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al. It is not just the absence of disease. A wellness perspective is based on the belief that every pe
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rson has an optimal level of health independent of his or her situation or functional level. Even i
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n the presence of chronic illness or while dying, a movement toward wellness is possible if emp
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hasis of care is placed on the promotion of well-being in a supportive environment.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Diagnosis MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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c. Wellness and self-actualization develop through learning and growth. zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
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Health is a broad term that encompasses attitudes and behaviors; holistically, health includes w
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ellness, which involves one’s whole being. The concept of illness prevention was never conside
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red by previous generations; throughout history, basic self-
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as basic needs are met, higher level needs can be satisfied in turn, with ever-
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deepening richness to life. Wellness is possible when one’s health is compromised—
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even with chronic illness, with multiple disabilities, or in dying, movement toward a higher level
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of wellness is possible.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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3. Which racial or ethnic group has the highest life expectancy in the United States?
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Touhy & Jett: Ebersole and Hess’ Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE zl
1. Which of the following is a true statement about differing health belief systems?
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omedical principles. zl
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ethods before turning to biomedical professionals. zl zl zl zl zl
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characteristic of a magicoreligious belief system. zl zl zl zl zl
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Older adults in most cultures usually have had experience with traditional methods that have work
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ed as well as expected. After these treatments fail, older adults turn to the formal health care syste
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m. Even in the United States, it is common for older adults to pray for cures or wonder what they
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or naturalistic approach.
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terpreter?
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b. When working with interpreters, the nurse can use technical terms or metaphors.
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c. A patient’s young granddaughter who speaks fluent English would make the best int
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erpreter because she is familiar with and loves the patient. zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
d. The nurse should face the patient rather than the interpreter.
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ANS: D zl
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atient from speaking directly to a nurse. Technical terms and metaphors may be difficult or impo
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ssible to translate. Cultural restrictions may prevent some topics from being spoken of to a grand
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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actitioner of Chinese medicine can also be unsuitable and insulting for this patient.
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tes that she becomes tense during the instructions about elimination. Which intervention sho
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d. Have the older woman repeat the instructions for clarity.
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munication and emotion regarding a specific topic and therefore validates the assessment about
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the older adult’s tension before proceeding. Because the nurse notices her tension, the nurse tem
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porarily suspends the preparation to validate her assessment. If the nurse proceeds and the older
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adult is uncomfortable discussing elimination, then important instructions can be missed, leading
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to adverse effects for the older adult. Repeating the instructions can aggravate the older adult’s di
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scomfort. Instructing the older adult to repeat the nurse’s instruction ignores her needs.
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Ebersoleand Hess' Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging in Canada
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Veronique Boscart
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3RD Edition
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,Chapter 01: Introduction to Healthy Aging
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Touhy & Jett: Ebersole and Hess’ Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE zl
1. A man is terminally ill with end-
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d. Nursing interventions can help empower a client to achieve a higher level of we zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
llness.
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Nursing interventions can help empower a client to achieve a higher level of wellness; a nurse can
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foster wellness in his or her clients. Wellness is defined by the individual and is multidimension
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al. It is not just the absence of disease. A wellness perspective is based on the belief that every pe
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rson has an optimal level of health independent of his or her situation or functional level. Even i
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TOP: Nursing Process: Diagnosis MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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red by previous generations; throughout history, basic self-
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of wellness is possible.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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b. When working with interpreters, the nurse can use technical terms or metaphors.
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c. A patient’s young granddaughter who speaks fluent English would make the best int
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d. The nurse should face the patient rather than the interpreter.
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atient from speaking directly to a nurse. Technical terms and metaphors may be difficult or impo
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ssible to translate. Cultural restrictions may prevent some topics from being spoken of to a grand
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parent or child. zl zl
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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s to remain in the bed. Which intervention should the nurse use to promote and maintain his health
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determines what the patient believes about caregiving, decision making, treatment, and other per
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complete. Unless he accepts the beliefs, principles of the holistic health system can be potentiall
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actitioner of Chinese medicine can also be unsuitable and insulting for this patient.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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4. Which action should the nurse take when addressing older adults?
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lder persons and fewer of those who are healthy and active. Providers should not assume that all
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older adults are hearing or mentally impaired. The most appropriate action
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language are an exaggerated pitch, a demeaning emotional tone, and a lower quality of speech
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TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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5. The nurse prepares an older woman, who is Polish, for discharge through an interpreter and no
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tes that she becomes tense during the instructions about elimination. Which intervention sho
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uld the nurse implement?
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b. Ask the older woman how she feels about this topic.
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c. Instruct the interpreter to repeat the instructions. zl zl zl zl zl zl
d. Have the older woman repeat the instructions for clarity.
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When working with an interpreter, the nurse closely watches the older adult for nonverbal com
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munication and emotion regarding a specific topic and therefore validates the assessment about
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the older adult’s tension before proceeding. Because the nurse notices her tension, the nurse tem
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porarily suspends the preparation to validate her assessment. If the nurse proceeds and the older
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adult is uncomfortable discussing elimination, then important instructions can be missed, leading
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to adverse effects for the older adult. Repeating the instructions can aggravate the older adult’s di
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scomfort. Instructing the older adult to repeat the nurse’s instruction ignores her needs.
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