Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Chapter 1 Seeing Older Adults Through the Eyes of Wellness 1. In 2010, the revised Standards and Scope of Gerontological Nursing Practice was published. The nurse would use these standards to: a. promote the practice of gerontologic nursing within the acute care setting. b. define the concepts and dimensions of gerontologic nursing practice. c. elevate the practice of gerontologic nursing. d. incorporate suggested interventions from others who practice gerontologic nursing. ANS: D The current pu...

Myths about aging are what and form what? Insidious and pervasive in society and form the foundation of ageism, which has serious detrimental effects on older adults Nurses are not only influenced by societal myths and ageist attitudes, but what else? - By their experiences with older adults in health care setting, which often reinforce the perception that older adults are frail, confused, depressed, and dependent. - These attitudes lead to a sense of pessimism or hopelessness regarding...

Theories regarding aging attempt to answer why and how people age, NOT the nursing care of older adults. Nursing theories attempt to explain relationships among core concepts of person, nursing, health, and environment. Discipline-specific nursing theories guide nursing care essentials to promote wellness of older adults. Functional Consequences Theory is a framework to promote wellness, function, and quality of life for older adults. Functional Consequences Theory is broader - Disti...

Reason to assess nutrition and digestion Effects of age-related changes on digestion, nutrition, eating patterns, risk factors that interrupt with optimal nutrition, cultural factors that influence eating patterns, nutritional status and usual eating patterns, negative functional consequences of altered diet Kayser- Jones Brief Oral Status Examination Used by nurses to assess clients at meal time to view behaviors and how they eat during these times Ideal BMI for older adults between 2...

The nurse is monitoring a patients skin status. What should the nurse recognize as the first sign of prolonged pressure on the skin A. Coolness B. Cyanosis C. Paleness D. Redness Redness The nurse has been providing interventions to address an older patients nutritional status. Which observation should the nurse use to determine if nursing care has been effective? A. Appetite B. Skin Turgor C. Body Weight D. Urine output Body weight The nurse is concerned about medication safety ...

The nurse is discussing an older adult's recent diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis with a colleague. Which of the nurse's statements reflects an accurate view of the relationship between aging and wellness? A) "It's important that the individual knows this is an expected part of growing older." B)"We need to teach the older adult how he can keep living a fruitful life in spite of his diagnosis." C)"We need to make sure our teaching is not too detailed for someone of his age." D...

Lifespan The maximum survival potential for a mber of a species Life expectancy The predictable length of time that one is expected to live from a specific length of time Rectangularization of the curve Changes in survival caused by various significant factors occurring at different points in time Compression of morbidity The onset of significant illness could be postponed, but that ones life expectancy could not be extended to the same extent Active life expectancy Measured in a conti...

Functional consequences theory for promoting wellness in older adults Provdes a framework that nurse can use to promote wellness and improve functioning and quality of life for older adults Wellness outcomes Outcomes which enable older people to function at their highest level despite the presence of age related changes and risk factors Functional consequences The observable effects of actions , risk factors, and age related changes the influence the quality of life or day to day activ...

Process of systematically evaluating the health and well-being of older adults. health assessments Done to identify older individuals who are in need of further, more in-depth assessment. health screening Information gathered from the older person's point of view. Fear, anxiety, frustration, and pain are examples of subjective information. subjective data First phase of a comprehensive, nursing-focused health assessment, provide a subjective account of the older adult's current and ...