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Applying a Nursing Model for Promoting Wellness in Older Adults Practice Questions and Answers
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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...
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Applying a Nursing Model for Promoting Wellness in Older Adults Questions and Answers
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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...
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Nursing for Wellness in Older AdultsDigestion and Nutrition Review Questions and Answers
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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...
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Nursing Care of Older Adults Final Exam Review Questions and Answers
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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 ...
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Nursing for the Older Adult Exam Preparation Questions and Answers
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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." 
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Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults Study Aid with Questions and Answers
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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...
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Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults Test Questions and Answers
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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...
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Nursing Care of the Older Adults in Wellness Study Questions and Answers
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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 ...
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Nursing Care of the Older Adult in Wellness Review Questions and Answers
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Assessment - Assess potential health hazard to identify risk factors for illness and 
injury 
- Risk Factors: 
• Habits 
• Lifestyle patterns 
• Personal and family medical history 
• Environmental conditions 
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) - an organized evaluation method to 
multidisciplinary assessment of the elderly. 
- determines the appropriate care for them in the hospital or an elderly's eligibility for 
clinical trials. 
- a timely assessment for persons over ...
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