BASIC GERIATRIC NURSING UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● neglect
Answer: failure to provide for the needs of the person under their care
●● mandated reporter
Answer: legally required to report suspected cases of elder or child
abuse
●● genrontophobia
Answer: fear of agingand the refusal to accept older adults into the
mainstream of society
●● gerontology, geriatrics
Answer: study of all aspects of the aging process including the clinical
psychological economic and sociologic problems of older adults and the
consequences of these problems for older adults
●● gerontics
, Answer: coined by Gunter and Estes in 1979 to define the nursing care
and services provided to older adults
●● geriatrics
Answer: the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and
problems specific to old people
●● Demographics
Answer: statistical data relating to the population and particular groups
within it.
●● cohort
Answer: a group of people from a given time period
●● chronological age
Answer: number of years since birth
●● ageism
Answer: discrimination based on age
●● abuse
Answer: physical or emotional harm to someone or financial intentional
or unintentional
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● neglect
Answer: failure to provide for the needs of the person under their care
●● mandated reporter
Answer: legally required to report suspected cases of elder or child
abuse
●● genrontophobia
Answer: fear of agingand the refusal to accept older adults into the
mainstream of society
●● gerontology, geriatrics
Answer: study of all aspects of the aging process including the clinical
psychological economic and sociologic problems of older adults and the
consequences of these problems for older adults
●● gerontics
, Answer: coined by Gunter and Estes in 1979 to define the nursing care
and services provided to older adults
●● geriatrics
Answer: the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and
problems specific to old people
●● Demographics
Answer: statistical data relating to the population and particular groups
within it.
●● cohort
Answer: a group of people from a given time period
●● chronological age
Answer: number of years since birth
●● ageism
Answer: discrimination based on age
●● abuse
Answer: physical or emotional harm to someone or financial intentional
or unintentional
