OLDER ADULT NCLEX COMPREHENSIVE
TEST BANK PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
RATIONALES
●●
Answer: C
●● T/F?
The focus of older adult health care environments is on disease
prevention or health promotion rather than disease treatment
Answer: false
●● What is a myth that affects nursing care of older adults?
A. Most older adults live independently, have high levels of self-
reported health, and are aging successfully
B. People usually feel old based on their health and function, rather than
on their chronologic age
C. Gerontologists have discovered that by the age of 75 years, people are
quite homogeneous as a group
D. Ageism is more common in industrialized societies and is highly
influenced by stereotypes and cultural values
,Answer: C
●● T/F?
The Functional Consequences Theory explains the unique relationships
among the concepts of person, health, nursing, and environment in the
context of promoting wellness for older adults.
Answer: true
●● What are positive functional consequences?
A.Observable effects of actions, risk factors, and age-related changes
that influence quality of life or day-to-day activities of older adults
B.The effects that relate to all levels of functioning, including body,
mind, and spirit
C.Those that interfere with older adult's functioning or quality of life
D.Those that facilitate highest level of functioning, least dependency,
and best quality of life
Answer: D
●● T/F?
Risk factors are conditions that increase the vulnerability of older adults
to positive functional consequences
,Answer: false
●● What is the maximum survival potential for humans?
A. 94 years
B. 104 years
C. 114 years
D. 124 years
Answer: C
●● Which is a psychological theory of aging?
A. Human needs
B. Disengagement
C. Age stratification
D. Subculture
Answer: B
●● In the precontemplation stage, an individual has no intention of
changing behaviors within what time frame?
A. 3 months
, B. 4 months
C. 5 months
D. 6 months
Answer: D
●● T/F?
After the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, few new
models of care emerged to address diverse health care needs of older
adults
Answer: false
●● T/F?
Subacute care for elders units address the complex needs of hospitalized
older adults through multidisciplinary assessments and interventions
Answer: false
●● What setting provides a combination of skilled nursing for short-term
post-hospital residents and intermediate care services for long-term
residents?
A. Acute care for elders
TEST BANK PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
RATIONALES
●●
Answer: C
●● T/F?
The focus of older adult health care environments is on disease
prevention or health promotion rather than disease treatment
Answer: false
●● What is a myth that affects nursing care of older adults?
A. Most older adults live independently, have high levels of self-
reported health, and are aging successfully
B. People usually feel old based on their health and function, rather than
on their chronologic age
C. Gerontologists have discovered that by the age of 75 years, people are
quite homogeneous as a group
D. Ageism is more common in industrialized societies and is highly
influenced by stereotypes and cultural values
,Answer: C
●● T/F?
The Functional Consequences Theory explains the unique relationships
among the concepts of person, health, nursing, and environment in the
context of promoting wellness for older adults.
Answer: true
●● What are positive functional consequences?
A.Observable effects of actions, risk factors, and age-related changes
that influence quality of life or day-to-day activities of older adults
B.The effects that relate to all levels of functioning, including body,
mind, and spirit
C.Those that interfere with older adult's functioning or quality of life
D.Those that facilitate highest level of functioning, least dependency,
and best quality of life
Answer: D
●● T/F?
Risk factors are conditions that increase the vulnerability of older adults
to positive functional consequences
,Answer: false
●● What is the maximum survival potential for humans?
A. 94 years
B. 104 years
C. 114 years
D. 124 years
Answer: C
●● Which is a psychological theory of aging?
A. Human needs
B. Disengagement
C. Age stratification
D. Subculture
Answer: B
●● In the precontemplation stage, an individual has no intention of
changing behaviors within what time frame?
A. 3 months
, B. 4 months
C. 5 months
D. 6 months
Answer: D
●● T/F?
After the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, few new
models of care emerged to address diverse health care needs of older
adults
Answer: false
●● T/F?
Subacute care for elders units address the complex needs of hospitalized
older adults through multidisciplinary assessments and interventions
Answer: false
●● What setting provides a combination of skilled nursing for short-term
post-hospital residents and intermediate care services for long-term
residents?
A. Acute care for elders
