Midterm Exam: NR 601 / NR601 Latest Primary Care of the Maturing and Aged Family Practicum Exam | Questions & Verified Answers | Rated A | Chamberlain

Midterm Exam: NR 601 / NR601 Latest Primary Care of the Maturing and Aged Family Practicum Exam | Questions & Verified Answers | Rated A | Chamberlain  The Beer's criteria are appropriate for use in evaluating use of certain meds in patients  Answer: >65 y/o  The pathophysiology of heart failure is due to  Answer: Inadequate cardiac output to meet the metabolic and O2 demands of the body  Which of the following nutritional indicators is not an indication of poor nutritional status in the elderly  Answer: BMI 25  You examine the hands of a 55 year old woman and note bilateral spindle shaped deformities on middle interphalangeal joints. These are known as  Answer: Haygarth's nodes  The comorbid psych problem with the highest frequency in dementia is  Answer: Anxiety  When treating depression associated with dementia, which of the following would be a poor choice and should not be prescribed  Answer: Amitriptyline  Performing ROM exercises on a patient who has had a CVA is an example of which level of prevention  Answer: Tertiary  You demonstrate an understanding of primary prevention of falling among the elderly through which management plan?  Answer: Provide info about meds, SE and interactions  An example of an active strategy of health promotion for an individual to accomplish would be  Answer: Beginning stress management progrma  You are working with an older adult male with a long history of alcohol abuse and a 30 year history of smoking. In recommending an intervention, your responsibility  Answer: Promote positive change in lifestyle choices  Which organism that can be prevented by immunization is most often responsible for an infectious "outbreak" in the nursing home setting  Answer: Influenza A  What disease can mimic and often co-exists with MI in elderly with CAD  Answer: Esophageal Disease  Thoracic aortic dissection presents typically