Gerontology Exam 1 Chapters 1-9 Questions With Complete
Solutions
a pattern is dysfunctional when it deviates: correct answers
from established norms or from an individual's previous
condition or goals
about 70% of physical decline that occurs with aging is related
to modifiable factors such as: correct answers 1. smoking
2. poor nutrition
3. lack of physical activity
4. injuries from falls
5. failure to use medicare covered preventive services
activity theory correct answers older adults should stay active
and engaged if they are to age successfully because the older
adult will have a better chance of enjoying old age. happiness
and satisfaction with life are assumed to result from a high level
of involvement with the world and continued social involvement
activity-exercise correct answers patterns of exercise and daily
activity. Includes leisure and recreation
appropriate nursing interventions may include: correct answers
1. assisting the older patient to a higher level of function or self-
care
2. identifying health promotion activities
3. identifying disease prevention and screening activities
4. health teaching
5. counseling
6. seeking consultation
,7. collecting data on an ongoning basis and refining the initial
nursing assessment
8. exploring treatment choices, including pharmacological and
nonpharmacological options
9. implementing palliative care and holistic care of the dying or
seriously ill patient
10. referring the patient to community resources
11. managing the patient's case
12. evaluating and educating ancillary caregivers and family
benefits of healthy aging correct answers 1.creativity and
confidence are enhanced
2. coping ability increases
3. gratitude and appreciation deepen
4. confidence increases with less reliance on the approval of
others
5. self-understanding and acceptance increase
Biological aging theories correct answers 1. programmed
theories (aging follows a biological timetable and may represent
a continuation of the cycle that regulates childhood growth and
development)
-programmed longevity
-endocrine theory
-immunological theory
2. error theories (environmental assaults to the human system
that gradually cause things to go wrong)
-wear-and-tear theory
-cross-link theory
-free radical theory
-somatic DNA damage theory
, emerging biological theories
by educating an older person about the benefits of a health
nutritious diet, the nurse may decrease the chances of: correct
answers 1. cancer
2. obesity
3. diabetes
4. heart disease
5. stroke
6. improve mobility to prevent falls
certification correct answers the formal process by which
clinical competence is validated in a specialty area of practice
chronic conditions can causes years of: correct answers 1.
disability
2. pain
3. loss of function
cognitive-perceptual correct answers patterns of thinking and
ways of perceiving the world and current events
continuity theory correct answers successful aging involves
maintaining or continuing previous values, habits, preferences,
family ties, and all other linkages that have formed the basic
underlying structure of adult life. older age is not viewed as a
time that should trigger major life readjustment, but rather just a
time to continue being the same person
coping-stress tolerance correct answers patterns of coping with
stressful events and level of effectiveness of coping strategies
Solutions
a pattern is dysfunctional when it deviates: correct answers
from established norms or from an individual's previous
condition or goals
about 70% of physical decline that occurs with aging is related
to modifiable factors such as: correct answers 1. smoking
2. poor nutrition
3. lack of physical activity
4. injuries from falls
5. failure to use medicare covered preventive services
activity theory correct answers older adults should stay active
and engaged if they are to age successfully because the older
adult will have a better chance of enjoying old age. happiness
and satisfaction with life are assumed to result from a high level
of involvement with the world and continued social involvement
activity-exercise correct answers patterns of exercise and daily
activity. Includes leisure and recreation
appropriate nursing interventions may include: correct answers
1. assisting the older patient to a higher level of function or self-
care
2. identifying health promotion activities
3. identifying disease prevention and screening activities
4. health teaching
5. counseling
6. seeking consultation
,7. collecting data on an ongoning basis and refining the initial
nursing assessment
8. exploring treatment choices, including pharmacological and
nonpharmacological options
9. implementing palliative care and holistic care of the dying or
seriously ill patient
10. referring the patient to community resources
11. managing the patient's case
12. evaluating and educating ancillary caregivers and family
benefits of healthy aging correct answers 1.creativity and
confidence are enhanced
2. coping ability increases
3. gratitude and appreciation deepen
4. confidence increases with less reliance on the approval of
others
5. self-understanding and acceptance increase
Biological aging theories correct answers 1. programmed
theories (aging follows a biological timetable and may represent
a continuation of the cycle that regulates childhood growth and
development)
-programmed longevity
-endocrine theory
-immunological theory
2. error theories (environmental assaults to the human system
that gradually cause things to go wrong)
-wear-and-tear theory
-cross-link theory
-free radical theory
-somatic DNA damage theory
, emerging biological theories
by educating an older person about the benefits of a health
nutritious diet, the nurse may decrease the chances of: correct
answers 1. cancer
2. obesity
3. diabetes
4. heart disease
5. stroke
6. improve mobility to prevent falls
certification correct answers the formal process by which
clinical competence is validated in a specialty area of practice
chronic conditions can causes years of: correct answers 1.
disability
2. pain
3. loss of function
cognitive-perceptual correct answers patterns of thinking and
ways of perceiving the world and current events
continuity theory correct answers successful aging involves
maintaining or continuing previous values, habits, preferences,
family ties, and all other linkages that have formed the basic
underlying structure of adult life. older age is not viewed as a
time that should trigger major life readjustment, but rather just a
time to continue being the same person
coping-stress tolerance correct answers patterns of coping with
stressful events and level of effectiveness of coping strategies
