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Caring for Older Adults Holistically 7th, Edition
by Tamara R. Dahlkemper
All Chapters Covered|| Latest Edition|| Original Copy
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Chapter 1: Holistic Caring
Answers and Rationales Provided at the End of Each Chapter
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, approximately how many Americans are older than
age 65?
1) 2%
2) 5%
3) 13%
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4) 20%
2. What is the average life expectancy today?
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1) 70.2 years
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2) 75 years
3) 81.1 years for women and 76.3 years for men
4) Longer for men than for women
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3. Which statement is NOT true about holistic nursing?
1) Holistic nursing focuses on the specific disease or disorder a person has in order to treat it
effectively.
2) Holistic nursing aims to treat the whole person, not just a specific disease or disorder the
person may have.
3) Holistic nursing focuses on the individual patient and uses many techniques, such as
empathetic listening, music, and imagery, as well as specific clinical skills.
4) Holistic nursing weaves the technical skills of nursing with the social science skills that
enhance communication and rapport between the nurse and the person receiving care.
4. The Science of Human Caring theory was developed by
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1) Florence Nightingale
2) Clara Barton
3) Jean Watson
4) Savage and Money
5. Which is NOT emphasized in The Science of Human Caring?
1) Providing transpersonal caring
2) Focusing on the person while you are with him or her
3) Ensuring that all nonessential tasks, such as bathing, are given according to a strict
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schedule
4) Reaching out to the patient, making eye contact, touching if appropriate, speaking softly
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6. Which of the following is included as a basic concept of holistic nursing?
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1) Using your developed clinical expertise
2) Developing a close relationship with the patient’s family members and significant others
3) Remembering the personal intuition and creativity of patients in your nursing plan
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4) All of the above
7. Most elderly people having a heart attack have
1) Pain diffused over the entire chest area
2) No pain
3) Crushing sternal pain
4) Pain on the left side of the chest and pain that radiates down the left arm
8. Compared with the doses of medication given to a young adult, the doses given
to an old-old person are usually
1) Smaller
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2) Larger, because the old-old person is probably sicker
3) The same
4) Minimal, because the person is very old and probably near death
9. What communication technique has been developed specifically for dealing
with demented elderly persons?
1) Cognitive therapy
2) Validation therapy
3) Geriatric Depression Scale
4) Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
10. An 82-year-old patient is diagnosed with liver cancer and has long-standing
cardiovascular problems. The patient begins screaming and pushes his meal tray away. What
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would be an appropriate response?
1) Take the meal tray and leave the room without saying anything.
2)
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Tell him to stop screaming in a loud voice.
3) Calmly ask him what he is upset about and listen carefully to him.
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4) Call your supervisor.
11. The nurse is overhead addressing an 87-year-old patient as “honey.” What is this an
example of?
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1) Beneficence
2) Paternalism
3) Caring
4) Malfeasance
12. The term “elite-old” is used for people
1) 65 to 74 years old
2) 75 to 84 years old
3) 85 to 100 years old
4) Older than 100 years
13. Which is a key concept in holistic nursing?
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Test Bank
Caring for Older Adults Holistically 7th, Edition
by Tamara R. Dahlkemper
All Chapters Covered|| Latest Edition|| Original Copy
C
LE
ST
BE
1
, BESTLEC
Chapter 1: Holistic Caring
Answers and Rationales Provided at the End of Each Chapter
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, approximately how many Americans are older than
age 65?
1) 2%
2) 5%
3) 13%
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4) 20%
2. What is the average life expectancy today?
LE
1) 70.2 years
ST
2) 75 years
3) 81.1 years for women and 76.3 years for men
4) Longer for men than for women
BE
3. Which statement is NOT true about holistic nursing?
1) Holistic nursing focuses on the specific disease or disorder a person has in order to treat it
effectively.
2) Holistic nursing aims to treat the whole person, not just a specific disease or disorder the
person may have.
3) Holistic nursing focuses on the individual patient and uses many techniques, such as
empathetic listening, music, and imagery, as well as specific clinical skills.
4) Holistic nursing weaves the technical skills of nursing with the social science skills that
enhance communication and rapport between the nurse and the person receiving care.
4. The Science of Human Caring theory was developed by
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1) Florence Nightingale
2) Clara Barton
3) Jean Watson
4) Savage and Money
5. Which is NOT emphasized in The Science of Human Caring?
1) Providing transpersonal caring
2) Focusing on the person while you are with him or her
3) Ensuring that all nonessential tasks, such as bathing, are given according to a strict
C
schedule
4) Reaching out to the patient, making eye contact, touching if appropriate, speaking softly
LE
6. Which of the following is included as a basic concept of holistic nursing?
ST
1) Using your developed clinical expertise
2) Developing a close relationship with the patient’s family members and significant others
3) Remembering the personal intuition and creativity of patients in your nursing plan
BE
4) All of the above
7. Most elderly people having a heart attack have
1) Pain diffused over the entire chest area
2) No pain
3) Crushing sternal pain
4) Pain on the left side of the chest and pain that radiates down the left arm
8. Compared with the doses of medication given to a young adult, the doses given
to an old-old person are usually
1) Smaller
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2) Larger, because the old-old person is probably sicker
3) The same
4) Minimal, because the person is very old and probably near death
9. What communication technique has been developed specifically for dealing
with demented elderly persons?
1) Cognitive therapy
2) Validation therapy
3) Geriatric Depression Scale
4) Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
10. An 82-year-old patient is diagnosed with liver cancer and has long-standing
cardiovascular problems. The patient begins screaming and pushes his meal tray away. What
C
would be an appropriate response?
1) Take the meal tray and leave the room without saying anything.
2)
LE
Tell him to stop screaming in a loud voice.
3) Calmly ask him what he is upset about and listen carefully to him.
ST
4) Call your supervisor.
11. The nurse is overhead addressing an 87-year-old patient as “honey.” What is this an
example of?
BE
1) Beneficence
2) Paternalism
3) Caring
4) Malfeasance
12. The term “elite-old” is used for people
1) 65 to 74 years old
2) 75 to 84 years old
3) 85 to 100 years old
4) Older than 100 years
13. Which is a key concept in holistic nursing?
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