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Based Approach7th Edition by Richard
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COMPLETE CHAPTERS 1- u u
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, Chapteru1.uPrinciplesuofuPrimaryuCareuofuOlderuAdults
MULTIPLEuCHOICE
1. Inu2010,utheureviseduStandardsuanduScopeuofuGerontologicaluNursinguPracticeuwasupublished.uTheunurseu
woulduuseutheseustandardsuto:
a. promoteutheupracticeuofugerontologicunursinguwithinutheuacuteucareusetting.
b. defineutheuconceptsuandudimensionsuofugerontologicunursingupractice.
c. elevateutheupracticeuofugerontologicunursing.
d. incorporateusuggesteduinterventionsufromuothersuwhoupracticeugerontologicunursing.uACCURATEu
ANSWER:uD
TheucurrentupublishinguofutheuStandardsuanduScopeuofuGerontologicaluNursinguPracticeuinu2010
incorporatesutheuinputuofugerontologicunursesufromuacrossutheuUniteduStates.uItuwasunotuintendedutoup
romoteugerontologicunursingupracticeuwithinuacuteucareusettings,udefineuconceptsuorudimensionsuofug
erontologicunursingupractice,uoruelevateutheupracticeuofugerontologicunursing.
DIF:uRememberingu(Knowledge)uREF:umsc:u2uOBJ:u1-
1uTOP:uN/AuMSC:uSafeuanduEffectiveuCareuEnvironment
2. Whenuattemptingutouminimizeutheueffectuofuageismuonutheupracticeuofunursinguolderuadults,uaunurseuneedsut
oufirst:
a. recognizeuthatunursesumustuactuasuadvocatesuforuagingupatients.
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, b. acceptuthatuthisupopulationurepresentsuausubstantialuportionuofuthoseurequiringunursingucare.
c. self-reflectuanduformulateuonesupersonaluviewuofuaginguandutheuolderupatient.
d. recognizeuageismuasuauformuofubigotryusharedubyumanyuAmericans.uACCURATEuANSWER:uC
Ageismuisuanuever-increasinguprejudicialuviewuofutheueffectsuofutheuaginguprocessuanduofutheuolder
populationuasuauwhole.uWithunursesubeingumembersuofuausocietyuholdingusuchuviews,uituisucriticaluthatutheuin
dividualunurseuself-
reflectuonupersonalufeelingsuandudetermineuwhetherusuchufeelingsuwilluaffectutheunursingucareuthatuheuorushe
uprovidesutoutheuagingupatient.uActinguasuanuadvocateuisuanuimportantunursinguroleuinuallusettings.uSimplyuac
ceptinguaufactudoesunotuhelpuenduageism,unorudoesurecognizinguageismuasuauformuofubigotry.
DIF:uApplyingu(Application)uREF:uN/AuOBJ:u1-9
TOP:uTeaching-LearninguMSC:uSafeuanduEffectiveuCareuEnvironment
3. Whenudiscussingufactorsuthatuhaveuhelpedutouincreaseutheunumberuofuhealthy,uindependentuolderu
Americans,utheunurseuincludesutheuimportanceuof:
a. increaseduavailabilityuofuin-homeucareuservices.
b. governmentusupportuofuretireducitizens.
c. effectiveuantibioticutherapies.
d. theudevelopmentuofulife-extendingutherapies.
ACCURATEuANSWER:uC
TheuhealthuanduultimateuautonomyuofuolderuAmericansuhasubeenupositivelyuimpactedubyutheudevelopmentu
ofuantibiotics,ubetterusanitation,uanduvaccines.uTheseupublicuhealthumeasuresuhaveubeenumoreuinstrumentalui
nuincreasingutheunumbersuofuhealthy,uindependentuolderuAmericansuthanuhaveuin-
homeucareuservices,ugovernmentuprograms,uorulife-extendingutherapies.
DIF:uRememberingu(Knowledge)uREF:umsc:u2uOBJ:u3-3
TOP:uNursinguProcess:uImplementationuMSC:uHealthuPromotionuanduMaintenance
4. Baseduonucurrentudata,uwhenupresentinguanuolderuadultsudischargeuteachinguplan,utheunurseuincludesutheu
patients:
a. nonrelateducaretaker.
b. paiducaregiver.
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