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STUDY GUIDE for C475 Care of Older Adult Objective Assessment
Exam questions are taken from the Learning Objectives under the 9 Competencies:
#1 Competency 742.1.1: Compassionate and Respectful Care of Older Adults
The graduate integrates principles of compassion and respect for patients and
their families into the planning and delivery of care to a diverse population of older
adults and into advocacy for vulnerable older adults.
This topic addresses the following learning objectives:
• Recognize the impact of attitudes, values, and expectations about aging.
• Describe how the RN’s personal beliefs and values may impact the care of
older adults.
• Articulate the concept of individualized care as the standard of practice
with older adults, considering the right care, at the right time, in the
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right place and by the right provider of care.
➢ Define Baby Boomers
▪ Those born between 1946-1964; that are now reaching
retirement age
➢ What are the five racial groups listed in your text?
▪ European Americans, African Americans, Hispanic
Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans
➢ How would you perform discharge teaching to an Hispanic patient
▪ Whittemore (2007) conducted a systematic review of the
literature to identify culturally competent interventions for
Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes. In reviewing 11 studies,
Whittemore found that providing educational sessions and
written materials, in both English and Spanish; employing
bilingual Hispanic staff; including family members in an
informal atmosphere in health care encounters; incorporating
cultural traditions in interventions; developing culturally
relevant program literature; and providing fact sheets about
risk and potential poor outcomes of chronic conditions such as
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diabetes will increase the effectiveness of interventions.
• Apply effective and respectful communication strategies in the care of
older adults and their families.
➢ List some of the changes of aging that could affect therapeutic
communication
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▪ Physical: like aphasia (difficulty finding words, writing,
expression), dysarthria (difficult speaking)
▪ Psychological: Dementia, Mental disease, schizophrenia,
depression,
embarrassment (hearing loss, vision loss), English as a second
language (cannot understand or relay message) , fear of being
labeled as a complainer
▪ Eyes: Senile miosis, difficulty adjusting to bright lights,
presbyopia
(accomodating near to far), decrease in acuity or depth
perception, dry eyes
▪ Ears: conduction problems, tumors, infections, foreign objects,
noise
pollution (hx playing in band), otoxic substances, freq,
presbycuspis most common **
➢ Note the ways to communicate or assist a patient with disabilities
such as
hearing deficits, vision impairments, or aphasia and dysarthria. How
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