NURS 3261-Nursing of Older Adults OA Final Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
______ are more likely to engage in solitary, silent grieving.
Correct Answer Men
______ of Americans surveyed, said they wanted to die at
HOME. Correct Answer 90%
______ of people die in institutions. Correct Answer 74%
______ of those over 75 that fall and suffer a hip fracture will
die within 1 year of the injury. Correct Answer 50%
_________ has the eldest population in the world. Correct
Answer Japan
__________ grief takes place over a long period of time.
Easier to Deny.
Causes Ambivalence. Correct Answer Anticipatory
1/4 of Elder Abuse comes from Correct Answer healthcare
providers
2.4 million _____________ are primary caregivers for
grandchildren. Correct Answer grandparents
3 unrelated words told to pt
Ask pt to repeat words
Ask pt to draw clock
,Ask to draw a specific time
Ask pt to repeat 3 words again Correct Answer Mini Cog Test
A guardian is Correct Answer a person appointed by the court
to have care, custody, and control of a disabled person and to
manage personal or financial affairs
A normal change in aging with the respiratory system Correct
Answer less effective breathing
A pattern of burn-out Correct Answer living hour to hour, not
looking ahead at all
A restrained patient may go through these psychological
complications: Correct Answer Social Isolation
Impaired Socialization
Anger, Fear, Humiliation, Denial
A terminally ill cancer patient grieves the loss of no longer
being able to participate in yearly family traditions, like cooking
Christmas dinner with daugthers Correct Answer Example of
Anticipatory Grief
A type of drug listed in the Beers Criteria for Potentially
Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults that is noted to
cause confusion, urinary retention, and other adverse effects is
Correct Answer anticholinergics
A visitor to a nursing home witnesses an attendant scolding a
client with dementia about being incontinent. The visitor reports
, the incident to the charge nurse. This is an example of Correct
Answer psychological abuse
(treating the patient like an infant/child)
Abuse by a Caregiver most likely occurs with the following
factors: Correct Answer Caregiver financially dependent upon
client
External Stress of job, family, $$
Inadequate housing/unsafe condition
Social Isolation
Caregiver abused as a child
Addiction, alcoholism, emotional disorder
Acute Grief Correct Answer Crisis, Unexpected Death
Comes in Waves
Physical or Psychological Stress
Americans are a death-_________ society Correct Answer
denying
An older adult's adult child is diverting money from his father's
bank account without his knowledge. What would this be
called? Correct Answer Financial Abuse
Anticholinergics can cause Correct Answer Confusion
Urinary Retention
Plus other effects
Anticipatory Grief Correct Answer starts long before death
occurs
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