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NU240 GERO Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers Which of the following is a true statement about elimination in older adults? - Answer- Defecation less than once each day is not necessarily constipation. Which action should be included in all bladder-retraining programs? - Answer-Toileting...

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NU240 GERO Final Exam Practice
Questions and Answers

Which of the following is a true statement about elimination in older adults? - Answer✔✔-

Defecation less than once each day is not necessarily constipation.


Which action should be included in all bladder-retraining programs? - Answer✔✔-Toileting at

bedtime


The nurse understands that stress incontinence occurs: - Answer✔✔-As a result of increased

intraabdominal pressure


What is the most important aspect of care for the nurse to maintain when assisting an older

patient with urinary incontinence? - Answer✔✔-Maintaining an attitude that is respectful and

positive about resolving the problem


Which option is part of a program that addresses bowel incontinence in an older adult patient?

- Answer✔✔-Ensuring that a toilet or commode is readily accessible to the patient


An older adult who is on bed rest after surgery is prescribed morphine for pain. Which of the

following is the nurse's priority for preventive care? - Answer✔✔-Constipation


The nurse is caring for a patient who has recently had an indwelling catheter placed. The nurse

should assess the patient for: - Answer✔✔-A change in mental status


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The nurse assesses a male resident in a nursing home for urinary incontinence and determines

that he is unaware of the problem. Which recommendation should the nurse implement? -

Answer✔✔-Provide regular toileting.


A large residual urine volume characterizes what type of incontinence? - Answer✔✔-Overflow


An older adult is in the hospital because of heart failure and has become incontinent of urine.

Which evidence-based resource should the nurse use to guide continence care for this patient?

- Answer✔✔-Nursing Standard Practice Protocol


The nurse wants to begin helping a resident who is overweight and has urinary incontinence

with healthy bladder behavior skills. Which intervention should the nurse implement? -

Answer✔✔-Schedule voiding at 2- to 4-hour intervals.


An older woman tells the nurse practitioner that she fears her family will place her in a nursing

home because she developed stress incontinence. Which recommendation should the nurse

implement? - Answer✔✔-Recommend exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor.


Which co-morbidity commonly associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus enhances the

development of the microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus? - Answer✔✔-

Hyperlipidemia


The nurse assists an older man who has type 2 diabetes mellitus to improve his glucose control.

Which of the following instructions does the nurse give to this individual when he plans to walk

more than usual in one day? - Answer✔✔-Supplement caloric intake.




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