Gerontology Exam practice questions with correct answers
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Gerontology
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Gerontology
Gerontology Exam practice questions with
correct answers
Medications, slower mobility, lack of proper fluid intake, and poor diet can contribute to what common
symptom in the elder population?
a) Urinary incontinence
b) Skin changes
c) Mental changes
d) Depression - Ans:-A
Which statement w...
An 80-year-old female asks the nurse about over-the-counter vitamin supplements. The most
appropriate advice would include:
a) No vitamin supplements are needed with a balanced diet
b) Any multivitamin will do
c) Take only a calcium supplement
d) Take a multivitamin for those over the age of 50, which should include the recommended vitamins for
the aging adult - Ans:✔✔-D
What benefit does evidnce-based practice offer clients over the age of 60?
a) No actual benefits have been noted when evidence-based practice is the model for geriatric care
b) Evidence-based practice offers the client improved health care in all settings
c) Evidence-based pracrice is only used as a model in acute care settings
d) Minimal changes in geriatric care have arisen from the use of evidnece-baseed practice models -
Ans:✔✔-B
What is the purpose of Rogers' diffusion of innovation model in relation to evidnece-based practice
(EBP)?
a) There is no relation to EBP
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