NUR 228 Exam 3 Study Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 228
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NUR 228
What are sensory changes found in Middle Adulthood? Age related vision problems (presbyopia, myopia) Hearing loss (presbycusis) The decrease in sensitivity to taste and smell Strength and coordination decline The decrease in basal metabolism - loss of endurance Manual dexterity becomes less efficie...
NUR 228 Exam 3 Study Questions and
Correct Answers
What are sensory changes found in Middle Adulthood? ✅Age related vision problems
(presbyopia, myopia)
Hearing loss (presbycusis)
The decrease in sensitivity to taste and smell
Strength and coordination decline
The decrease in basal metabolism - loss of endurance
Manual dexterity becomes less efficient
Complex response time may increase
Many of these changes are tempered by knowledge related to the experience
What are sensory changes often found in Older Adulthood? ✅Sensory changes -
vision, smell, taste
Visual
- Aging changes
> yellow of the lens = traffic lights
> blue, green, violets = trouble
> red-orange, yellow = best
- Presbyopia: bifocals
- Dry eye: can be caused by meds
- Decreased ability to accommodate to darkness (needs more light to see; driving)
- Cataracts - cloudy or opacity of lens - common
- Macular degeneration: spot in the center of the retina; can lead to blindness
Auditory
- Normal sensory changes
- problems - hearing (more in men)
> loss of high pitched sounds - presbycusis (sensorineural)
> sensory overload and deficit
- cerumen impaction (conduction)
- whispered voice and finger rub - 80% accurate
- >33% over 65, >50% over 85, >70% nursing home
- impacts understanding of instructions and socialization
What is Erickson's stage for Middle Adulthood? ✅Generativity vs Stagnation
virtue: care
What is Erickson's stage for older adulthood? ✅Ego integrity vs Despair
virtue: wisdom
What is menopause and when does it occur? ✅Cessation of menstruation and of
ability to bear children
Generally considered to happen 1 year after last menstrual period
, Usually happens between age 45-55
Perimenopause ✅"climacteric"
"changes of life"
period of several years during which a woman experiences physiological changes of
menopause
What are symptoms of menopause? ✅hot flashes and night sweats
vaginal dryness and painful intercourse
sleep disturbances
mood disturbances (depression, anxiety, irritability)
Experiences of menopause may be influenced by ✅personal/society attitude toward
agin and menopause
societal/cultural
What are some treatments of menopausal symptoms? ✅short term, lose dose artificial
estrogen most effective (often referred to as HT of HRT)
Other pharmaceuticals
Alternative therapies
Symptom management including triggers for hot flashes, keeping area cool especially at
night
Need much more research on treatment
Man-o-pause ✅"male menopause" "andropause" "changes of life" "male climacteric"
Many pass imperceptibly
Can continue to reproduce until late in life
Sperm production decreases and genetic quality of sperm decreases as well
Decrease in testosterone production
Erectile dysfunction - "impotence" "ED"
- Persistent inability to achieve or maintain an erect enough penis for satisfactory sexual
performance
- numerous contributing factors
integrative thought ✅postformal thought
Crystallized intelligence ✅ability to remember and use learned information
fluid intelligence ✅ability to solve new problems that require little previous knowledge
What did Carl Jung say must be accomplished in Middle Adulthood? ✅Two Tasks:
- Give up image of youth
- Acknowledge mortality
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