NU 240 Gerontology Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers
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2024/2025
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2024/2025
NU 240 Gerontology Exam 1 Practice
Questions and Answers
What is the role of the general gerontologic nurse? - Answer-To identify the older clients'
strengths and assist them with maximizing their independence. (p.3)
What are the requirements to become a general gerontologic nurse? - Answer-2 y...
A GNP has the knowledge and skills to be able to do what? - Answer✔✔-Detect and manage
limited acute and chronic stable conditions and to coordinate and collaborate with other health
care providers. To include interventions for health promotion, maintenance and restoration.
Provide ambulatory care in an independent or collaborative practice with a physician ; (p.3)
What are the requirements to become a GNP? - Answer✔✔-Masters degree or higher in a CCNE
or NLNAC gerontologic nurse practitioner accredited program, a minimum of 500 faculty
supervised clinical hours, and the GNP course work must include advanced health assessment,
advanced pharmacology and advanced pathophysiology, content across the life span in health
promotion and disease prevention; differential diagnosis; and disease management. (p.3 Box 1-
1)
Minority populations in older adults are expected to increase how much over the 2000-2020
time frame? - Answer✔✔-50% (p.6)
How many older than 65 adults are institutionalized in long term care facilities or nursing
homes? - Answer✔✔-Less that 5%. Of the remaining 95% that are not institutionalized, 30% of
them live on their own. (p.6)
Low levels of education can impair an older person's: - Answer✔✔-Ability to live a healthy life
style; access service and benefit programs, recognize health problems and seek appropriate
care, and follow recommendations for care. (p.6)
In regards to income and poverty levels, which gender and race is poverty most likely to affect? -
Answer✔✔-Black women. Older women had a poverty rate twice as high as older men, and in
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