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Western Governors University CARE OF THE ELDERLY C475 Care of The Older Adult TEST BANK A negative attitude towards aging and the aged is called: A. geriatrics B. racism C. ageism D. ethnocentrism Answer: Which of the following is not considered a core competency for nurses caring for older adults? A. Analyze the impact of an aging society on the health care system B. Obtain certification in gerontological nursing C. Prevent or reduce common risk factors that contribute to functional decline D. ...

BSNC 1000 Module 2 Questions with Revised Answers Developmental tasks for older persons - Answer-- adjusting to decreasing health and physical strength - adjusting to retirement and reduced or fixed income - adjusting to the death of a spouse - accepting one's self as an ageing person - maintaining satisfactory living arrangements - redefining relationships with adult children - finding ways to maintain quality of life Purpose of developmental tasks for older adults - Answer-- t...

BSNC 1000 - Module 2 Latest Update Graded A Growth - quantitative (an increase in cell number and size results in an increase in overall size or weight of the body and its parts) - indicators: height, weight, teeth, skeletal structures, sexual characteristics Development - qualitative (difficult to measure) - includes growth, maturation and differentiation - a progressive and continuous process of change leading to increased skill and capacity to function (the result of interactions between bio...

Gerontology Nursing Certification Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Graying of America - Ans:-the growing percentage of older people in the U.S. population Ageism - Ans:-prejudice and discrimination against older people Biological Theories - Ans:-the reason people age and die is bc of changes in the human body Stochastic theories - Ans:-Based on random events that cause cellular damage that accumulates as the organism ages Nonstochastic theories - Ans:-explain biological aging as r...

GERIA Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ Core elements of gerontological nursing practice that follows a systematic approach that uses existing research for clinical decision-making? - EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE In what year does the first article on the nursing of the aged was published? - 1904 What way to categorize ageism when an institution perpetuates ageism through its action? - INSTITUTIONAL AGEISM (MACRO LEVEL) What are the ways to categorize ageism? - INSTITUTIONAL...

A specialty within nursing practice where the clients/patients/residents are older persons. correct answers Gerontological Nursing Is the broad term used to define the study of aging and/or the aged. correct answers Gerontology Medical care for the aged correct answers Geriatrics An enzyme that regulates chromosomal aging bu its action on telomeres correct answers Telomerase A negative attitude toward aging or older person correct answers Ageism Emotional prejudice among the older...

1004 Final Exam A+ Graded Illness - answer-Subjective experience of loss of health Disease - answer-Objective state of ill health 3 historical approaches to health - answer-Medical, behavioural, socioenvironmental Medical approach - answer-The use of medical interventions to restore health, and health problems were defined as physiologic "risk factors" Hypertension - answer-High blood pressure Health promotion - answer-Directed towards increasing level of well-being and se...

Care of The Older Adult -TEST BANK Gerontology is the broad term used to define the study of aging and/or the aged. Geriatrics is often used as a generic term relating to older adults, but specifically refers to the medical care of older adults. Geriatricians are physicians trained in geriatric medicine. ● “old” is often defined as over 65 years of age ● young old (ages 65–74 ● middle old (ages 75–84), and the old old ● frail elders (ages 85 and up) Genomics is the identi...

Gerontology Nursing Certification Exam Study Guide. Graying of America - answerthe growing percentage of older people in the U.S. population Ageism - answerprejudice and discrimination against older people Biological Theories - answerthe reason people age and die is bc of changes in the human body Stochastic theories - answerBased on random events that cause cellular damage that accumulates as the organism ages Nonstochastic theories - answerexplain biological aging as resulting from a co...

A specialty within nursing practice where the clients/patients/residents are older persons. correct answers Gerontological Nursing Is the broad term used to define the study of aging and/or the aged. correct answers Gerontology Medical care for the aged correct answers Geriatrics An enzyme that regulates chromosomal aging bu its action on telomeres correct answers Telomerase A negative attitude toward aging or older person correct answers Ageism Emotional prejudice among the older...