Ch 1 gerontological - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Question Bank for Gerontological Nursing Ch. 12 with correct answers An older patient is diagnosed with an infection but has a subnormal body temperature. What should the nurse explain to the patients family as the reason for this discrepancy? 1. The temperature regulating mechanism changes with aging. 2. The patient is on medication that drops the body temperature. 3. The diagnosis of an infection is inaccurate and will be checked. 4. The temperature was measured incorrectly an...

Question Bank for Gerontological Nursing Ch. 12 with correct answers An older patient is diagnosed with an infection but has a subnormal body temperature. What should the nurse explain to the patients family as the reason for this discrepancy? 1. The temperature regulating mechanism changes with aging. 2. The patient is on medication that drops the body temperature. 3. The diagnosis of an infection is inaccurate and will be checked.

FOURTH EDITION Lewis’s Australia and New Zealand Edition Di Brown Helen Edwards Lesley Seaton Thomas Buckley Sharon L. Lewis Shannon Ruff Dirksen Margaret McLean Heitkemper Linda Bucher Lewis’s FOURTH EDITION medical–surgical nursing Australia and New Zealand Edition EDITED BY Di Brown RN, PhD, MACN, AFCHSM Project Director, Sister Hospital Program, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia a...

Geri Exam Elsevier Questions Geri Exam Elsevier Questions Ch. 1 Individuals who are 100 to 109 years of age are known as: - ANS Centenarians Ch. 1 Factors that influence the aging experience include (Select all that apply) - ANS -retirement. -grandchildren. -chronic illness. -lack of medical care. -quality of life. Ch. 1 You know your client has reached a state of wellness when (Select all that apply.) - ANS -As a 91-year-old, he still enjoys going out to dinner and...

FOURTH EDITION Lewis’s Australia and New Zealand Edition Di Brown Helen Edwards Lesley Seaton Thomas Buckley Sharon L. Lewis Shannon Ruff Dirksen Margaret McLean Heitkemper Linda Bucher Lewis’s FOURTH EDITION medical–surgical nursing Australia and New Zealand Edition EDITED BY Di Brown RN, PhD, MACN, AFCHSM Project Director, Sister Hospital Program, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia a...

Gerontological Nursing Ch 1-3.

Eliopoulos - Gerontological Nursing 8th Ed - The Aging Population CH 1 1. A nurse who works on a subacute medical unit of a hospital is discussing the increasing population of older adults on the unit with a colleague. Which of the colleague's following statements about older adults is most accurate? A) "Fortunately, Social Security ensures a sufficient level of income for people over 65." B) "It helps that older people don't have to directly incur any costs for their medical care." ...

EBERSOLE AND HESS' GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING AND HEALTHY AGING 5TH EDITION TOUHY TEST BANK WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

N 340 - Exam 3 Exam 3 Questions and Answers Ch. 18 1. The following people enter the health clinic together: unmarried man with his 1yo son, unmarried woman with 1yo daughter, and man’s married brother who is separated from his wife. During assessment it is determined that both men work and contribute to household, where all of them live. Who is considered to be the “family” in this group? - the family includes whoever the adults state are family members 2. nurse in community h...

N 340 - Exam 3 Exam 3 Questions and Answers Ch. 18 1. The following people enter the health clinic together: unmarried man with his 1yo son, unmarried woman with 1yo daughter, and man’s married brother who is separated from his wife. During assessment it is determined that both men work and contribute to household, where all of them live. Who is considered to be the “family” in this group? - the family includes whoever the adults state are family members 2. nurse in community h...