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Advanced Practice Nursing in the Care of Older Adults / Edition 2 TESTBANK

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Domain Dimensions of Assessment Screening tool related to the domains Physical health History Taking: should be tailored, encompasses not only verbally taking a history from the patient but includes observation of not only appearance but behavior and language (KennedyMalone et al., 2014) Being flexible while taking health history will improve the amount and quality of information obtained from the patient (Obtaining an Older Patient’s Medica...

Advanced Practice Nursing in the Care of Older Adults / Edition 2 TESTBANK Chapter 1. Changes With Aging Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. The major impact of the physiological changes that occur with aging is: A. Reduced physiological reserve B. Reduced homeostatic mechanisms C. Impaired immunological response D. All of the above 2. The strongest evidence regarding normal physiological aging is available through: A. Rand...

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Domain Dimensions of assessment Screening tool related to the domain(s) Functional Health It is not uncommon for the functional level of the elderly’s functional health to decline. The goal of the nurse practitioner is to improve the geriatric functional level, (KennedyMalone et al., 2019). According to Kennedy-Malone et al. (2019), slowing down the functional deterioration is the ultimate goal, According to Kennedy-Malone et al., (2019), perf...