Geri Final (questions well answered to pass) 2025/2026
The health care professional who wants to gain experience in working with
older adults who are post-acutely recovering from serious illness or injury, have
challenging medical issues needing 24 hour per day nursing, but who cannot
yet tolerate a full rehabilitation program may be best suited for employment in
what setting:
a) acute care hospital
b) assisted living
c) rehabilitation
d) subacute care - correct answer d) subacute care
Which of the following levels of care would be most appropriate for a healthy
84 year old man who can take care of himself, but wants to live in a place
where he can socialize and have help available if needed?
a) a group foster home
b) a transitional care unit
c) an independent unit in a senior living complex
d) assisted living in a nursing home - correct answer c) an independent unit in a
senior living complex
Which of the following is not true about assisted living facilities?
a) if their care needs become too great, they may have to seek other living
arrangements
b) persons pay for assistance out of pocket
c) the average resident is in his 60's
,Geri Final (questions well answered to pass) 2025/2026
d) they have assumed about 15% of the previous nursing home population -
correct answer c) the average resident is in his 60's
Erikson's stages of personality development for a person that is 76 years old
would be:
a) autonomy versus shame
b) integrity versus despair
c) generativity versus isolation
d) trust versus mistrust - correct answer b) integrity versus despair
All of the following are considered IADLs except:
a. toileting
b. balancing the checkbook
c. using the phone
d. shopping - correct answer a. toileting
The nurse is trying to take a history from a cooperative but fearful older person
with mild dementia. Which of the following would be the most therapeutic
strategy to use for this interaction?
a. sit calmly in a chair next to the person and ask questions in a non-
threatening manner
b. ask loud, direct questions
c. have the person write down the information on the chart
d. ask the family member instead of the person - correct answer a. sit calmly in
a chair next to the person and ask questions in a non-threatening manner
,Geri Final (questions well answered to pass) 2025/2026
While speaking with a patient who is experiencing depression, which of the
following strategies might be most helpful?
a. speaking very loudly since they are certainly hard of hearing
b. recording important information for them in a notebook to refer to later
c. ignoring the person and discussing their condition with a family member
d. telling them that their depression will go away on its own if they think
positively - correct answer b. recording important information for them in a
notebook to refer to later
In caring for a person experiencing delirium, which of the following is least
effective in enhancing communication?
a. speak in simple sentences
b. offer frequent reassurance
c. use physical restraints to control anxious behavior
d. use large print clocks and calendars - correct answer c. use physical
restraints to control anxious behavior
. List five nursing strategies for enhancing memory in the older adults with mild
dementia. - correct answer journaling, keeping a record of the day, using
familiar items, posting reminders, using calendars and clocks
Which of the following signs would you consider an abnormal finding for a 75
year old female?
a. blood pressure of 110/78
b. Hct (hematocrit) of .41
c. resting pulse of 80
d. urinary incontinence - correct answer d. urinary incontinence
, Geri Final (questions well answered to pass) 2025/2026
A significant result of changes in the respiratory system with advanced age is:
a. lower carbon dioxide levels in the bloodstream
b. less useful oxygen available with each breath
c. more efficient gas exchange at the alveolar level
d. the ability to hold one's breath longer - correct answer b. less useful oxygen
available with each breath
You are helping care for your 89 year old grandmother who is sick with "the
flu".
Her temperature is 101.2. What other information would be most useful to
better
assess your grandmother's condition?
a. what her temperature was yesterday
b. how long she has felt sick
c. what her usual temperature is
d. how much she ate today - correct answer c. what her usual temperature is
Changes in which of the following body systems are generally most noticeable
to the
naked eye?
a. respiratory
b. integumentary
c. gastrointestional
d. neurological - correct answer b. integumentary
The health care professional who wants to gain experience in working with
older adults who are post-acutely recovering from serious illness or injury, have
challenging medical issues needing 24 hour per day nursing, but who cannot
yet tolerate a full rehabilitation program may be best suited for employment in
what setting:
a) acute care hospital
b) assisted living
c) rehabilitation
d) subacute care - correct answer d) subacute care
Which of the following levels of care would be most appropriate for a healthy
84 year old man who can take care of himself, but wants to live in a place
where he can socialize and have help available if needed?
a) a group foster home
b) a transitional care unit
c) an independent unit in a senior living complex
d) assisted living in a nursing home - correct answer c) an independent unit in a
senior living complex
Which of the following is not true about assisted living facilities?
a) if their care needs become too great, they may have to seek other living
arrangements
b) persons pay for assistance out of pocket
c) the average resident is in his 60's
,Geri Final (questions well answered to pass) 2025/2026
d) they have assumed about 15% of the previous nursing home population -
correct answer c) the average resident is in his 60's
Erikson's stages of personality development for a person that is 76 years old
would be:
a) autonomy versus shame
b) integrity versus despair
c) generativity versus isolation
d) trust versus mistrust - correct answer b) integrity versus despair
All of the following are considered IADLs except:
a. toileting
b. balancing the checkbook
c. using the phone
d. shopping - correct answer a. toileting
The nurse is trying to take a history from a cooperative but fearful older person
with mild dementia. Which of the following would be the most therapeutic
strategy to use for this interaction?
a. sit calmly in a chair next to the person and ask questions in a non-
threatening manner
b. ask loud, direct questions
c. have the person write down the information on the chart
d. ask the family member instead of the person - correct answer a. sit calmly in
a chair next to the person and ask questions in a non-threatening manner
,Geri Final (questions well answered to pass) 2025/2026
While speaking with a patient who is experiencing depression, which of the
following strategies might be most helpful?
a. speaking very loudly since they are certainly hard of hearing
b. recording important information for them in a notebook to refer to later
c. ignoring the person and discussing their condition with a family member
d. telling them that their depression will go away on its own if they think
positively - correct answer b. recording important information for them in a
notebook to refer to later
In caring for a person experiencing delirium, which of the following is least
effective in enhancing communication?
a. speak in simple sentences
b. offer frequent reassurance
c. use physical restraints to control anxious behavior
d. use large print clocks and calendars - correct answer c. use physical
restraints to control anxious behavior
. List five nursing strategies for enhancing memory in the older adults with mild
dementia. - correct answer journaling, keeping a record of the day, using
familiar items, posting reminders, using calendars and clocks
Which of the following signs would you consider an abnormal finding for a 75
year old female?
a. blood pressure of 110/78
b. Hct (hematocrit) of .41
c. resting pulse of 80
d. urinary incontinence - correct answer d. urinary incontinence
, Geri Final (questions well answered to pass) 2025/2026
A significant result of changes in the respiratory system with advanced age is:
a. lower carbon dioxide levels in the bloodstream
b. less useful oxygen available with each breath
c. more efficient gas exchange at the alveolar level
d. the ability to hold one's breath longer - correct answer b. less useful oxygen
available with each breath
You are helping care for your 89 year old grandmother who is sick with "the
flu".
Her temperature is 101.2. What other information would be most useful to
better
assess your grandmother's condition?
a. what her temperature was yesterday
b. how long she has felt sick
c. what her usual temperature is
d. how much she ate today - correct answer c. what her usual temperature is
Changes in which of the following body systems are generally most noticeable
to the
naked eye?
a. respiratory
b. integumentary
c. gastrointestional
d. neurological - correct answer b. integumentary
