NURS 5120 MODULE 2 GERIATRIC CASE
SCENARIO AND RUBRIC 2026 COMPLETE
DISCUSSION POST QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
◉ Family members of older adults with limitations from chronic
illnesses may experience multiple stressors. Which is not considered
one of these stressors? Answer: Feeling valued, useful, & productive
◉ An older adult is admitted to the health care facility with a
diagnosis of depression. The nurse would be especially alert for:
Answer: Suicidal thoughts
◉ A group of nursing students is reviewing information about the
older adult and mobility. The students demonstrate a need for
additional study when they identify which statement as accurate?
Answer: Falls are the leading cause of death due to injury in
individuals who are over the age of 75 years
◉ The nurse is assigned to a 52-year-old male client. He is talkative
and usually friendly when the nurse enters his room. Today,
however, he is standing at the mirror and says: "I lost my job
because the company downsized; there isn't anything I can do." As
his caregiver, the nurse recognizes this expression of concern is
, related to which of the following? Answer: His career goals &
retirement plans are compromised
◉ An client 81 years of age is in a long-term-care facility. His family
could no longer cope with his progressing senile dementia, including
wandering away and unpredictable behavior. Late one night the
nurse finds the client wandering in the hall. He says he is looking for
his wife. What should the nursing approach should be? Answer:
Remind him of where he is and assess why he is having difficulty
sleeping
◉ A 90-year-old woman is admitted to a nurse's unit status post
CVA. The client is alert and oriented to person, place, and time but
has limited mobility and hemiparesis of the left side of her body. She
is experiencing urinary incontinence. What is the most appropriate
nursing action? Answer: Use the Braden scale to assess for pressure
ulcers
◉ The nurse is assessing an older adult client who has suffered
injury to his nervous system. The client has a history of chronic pain
and currently reports pain on a scale of 8 out of 10. The nurse
identifies this type of pain as most likely: Answer: Neuropathic pain
◉ A nurse arrives at the home of an older adult client. The agency
was called because a neighbor noticed that the client was home
alone. The nurse finds the client alone in the living room. When
asked about the client's daughter who lives there and has been
SCENARIO AND RUBRIC 2026 COMPLETE
DISCUSSION POST QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
◉ Family members of older adults with limitations from chronic
illnesses may experience multiple stressors. Which is not considered
one of these stressors? Answer: Feeling valued, useful, & productive
◉ An older adult is admitted to the health care facility with a
diagnosis of depression. The nurse would be especially alert for:
Answer: Suicidal thoughts
◉ A group of nursing students is reviewing information about the
older adult and mobility. The students demonstrate a need for
additional study when they identify which statement as accurate?
Answer: Falls are the leading cause of death due to injury in
individuals who are over the age of 75 years
◉ The nurse is assigned to a 52-year-old male client. He is talkative
and usually friendly when the nurse enters his room. Today,
however, he is standing at the mirror and says: "I lost my job
because the company downsized; there isn't anything I can do." As
his caregiver, the nurse recognizes this expression of concern is
, related to which of the following? Answer: His career goals &
retirement plans are compromised
◉ An client 81 years of age is in a long-term-care facility. His family
could no longer cope with his progressing senile dementia, including
wandering away and unpredictable behavior. Late one night the
nurse finds the client wandering in the hall. He says he is looking for
his wife. What should the nursing approach should be? Answer:
Remind him of where he is and assess why he is having difficulty
sleeping
◉ A 90-year-old woman is admitted to a nurse's unit status post
CVA. The client is alert and oriented to person, place, and time but
has limited mobility and hemiparesis of the left side of her body. She
is experiencing urinary incontinence. What is the most appropriate
nursing action? Answer: Use the Braden scale to assess for pressure
ulcers
◉ The nurse is assessing an older adult client who has suffered
injury to his nervous system. The client has a history of chronic pain
and currently reports pain on a scale of 8 out of 10. The nurse
identifies this type of pain as most likely: Answer: Neuropathic pain
◉ A nurse arrives at the home of an older adult client. The agency
was called because a neighbor noticed that the client was home
alone. The nurse finds the client alone in the living room. When
asked about the client's daughter who lives there and has been
