NR 226 - Chapter 14 Older Adults
Questions with complete solution
2025/2026
Variability Among Older Adults - correct answer ✔physiological, cognitive, and psychosocial health
levels of functional ability
dependence vs. independence
Ageism - correct answer ✔discrimination against people because of increased age
Varying Degrees of Change and Loss - correct answer ✔health
significant others
a sense of being useful
socialization
income
independent living
coping with:
retirement
residence changes
death
adult children
Nursing Assessment to Ensure an Age Specific Approach - correct answer ✔the interrelation between
physical and psychosocial aspects of aging
effects of disease and disability on functional status
, tailoring the nursing assessment to an older person
Physiological Changes - correct answer ✔integumentary system
head and neck
thorax and lungs
heart and vascular system
breasts
GI and abdomen
reproductive system
urinary system
musculoskeletal system
neurological system
Integumentary System Changes - correct answer ✔skin
lesions
Head and Neck Changes - correct answer ✔facial features
visual acuity
auditory changes
salivary secretion
Thorax and Lung Changes - correct answer ✔respiratory muscle strength decreases
anteroposterior diameter of thorax increases
Heart and Vascular System Changes - correct answer ✔decreased contractile strength of the
myocardium results in decreased cardiac output
Questions with complete solution
2025/2026
Variability Among Older Adults - correct answer ✔physiological, cognitive, and psychosocial health
levels of functional ability
dependence vs. independence
Ageism - correct answer ✔discrimination against people because of increased age
Varying Degrees of Change and Loss - correct answer ✔health
significant others
a sense of being useful
socialization
income
independent living
coping with:
retirement
residence changes
death
adult children
Nursing Assessment to Ensure an Age Specific Approach - correct answer ✔the interrelation between
physical and psychosocial aspects of aging
effects of disease and disability on functional status
, tailoring the nursing assessment to an older person
Physiological Changes - correct answer ✔integumentary system
head and neck
thorax and lungs
heart and vascular system
breasts
GI and abdomen
reproductive system
urinary system
musculoskeletal system
neurological system
Integumentary System Changes - correct answer ✔skin
lesions
Head and Neck Changes - correct answer ✔facial features
visual acuity
auditory changes
salivary secretion
Thorax and Lung Changes - correct answer ✔respiratory muscle strength decreases
anteroposterior diameter of thorax increases
Heart and Vascular System Changes - correct answer ✔decreased contractile strength of the
myocardium results in decreased cardiac output
