NR 601 CARE OF THE MATURE ADULTS EXAM Q & A
1. The nurse practitioner is providing care for an older client who is experiencing mild
cognitive impairment. Which communication technique is most likely to bring about a
negative outcome?
• Asking the family to answer interview questions
2. The nurse practitioner makes the greatest impact on the safe management of an 81-
year-old client’s medication administration when included in education is:
• a pillbox with compartments for each day and each of the
doses
3. The nurse practitioner’s first response when told by a client during an assessment
interview that they “can’t take furosemide (Lasix)” is to ask:
• "Can you describe what happened when you took Lasix?"
4. The nurse practitioner suspects that a client is experiencing tardive dyskinesia when
observing:
• the client's facial muscles are twisting involuntarily
, 5. The nurse suspects that an older adult client is experiencing symptomology seen in
herpes zoster when the client
• rates the pain as an 8 out of a possible 10
develops clusters of fluid-filled vesicles
reports symptoms focused on one side of the body
6. A nurse suspects that her next-door neighbor, an older woman, is a victim of elder
abuse by her daughter. What is the appropriate action for the nurse to do in this
situation?
• Complete a confidential report with the adult protective
services in the area.
7. Of the following agents, which is least likely to cause a chronic or recurrent
cough?
• Gabapentin
8. A 77-year-old Hispanic Catholic Nun (retired) who immigrated to the United States 15
years ago lives alone but in an apartment complex where her sister lives as well. She is
being discharged home after a hospitalization for congestive heart failure with
prescriptions for 8 different medications. She is considered at risk for noncompliance
due to the following contributing factors except:
1. The nurse practitioner is providing care for an older client who is experiencing mild
cognitive impairment. Which communication technique is most likely to bring about a
negative outcome?
• Asking the family to answer interview questions
2. The nurse practitioner makes the greatest impact on the safe management of an 81-
year-old client’s medication administration when included in education is:
• a pillbox with compartments for each day and each of the
doses
3. The nurse practitioner’s first response when told by a client during an assessment
interview that they “can’t take furosemide (Lasix)” is to ask:
• "Can you describe what happened when you took Lasix?"
4. The nurse practitioner suspects that a client is experiencing tardive dyskinesia when
observing:
• the client's facial muscles are twisting involuntarily
, 5. The nurse suspects that an older adult client is experiencing symptomology seen in
herpes zoster when the client
• rates the pain as an 8 out of a possible 10
develops clusters of fluid-filled vesicles
reports symptoms focused on one side of the body
6. A nurse suspects that her next-door neighbor, an older woman, is a victim of elder
abuse by her daughter. What is the appropriate action for the nurse to do in this
situation?
• Complete a confidential report with the adult protective
services in the area.
7. Of the following agents, which is least likely to cause a chronic or recurrent
cough?
• Gabapentin
8. A 77-year-old Hispanic Catholic Nun (retired) who immigrated to the United States 15
years ago lives alone but in an apartment complex where her sister lives as well. She is
being discharged home after a hospitalization for congestive heart failure with
prescriptions for 8 different medications. She is considered at risk for noncompliance
due to the following contributing factors except:
