HESI GERONTOLOGY FINAL EXAM (VERSION 3)
Identify three factors that influence the aging experience:
What are the major factors influencing the experience of aging? - ANSWER: Health,
History and sex
Aging Cohort: When established in 1935, what effect did Social Security have by
setting the retirement age at 65 years? - ANSWER: A time frame as being old.
Aging depends on what? - ANSWER: - Decade during which one was born or his or
her history
- sex
-ethnic group
-health history
What types of effects does gender have on various aspects of aging? - ANSWER:
Women usually live alone after widowhood.
What are individuals who are 100-109 years old known as? - ANSWER: Centenarians
According to researchers, which characteristic will most centenarians share in the
future? - ANSWER: Female
Define health and wellness within the context of aging and chronic illness: -
ANSWER: Health: influenced by culture and age
Wellness: one's whole being; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.
In differentiating between health and wellness in health care, which statement is
true? - ANSWER: Health is a broad term encompassing attitudes and behaviors
What does wellness involve? - ANSWER: Wellness involves achieving a balance
between one's internal and external environment and one's emotional, spiritual,
social, cultural, and physical processes.
Examples of interventions to promote wellness would include all of the following
except: - ANSWER: psychiatric screenings
Which describes the older man who is likely to experience the best overall health
and well being? - ANSWER: Uses a wheelchair, has peripheral arterial disease,
attends weekly baseball games with three friends.
Describe the trends seen in global aging today: which cultural group is predicted to
have the fastest growing older adult population in the US between the years 2010
and 2050? - ANSWER: Hispanic Americans
, The hierarchy of human needs that provides an organized framework for
understanding individuals and their concerns was developed by who? - ANSWER:
Abraham Maslow
Apply Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to gerontological nursing: A client's basic needs
have been met when they have been what? - ANSWER: Fed a warm breakfast
Which option refers to the highest level of human functioning according to Maslow?
- ANSWER: self-actualization
Discuss the implications of a growing older adult population on nursing education,
practice and research:
What type of care is projected to be the fastest growing employment sector in the
health care industry? - ANSWER: Eldercare
Based on the current demographic data, which of the following statements identifies
a predictive trend regarding the health care needs of society? - ANSWER: More
nursing services will be required to serve the needs of the population older than 85
years of age.
Identify the best statement about gerontological nursing: - ANSWER: Purposes of
gerontological nursing include the promotion of health and support for maximal
independence.
Identify several factors that have influenced the development of gerontological
nursing as a specialty practice: - ANSWER: - shortages in nursing faculty prepared in
gerontological nursing, there is a critical need for nurses to have higher educations
and expertise in care of older adults
- the majority of nurses practicing today and in the future will be caring for older
adult patients
Examine the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards of Gerontological
Nursing Practice and the recommended competencies for gerontological nursing
practice: - ANSWER: "Nurses have to have the knowledge and skills to assist older
adults in a broad range of nursing care issues, from maintaining health and
preventing illnesses, to managing complex, overlapping chronic conditions and
progressive, protracted frailty in physical and mental functions, to palliative care."
Recognize and discuss the importance of certification: - ANSWER: Specialization
provides experts in caring for older people
Compare various gerontological nursing roles and requirements:
As a nurse contemplating a future in gerontological nursing, you might plan on
achieving a Master's degree and becoming one of the following except: - ANSWER:
Geriatric Nurse Generalist
Identify three factors that influence the aging experience:
What are the major factors influencing the experience of aging? - ANSWER: Health,
History and sex
Aging Cohort: When established in 1935, what effect did Social Security have by
setting the retirement age at 65 years? - ANSWER: A time frame as being old.
Aging depends on what? - ANSWER: - Decade during which one was born or his or
her history
- sex
-ethnic group
-health history
What types of effects does gender have on various aspects of aging? - ANSWER:
Women usually live alone after widowhood.
What are individuals who are 100-109 years old known as? - ANSWER: Centenarians
According to researchers, which characteristic will most centenarians share in the
future? - ANSWER: Female
Define health and wellness within the context of aging and chronic illness: -
ANSWER: Health: influenced by culture and age
Wellness: one's whole being; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.
In differentiating between health and wellness in health care, which statement is
true? - ANSWER: Health is a broad term encompassing attitudes and behaviors
What does wellness involve? - ANSWER: Wellness involves achieving a balance
between one's internal and external environment and one's emotional, spiritual,
social, cultural, and physical processes.
Examples of interventions to promote wellness would include all of the following
except: - ANSWER: psychiatric screenings
Which describes the older man who is likely to experience the best overall health
and well being? - ANSWER: Uses a wheelchair, has peripheral arterial disease,
attends weekly baseball games with three friends.
Describe the trends seen in global aging today: which cultural group is predicted to
have the fastest growing older adult population in the US between the years 2010
and 2050? - ANSWER: Hispanic Americans
, The hierarchy of human needs that provides an organized framework for
understanding individuals and their concerns was developed by who? - ANSWER:
Abraham Maslow
Apply Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to gerontological nursing: A client's basic needs
have been met when they have been what? - ANSWER: Fed a warm breakfast
Which option refers to the highest level of human functioning according to Maslow?
- ANSWER: self-actualization
Discuss the implications of a growing older adult population on nursing education,
practice and research:
What type of care is projected to be the fastest growing employment sector in the
health care industry? - ANSWER: Eldercare
Based on the current demographic data, which of the following statements identifies
a predictive trend regarding the health care needs of society? - ANSWER: More
nursing services will be required to serve the needs of the population older than 85
years of age.
Identify the best statement about gerontological nursing: - ANSWER: Purposes of
gerontological nursing include the promotion of health and support for maximal
independence.
Identify several factors that have influenced the development of gerontological
nursing as a specialty practice: - ANSWER: - shortages in nursing faculty prepared in
gerontological nursing, there is a critical need for nurses to have higher educations
and expertise in care of older adults
- the majority of nurses practicing today and in the future will be caring for older
adult patients
Examine the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards of Gerontological
Nursing Practice and the recommended competencies for gerontological nursing
practice: - ANSWER: "Nurses have to have the knowledge and skills to assist older
adults in a broad range of nursing care issues, from maintaining health and
preventing illnesses, to managing complex, overlapping chronic conditions and
progressive, protracted frailty in physical and mental functions, to palliative care."
Recognize and discuss the importance of certification: - ANSWER: Specialization
provides experts in caring for older people
Compare various gerontological nursing roles and requirements:
As a nurse contemplating a future in gerontological nursing, you might plan on
achieving a Master's degree and becoming one of the following except: - ANSWER:
Geriatric Nurse Generalist
