Gerontological Nursing- Module 1&2 Practice Questions and Answers

Gerontological Nursing- Module 1&2 Practice Questions and Answers A female patient is newly admitted to a long-term care facility. The patient is not satisfied with the conditions of the facility, takes a highly active role in her health care, and because of her ability to access information, has as much knowledge as her health care providers on some health issues. The nurse interprets these findings as indicating that the patient is most likely: Answers: A. An old-old woman over age 85 B. A young-old female baby boomer who just turned 65 years of age C. An older woman between 75 to 85 years of age D. An elite older woman older than 100 years - Ans:-B. A nurse is assessing an 84-year-old female Chinese American's pain following her left hemiarthroplasty 2 days prior. Which characteristic of this cultural group would the nurse need to keep in mind during this assessment? ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/17 Answers: A. Chinese Americans see analgesia as inappropriate and undeserved. B. Chinese women often overstate pain due to health care providers' reluctance to provide analgesia. C. Chinese Americans often underreport pain based on the view that pain as a virtue. D. Chinese Americans often exhibit a reluctance to acknowledge pain. - Ans:-D. The nurse is assessing an older adult's reflexes. Which finding would the nurse document as normal? Answers: A. Knee: reduced; arm: normal; abdomen: reduced B. Knee: reduced; arm: reduced; abdomen: absent C. Knee: normal; arm: reduced; abdomen: absent D. Knee: normal; arm: absent; abdomen: absent - Ans:-C. A gerontological nurse is participating in a local job fair. When discussing the increasing importance of gerontological nursing when looking toward the future, one of the attendees asks, "But why will its ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/17 importance increase?" The nurse would incorporate understanding about which trend when responding? Answers: A. More people will be presenting with the same health care challenges B. More people are surviving the previously hazardous period of infancy C. More people are spending a longer time span in old age D. More older adults are living in increasingly squalid living conditions - Ans:-C. The nurse practitioner on a geriatric rehabilitation unit of a hospital has integrated a life review into a group therapy session. One of the nurses on the unit asks the nurse practitioner the reason behind this intervention. Which response by the nurse practitioner would be most appropriate? Answers: A. "A life review should be undertaken only with the supervision of qualified staff." B. "A life review is a valuable diagnostic insight into personal health behaviors." C. "A life review can be therapeutic and both a positive and negative experience." ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 4/17 D. "A life review is associated with uncovering unresolved guilt and pain." - Ans:-C. A nurse practitioner is providing care to several clients. Which client would the nurse practitioner most likely identify as demonstrative of a growing trend in the role of grandparents in contemporary American society? Answers: A. A 79-year-old man laments the fact that he is estranged from his son's children. B. An 80-year-old client is going through a divorce with her husband of several decades. C. A married couple in their seventies refuse to provide free child care for their grandchildren on a daily basis. D. A 70-year-old grandmother is raising her two grandchildren because th