NURS 1016: COMMUNICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Common communication challenges
- Sensory impairment, including normal age changes.
- Language impairment (e.g. aphasia).
- Cognitive impairment (e.g. dementia).
- Also... Attitudes of
nurses/public towards older adults (e.g. ageism)
Sensory impairment
- Common causes of hearing loss
among older adults includes
sensorineural and conduction
issues.
- Major causes of visual impairment
among older adults includes
cataracts, macular degeneration,
and glaucoma.
- Both visual and hearing
impairments are common.
conductive hearing loss
, results from abnormalities that
reduce the transmission of sound to the middle ear. Infection, perforated eardrum, fluid
in the middle ear or cerumen accumulation can all be causes
sensorineural hearing loss
results from damage to the inner ear or the neural pathways to the brain. It is usually
treated with hearing aids or cochlear implants.
vision impairment
Vision normally declines with age: colors become dimmer and images less clear
glaucoma
a progressive process in which the fluids of
the eye are blocked causing gradual buildup of
intraocular pressure IO and damage to optic nerve
Cataracts
caused by damage to the lens and by fatty
deposits in the lens
macular degeneration
age related, affects the macula, the central part of the eye.
diabetic retinopathy
due to diabetes, retina affected,
blood and lipid leak and lead to macular edema and
exudates
aphasia
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Common communication challenges
- Sensory impairment, including normal age changes.
- Language impairment (e.g. aphasia).
- Cognitive impairment (e.g. dementia).
- Also... Attitudes of
nurses/public towards older adults (e.g. ageism)
Sensory impairment
- Common causes of hearing loss
among older adults includes
sensorineural and conduction
issues.
- Major causes of visual impairment
among older adults includes
cataracts, macular degeneration,
and glaucoma.
- Both visual and hearing
impairments are common.
conductive hearing loss
, results from abnormalities that
reduce the transmission of sound to the middle ear. Infection, perforated eardrum, fluid
in the middle ear or cerumen accumulation can all be causes
sensorineural hearing loss
results from damage to the inner ear or the neural pathways to the brain. It is usually
treated with hearing aids or cochlear implants.
vision impairment
Vision normally declines with age: colors become dimmer and images less clear
glaucoma
a progressive process in which the fluids of
the eye are blocked causing gradual buildup of
intraocular pressure IO and damage to optic nerve
Cataracts
caused by damage to the lens and by fatty
deposits in the lens
macular degeneration
age related, affects the macula, the central part of the eye.
diabetic retinopathy
due to diabetes, retina affected,
blood and lipid leak and lead to macular edema and
exudates
aphasia
