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By Authors: Sue Meiner,and Jennifer Yeager
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eBooknISBN:n9780323498098
PaperbacknISBN:n9780323498111
PaperbacknISBN:n9780323848381
TablenofnContents
PartnI:nIntroductionntonGerontologicnNursing
1. OverviewnofnGerontologicnNursing
2. TheoriesnRelatedntonCarenofnthenOldernAdult
3. LegalnandnEthicalnIssues
4. AssessmentnofnthenOldernAdult
PartnII:nInfluencesnonnHealthnandnIllness
5. CulturalnInfluences
6. FamilynInfluences
7. SocioeconomicnandnEnvironmentalnInfluences
8. HealthnPromotionnandnIllness/DisabilitynPrevention
PartnIII:nInfluencesnonnQualitynofnLife
9. Nutrition
10. SleepnandnActivity
11. Safety
12. SexualitynandnAging
,13. Pain
14. InfectionnandnInflammation
PartnIV:nDiagnosticnStudiesnandnPharmacologicnManagement
15. LaboratorynandnDiagnosticnTests
16. DrugsnandnAging
PartnV:nNursingnCarenofnPhysiologicnandnPsychologicnDisorders
17. IntegumentarynFunction
18. SensorynFunction
19. CardiovascularnFunction
20. RespiratorynFunction
21. GastrointestinalnFunction
22. UrinarynFunction
23. MusculoskeletalnFunction
24. CognitivenandnNeurologicnFunction
25. EndocrinenFunction
PartnVI:nHealthnCarenTransitions
26. HealthnCarenDeliverynSettingsnandnOldernAdults
27. ChronicnIllnessnandnRehabilitation
28. Cancer
29. LossnandnEnd-of-LifenIssues
, GerontologicnNursingn6thnEditionnMeinernTestnBank
Chapter 01: Overview of Gerontologic Nursing
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Meiner: Gerontologic Nursing, 6th Edition
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MULTIPLEnCHOICE
1. Inn2010,nthenrevisednStandardsnandnScopenofnGerontologicalnNursingnPracticenwasn
published.nThennursenwouldnusenthesenstandardsnto
a. promotenthenpracticenofngerontologicnnursingnwithinnthenacutencarensetting.
b. definenthenconceptsnandndimensionsnofngerontologicnnursingnpractice.
c. elevatenthenpracticenofngerontologicnnursing.
d. incorporatenthenconceptsnofnhealthnpromotion,nhealthnmaintenance,ndiseasen
prevention,nandnself-care
ANS:n D
ThencurrentnpublishingnofnthenStandardsnandnScopenofnGerontologicalnNursingnPracticeninn20
10nincorporatesntheninputnofngerontologicnnursesnfromnacrossnthenUnitednStatesnandnincludesnc
omprehensivenconceptsnandndimensionsnimportantntonthosenpracticingngerontologicnnursing.nItn
wasnnotnintendedntonpromotengerontologicnnursingnpracticenwithinnacutencarensettings,ndefinenc
onceptsnorndimensionsnofngerontologicnnursingnpractice,nornelevatenthenpracticenofngerontologi
cn nursing.
DIF: Remembering OBJ: 1-1 TOP:
N/AnMSC:n SafenandnEffectivenCarenEnvironment
2. Whennattemptingntonminimizentheneffectnofnageismnonnthenpracticenofnnursingnoldernadults,nann
ursenneedsntonfirst NURSINGTB.COM
a. recognizenthatnnursesnmustnactnasnadvocatesnfornagingnpatients.
b. acceptnthatnthisnpopulationnrepresentsnansubstantialnportionnofnthosenrequiringn
nursingncare.
c. self-reflectnandnformulatenone’snpersonalnviewnofnagingnandnthenoldernpatient.
d. recognizenageismnasnanformnofnbigotrynsharednbynmanynAmericans.
ANS:n C
Ageismnisnannever-
increasingnprejudicialnviewnofntheneffectsnofnthenagingnprocessnandnofnthenoldernpopulationnasna
nwhole.nWithnnursesnbeingnmembersnofnansocietynholdingnsuchnviews,nitnisncriticalnthatnthenindi
vidualnnursenself-
reflectsnonnpersonalnfeelingsnandndeterminesnwhethernsuchnfeelingsnwillnaffectnthennursingncare
nthatnhenornshenprovidesntonthenagingnpatient.nActingnasnannadvocatenisnannimportantnnursingnrol
eninnallnsettings.nSimplynacceptingnanfactndoesnnotnhelpnendnageism,nnorndoesnrecognizingnagei
smnasnanformnofnbigotry.
DIF: Applying OBJ: 1-6 TOP: IntegratednProcess:nTeaching-
LearningnMSC:n SafenandnEffectivenCarenEnvironment
3. Thennursenplanningncarenfornannoldernadultnwhonhasnrecentlynbeenndiagnosednwithnrheumatoidna
rthritisnviewsnthenpriorityncriterionnforncontinuednindependencentonbenthenpatient’s
a. age.
b. financialnstatus.
c. gender.
d. functionalnstatus.