Test Bank - Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 5th edition (Touhy, 2018), Chapter 1-28 | All Chapters

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,1.Chapter01:IntroductiontoHealthyAging
2.cChapter02:Cross-CulturalCaringandAging
3c:BiologicalTheoriesofAgingandAge-RelatedPhysicalChanges
4c:Psychosocial,Spiritual,and cCognitivecAspectscofcAging
05:GerontologicalcNursingcandcPromotioncofcHealthycAgingChapter06:GerontologicalcNursingcAcrosscthecContinuu
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Chapter07:EconomiccandcLegalcIssuesChapter08:AssessmentandDocumentationforOptimalCare
Chapter09:SafeMedicationUse
Chapter10:Nutrition
Chapter11:HydrationandOralCare
Chapter12:Elimination
Chapter13:Rest,Sleep,andActivity
Chapter14:PromotingHealthySkin
Chapter15:FallsandFallRiskReduction
Chapter16:PromotingSafety
Chapter17:LivingWithChronicIllness
Chapter18:PainandComfort
Chapter19:DiseasesAffectingVisionandHearing
Chapter20:MetabolicDisorders
Chapter21:BoneandJointProblems
Chapter22:CardiovascularandRespiratoryDisorders
Chapter23:NeurologicalDisorders
Chapter24:MentalHealth
Chapter25:CareofIndividualsWithNeurocognitiveDisorders
Chapter26:Relationships,Roles,andTransitions
Chapter27:Caregiving
Chapter28:Loss,Death,andPalliativeCare

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Touhy&Jett:EbersoleandHess’GerontologicalNursing&HealthyAging,5thEdition

MULTIPLECHOICE

1. Amanciscterminallycillcwithcend-
stagecprostateccancer.cWhichciscthecbestcstatementcaboutcthiscman’scwellness?
a. Wellnesscanonlybeachievedwithaggressivemedical
interventions.
b. Wellnessisnotarealoptionforthisclientbecausehe
isterminallyill.
c. Wellnesscisdefinedcasthecabsenceofcdisease.

d. Nursinginterventionscanhelpempoweraclientto
achieveahigherlevelofwellness.
ANS: D
Nursingcinterventionsccanchelpcempowercacclientctocachievecachigherclevelcofcwellness;cacnurseccancfostercwellnesscinc
hiscorchercclients.cWellnessciscdefinedcbycthecindividualcandciscmultidimensional.cItciscnotcjustcthecabsencecofcdisease.
Acwellnesscperspectiveciscbasedconcthecbeliefcthatceverycpersonchascancoptimalclevelcofchealthcindependentcofchiscorhe
rcsituationcorcfunctionalclevel.cEvencincthecpresencecofcchroniccillnesscorcwhilecdying,cacmovementctowardcwellnessisc
possiblecifcemphasiscofccareciscplacedconcthecpromotioncofcwell-beingcincacsupportivecenvironment.

PTS: 1 DIF: Apply REF: p.7 TOP:
NursingProcess:DiagnosisMSC: HealthcPromotioncandcMaintenance

2. Indifferentiatingbetweenhealthandwellnessinhealthcare,whichofthefollowingstatements
isctrue?
a. Healthisabroadtermencompassingattitudesand
behaviors.
b. Theconceptofillnesspreventionwasneverconsidered
bypreviousgenerations.
c. Wellnessandself-actualizationdevelopthroughlearn-
ingandgrowth.
d. Wellnessiscimpossiblecwhencone’schealthcisccompro-
mised.
ANS: A
Healthciscacbroadctermcthatcencompassescattitudescandcbehaviors;cholistically,chealthcincludescwellness,cwhichcin-
cvolvescone’scwholecbeing.cThecconceptcofcillnesscpreventioncwascnever cconsideredcbycpreviouscgenerations;cthrough
-coutchistory,cbasiccself-carecrequirementschavecbeencrecognized.cWellnesscandcself-
actualizationcdevelopcthroughclearningcandcgrowth—
ascbasiccneedscarecmet,chigherclevelcneedsccancbecsatisfiedcincturn,cwithcever-deepeningcrich-
cnessctoclife.cWellnessciscpossiblecwhencone’schealthcisccompromised—evencwithcchroniccillness,cwithcmultiplecdis-
cabilities,corcincdying, cmovementctowardcachigher clevel cofcwellnessciscpossible.


PTS: 1 DIF: Understand REF: p.7 TOP:
NursingProcess:EvaluationMSC: HealthcPromotioncandcMaintenance

3. WhichracialorethnicgrouphasthehighestlifeexpectancyintheUnitedStates?
a. NativeAmericans

b. AfricanAmericans

c. HispanicAmericans

d. AsianandPacificIslandAmericans

ANS: C
AscshowncincFigurec1.4,cHispaniccmencandcwomenchavecthechighestclifecexpectancycofcall.cInc2011,cforcthosecofcHis-
cpaniccorigincofcanycrace,cthecoverallclifecexpectancycatc65cyearscofcagecwasc20.7cmorecyearscinc2011c(19.1cyearscforc
mencandc21.8cyearscforcwomen).

PTS: 1 DIF: Understand REF: p.6