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Frailty - ANSWER Frailty (also known as failure to thrive) is a
common clinical syndrome in older adults. Common findings with
the condition of frailty are low grip strength, slowed walking
speed, low physical activity, unintentional weight loss, decreased
lean body mass (sarcopenia), osteopenia, cognitive impairment,
and anemia. Frailty can leave a patient vulnerable to falls,
functional decline, disability, disease, and death.
Providing a previsit screening tool or questionnaire to allow the
older adolescent to identify and write down concerns prior to the
start of the visit is a helpful open-ended approach to assist the
adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner to phrase
questions in an appropriate way to promote a sense of
partnership that encourages communication. - ANSWER TRUE
Adolescents may be reluctant to talk, and have a clear need for
confidentiality. - ANSWER TRUE
Use of a gentle confrontational approach when the adolescent is
silent or unable to express specific words about physical changes
occurring. - ANSWER FALSE
A healthy adult patient should be able to repeat a series of how
many numbers? - ANSWER When assessing immediate recall or
new learning, a healthy adult patient without cognitive decline
should be able to repeat a series of 5-8 numbers.
, The adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner selects
which assessment tool to evaluate balance and gait problems in
older adult patients? - ANSWER The Tinetti Balance and Gait
Evaluation is an activity-based test that asks the patient to
perform tasks, such as sitting and rising from a chair, turning, and
bending. It requires no more than 15 to 20 minutes to perform.
the timed "Up and Go" test - ANSWER assesses balance and
gait speed
The Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale assesses... -
ANSWER The Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale
assesses complex tasks such as shopping, laundry, and food
preparation.
The Index of Independence of Activities of Daily Living
determines what? - ANSWER The Index of Independence of
Activities of Daily Living helps identify daily activities with which
the patient needs assistance.
Katz Index - ANSWER helps identify daily activities with which
the patient needs assistance
The Seven Minute Screen (7MS) - ANSWER The Seven Minute
Screen (7MS) is a quick and common test used to assess
temporal orientation, enhanced cued recall, clock drawing, and
verbal fluency.