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BASIC,.GERIATRIC,.NURSING
PATRICIAA.,.WILLIAMS
8th,.Edition
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, PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: p. 21 OBJ: 11
TOP: Impact of Aging on the Family KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Planning MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Coping and Adaptation
NOT: Applying
1. Which characteristic is typical for a caregiver of an aging family member? (Select all that apply.)
a. Average age of 32
b. Female
c. Spending about 24 hours a week giving
care
d. Caring for a parent or parent-in-law
e. Giving care for an average of 4 years
ANS: s B, sC, sD
The average age of the caregiver is 49 and is caring for a parent or parent-in-law. About 75% of
caregivers to older adults are females, who spend about 24 hours weekly providing care. As the
population ages, women will spend more time caring for their parents than they did caring for
their children.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: p. 20 | Box 1.5
OBJ: 11 TOP: Characteristics of Family
Caregiver KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data Collection
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
NOT: Understanding
2. Which factor is an indicator of self-neglect in the aging person? (Select all that apply.)
a. Unpaid bills
b. Reduced personal hygiene
c. Increased alcohol
consumption
d. Irritability
e. Loss of weight
ANS: s A, sB, sC, sE
Indicators may be mismanagement of personal finances, reduced hygiene, substance abuse, and loss
of weight due to inability to obtain adequate food. Irritability is not a consistent characteristic.
PTS: 1 DIF: 8 REF: p. 22 OBJ: 11
TOP: Self-Neglect KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data Collection
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Prevention and Early Detection of
Disease NOT: Applying
3. The nurse reminds a group of prospective caregivers that elder abuse may take which form?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Caring for physical needs
b. Misappropriation of
finances
c. Psychological intimidation
d. Emotional depersonalization
e. Abandonment
ANS: s B, sC, sD, sE
, Elder abuse may take the form of physical injury, misusing the older person‘s finances for
personal gain, psychological intimidation, and depersonalization and abandonment.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: pp. 22-24 OBJ: 13
TOP: Elder Abuse KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk NOT: Applying
4. The nurse is planning an on-line educational program to promote health among older adults.
Which is factual regarding older adults and their use of technology? (Select all that apply.)
a. Very few older adults have access to the internet.
b. Older adults rarely use social networking sites such as Facebook.
c. About 45% of adults in their 60s use some type of smart phone.
d. Google maps are sometimes used by older adults for parking spot reminders.
e. Apps such as Medisafe can be used as a mobile medication management
system.
ANS: sD, sE
Apps such as Google maps help older adults with parking spot reminders. Medisafe is an app used
as a mobile medication management system. About 70% of adults over age 65 use the internet.
There is a growing percentage of older adults using social media such as Facebook. About 81%
of adults in their 60s use some type of smart phone.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: p. 9 OBJ: 5
TOP: Trends KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance NOT: Understanding
COMPLETION
1. The nurse clarifies that the term that refers to the promotion of high-level functioning and
supportive care to older adults is .
ANS: s
gerontics
Gerontics comprises a holistic view of aging, with the goal of increasing health, providing
comfort, and caring for the older adult‘s needs.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: p. 2 OBJ: 10
TOP: Gerontics KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
NOT: Remembering
2. The nurse reminds a patient who was born in 1965 that eligibility for full Social Security
benefits for persons of this age is now the age of .
ANS: s
67
Individuals born in 1960 or later must wait until age 67 to qualify for full benefits.
, PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: p. 3 OBJ: 2
TOP: Change of Social Security Benefits
KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
NOT: Remembering
3. is a voluntary plan for prescription drug coverage.
ANS: s
Medicare sPart sD
Medicare Part D is a voluntary plan for prescription drug coverage. It is available to anyone
enrolled in Part A or B of Medicare.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: p. 16 OBJ: 8
TOP: Donut Hole KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care
Environment: Coordinated Care NOT: Remembering
Chapter 02: Theories of Aging
Williams: Basic Geriatric Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which comment describes aging?
a. There is no universally accepted definition.
b. Aging is a series of changes that occur rapidly.
c. A unified rationale exists for why humans age.
d. Identical twins rarely share the same life
expectancy.
ANS: A
There is no universally accepted definition of aging or unified rationale as to why humans age.
Aging does not occur rapidly. There is a strong correlation in life expectancies of identical twins.
PTS: 1 DIF: 3 REF: p. 29 OBJ: 1
TOP: Definition of Aging KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A NOT: Remembering
2. The biological theory of aging uses a genetic perspective and suggests that aging is a
programmed process in which manner?
a. Each person will age exactly like those in the previous
generation.
b. A ―biological time line‖ predetermines the number of cell
divisions.
c. Genetic traits can overcome environmental influences.
d. Age-related physical changes are controlled only by genetic
factors.
ANS: B
The biological theory of programmed process suggests that there is a ―biologic time line‖ set with
a predetermined number of cell divisions that will occur before the introduction of the aging
process.
BASIC,.GERIATRIC,.NURSING
PATRICIAA.,.WILLIAMS
8th,.Edition
TESTBANK ,.
, PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: p. 21 OBJ: 11
TOP: Impact of Aging on the Family KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Planning MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Coping and Adaptation
NOT: Applying
1. Which characteristic is typical for a caregiver of an aging family member? (Select all that apply.)
a. Average age of 32
b. Female
c. Spending about 24 hours a week giving
care
d. Caring for a parent or parent-in-law
e. Giving care for an average of 4 years
ANS: s B, sC, sD
The average age of the caregiver is 49 and is caring for a parent or parent-in-law. About 75% of
caregivers to older adults are females, who spend about 24 hours weekly providing care. As the
population ages, women will spend more time caring for their parents than they did caring for
their children.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: p. 20 | Box 1.5
OBJ: 11 TOP: Characteristics of Family
Caregiver KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data Collection
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
NOT: Understanding
2. Which factor is an indicator of self-neglect in the aging person? (Select all that apply.)
a. Unpaid bills
b. Reduced personal hygiene
c. Increased alcohol
consumption
d. Irritability
e. Loss of weight
ANS: s A, sB, sC, sE
Indicators may be mismanagement of personal finances, reduced hygiene, substance abuse, and loss
of weight due to inability to obtain adequate food. Irritability is not a consistent characteristic.
PTS: 1 DIF: 8 REF: p. 22 OBJ: 11
TOP: Self-Neglect KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data Collection
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Prevention and Early Detection of
Disease NOT: Applying
3. The nurse reminds a group of prospective caregivers that elder abuse may take which form?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Caring for physical needs
b. Misappropriation of
finances
c. Psychological intimidation
d. Emotional depersonalization
e. Abandonment
ANS: s B, sC, sD, sE
, Elder abuse may take the form of physical injury, misusing the older person‘s finances for
personal gain, psychological intimidation, and depersonalization and abandonment.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: pp. 22-24 OBJ: 13
TOP: Elder Abuse KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk NOT: Applying
4. The nurse is planning an on-line educational program to promote health among older adults.
Which is factual regarding older adults and their use of technology? (Select all that apply.)
a. Very few older adults have access to the internet.
b. Older adults rarely use social networking sites such as Facebook.
c. About 45% of adults in their 60s use some type of smart phone.
d. Google maps are sometimes used by older adults for parking spot reminders.
e. Apps such as Medisafe can be used as a mobile medication management
system.
ANS: sD, sE
Apps such as Google maps help older adults with parking spot reminders. Medisafe is an app used
as a mobile medication management system. About 70% of adults over age 65 use the internet.
There is a growing percentage of older adults using social media such as Facebook. About 81%
of adults in their 60s use some type of smart phone.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: p. 9 OBJ: 5
TOP: Trends KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance NOT: Understanding
COMPLETION
1. The nurse clarifies that the term that refers to the promotion of high-level functioning and
supportive care to older adults is .
ANS: s
gerontics
Gerontics comprises a holistic view of aging, with the goal of increasing health, providing
comfort, and caring for the older adult‘s needs.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: p. 2 OBJ: 10
TOP: Gerontics KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
NOT: Remembering
2. The nurse reminds a patient who was born in 1965 that eligibility for full Social Security
benefits for persons of this age is now the age of .
ANS: s
67
Individuals born in 1960 or later must wait until age 67 to qualify for full benefits.
, PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: p. 3 OBJ: 2
TOP: Change of Social Security Benefits
KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
NOT: Remembering
3. is a voluntary plan for prescription drug coverage.
ANS: s
Medicare sPart sD
Medicare Part D is a voluntary plan for prescription drug coverage. It is available to anyone
enrolled in Part A or B of Medicare.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: p. 16 OBJ: 8
TOP: Donut Hole KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care
Environment: Coordinated Care NOT: Remembering
Chapter 02: Theories of Aging
Williams: Basic Geriatric Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which comment describes aging?
a. There is no universally accepted definition.
b. Aging is a series of changes that occur rapidly.
c. A unified rationale exists for why humans age.
d. Identical twins rarely share the same life
expectancy.
ANS: A
There is no universally accepted definition of aging or unified rationale as to why humans age.
Aging does not occur rapidly. There is a strong correlation in life expectancies of identical twins.
PTS: 1 DIF: 3 REF: p. 29 OBJ: 1
TOP: Definition of Aging KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A NOT: Remembering
2. The biological theory of aging uses a genetic perspective and suggests that aging is a
programmed process in which manner?
a. Each person will age exactly like those in the previous
generation.
b. A ―biological time line‖ predetermines the number of cell
divisions.
c. Genetic traits can overcome environmental influences.
d. Age-related physical changes are controlled only by genetic
factors.
ANS: B
The biological theory of programmed process suggests that there is a ―biologic time line‖ set with
a predetermined number of cell divisions that will occur before the introduction of the aging
process.
