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NEW NUR 163 EXAM 2 FINAL EXAM Q&A
TESTED AND APPROVED NEWLY MODIFIED
2025/2025 LATEST
Elderly patients should have a well balanced diet with an intake around ________ calories.
A) 1500
B) 2000
C) 1200
D) 1300 -- ANSWER--C) 1200
Which type of diabetes is insulin dependent?
A) Type 1
B) Type 2 -- ANSWER--A) Type 1
How close is social space?
A) 18-48 inches
B) 0-18 inches
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C) 48 inches to 12 feet
D) greater than 12 feet -- ANSWER--C) 48 inches to 12 feet
What type of pain meds are ibuprofen and tylenol? -- ANSWER--Analgesics
-anti-inflammatories
- muscle relaxers
What are 4 types of dementia? -- ANSWER--1. Alzheimer's Disease (most common)
2. Parkinson's Disease
3. Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FLD)
4. Lewy Body Dementia (FTLD)
How much exercise should an elderly person get? -- ANSWER--30 minutes a day
Ex - walking, gardening, swimming
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the partial or total loss of the ability to communicate
Affects the ability to understand/ express through words, gestures, and writing
use visual aids
Most common in older adults -- ANSWER--aphasia
How close is public space?
A) 18-48 inches
B) 0-18 inches
C) 48 inches to 12 feet
D) greater than 12 feet -- ANSWER--D) greater than 12 feet
Speaking to elderly like children
- uses terms like honey, dearie, and sweetie
patronizing/ demeaning way to speak to older adults
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slow speech with simple vocabulary. -- ANSWER--elder speak
a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment,
that is often accompanied by personality changes
- causes both cognitive and language defects
- slow onset; uncurbable
- use gestures and Y/N questions
Caused by damage to cerebral cortex
Characteristics include: limited attention span, inability to focus on more than one thing at a
time, confusion of reality and fantasy, inability to follow complete directions -- ANSWER-
Dementia
How many times a day should the elderly brush their teeth?
A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1 -- ANSWER--C) 2
How close is intimate space?
NEW NUR 163 EXAM 2 FINAL EXAM Q&A
TESTED AND APPROVED NEWLY MODIFIED
2025/2025 LATEST
Elderly patients should have a well balanced diet with an intake around ________ calories.
A) 1500
B) 2000
C) 1200
D) 1300 -- ANSWER--C) 1200
Which type of diabetes is insulin dependent?
A) Type 1
B) Type 2 -- ANSWER--A) Type 1
How close is social space?
A) 18-48 inches
B) 0-18 inches
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C) 48 inches to 12 feet
D) greater than 12 feet -- ANSWER--C) 48 inches to 12 feet
What type of pain meds are ibuprofen and tylenol? -- ANSWER--Analgesics
-anti-inflammatories
- muscle relaxers
What are 4 types of dementia? -- ANSWER--1. Alzheimer's Disease (most common)
2. Parkinson's Disease
3. Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FLD)
4. Lewy Body Dementia (FTLD)
How much exercise should an elderly person get? -- ANSWER--30 minutes a day
Ex - walking, gardening, swimming
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the partial or total loss of the ability to communicate
Affects the ability to understand/ express through words, gestures, and writing
use visual aids
Most common in older adults -- ANSWER--aphasia
How close is public space?
A) 18-48 inches
B) 0-18 inches
C) 48 inches to 12 feet
D) greater than 12 feet -- ANSWER--D) greater than 12 feet
Speaking to elderly like children
- uses terms like honey, dearie, and sweetie
patronizing/ demeaning way to speak to older adults
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slow speech with simple vocabulary. -- ANSWER--elder speak
a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment,
that is often accompanied by personality changes
- causes both cognitive and language defects
- slow onset; uncurbable
- use gestures and Y/N questions
Caused by damage to cerebral cortex
Characteristics include: limited attention span, inability to focus on more than one thing at a
time, confusion of reality and fantasy, inability to follow complete directions -- ANSWER-
Dementia
How many times a day should the elderly brush their teeth?
A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1 -- ANSWER--C) 2
How close is intimate space?
