NU176 EXAM 1
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1. What percentage of the population 14 %
is older adults 65 and up
2. By 2030, what percentage of the 19
population is expected to be 65
years of age or older?
3. Geriatrics medical treatment and care of elderly
4. Gerontology study of the aging process
5. Baby boomers are what percentage 30 %
of population
6. What percentage of people will be 9.6 million
85 and older by 2030
7. holistic care Healing whole person body, mind. Socialization and
spirit
8. The critical activity to promote Listening
holistic care
9. Holistic care weaves (blank) togeth- Technical skills and social science skills
er for best outcome
10. A good nursing philosophy should be simple
be specific
hold great meaning for the individual
11. Jean Watson Theory of Human Caring
12. Gerotranscendence the idea that as people age, they transcend limited
views of life they held in earlier times
, NU176 EXAM 1
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Older adults desire a life that is significant to self and
others less material possessions and meaningless re-
lationships
13. Begins at approximately 65 years Integrity VS Despair
old until death
14. Wisdom enables a person to look back on their life with a sense
of closure and completeness, and also accept death
without fear
15. active listening paying close attention to what someone is saying and
communicating
16. transpersonal caring human to human caring
17. Ageism Discrimination based on age
18. Subculture theory Defines old people as their own subculture, with ac-
cording norms and standards.
19. Continuity theory People change physiologically as they age, but their
basic personality behavioral patterns do not change
20. Normal physiological changes of Decreased total body water/fluid
the cardiovascular Increased stiffness of heart muscle
weak valves ( more murmurs)
Decreased cardiac output
Atherosclerotic disease
21. Normal physiological changes of -Arteries become less elastic
the blood vessels -Capillary walls thicken and slow the exchange of nu-
trients and waste products between blood and tissue
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_feeb59
1. What percentage of the population 14 %
is older adults 65 and up
2. By 2030, what percentage of the 19
population is expected to be 65
years of age or older?
3. Geriatrics medical treatment and care of elderly
4. Gerontology study of the aging process
5. Baby boomers are what percentage 30 %
of population
6. What percentage of people will be 9.6 million
85 and older by 2030
7. holistic care Healing whole person body, mind. Socialization and
spirit
8. The critical activity to promote Listening
holistic care
9. Holistic care weaves (blank) togeth- Technical skills and social science skills
er for best outcome
10. A good nursing philosophy should be simple
be specific
hold great meaning for the individual
11. Jean Watson Theory of Human Caring
12. Gerotranscendence the idea that as people age, they transcend limited
views of life they held in earlier times
, NU176 EXAM 1
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_feeb59
Older adults desire a life that is significant to self and
others less material possessions and meaningless re-
lationships
13. Begins at approximately 65 years Integrity VS Despair
old until death
14. Wisdom enables a person to look back on their life with a sense
of closure and completeness, and also accept death
without fear
15. active listening paying close attention to what someone is saying and
communicating
16. transpersonal caring human to human caring
17. Ageism Discrimination based on age
18. Subculture theory Defines old people as their own subculture, with ac-
cording norms and standards.
19. Continuity theory People change physiologically as they age, but their
basic personality behavioral patterns do not change
20. Normal physiological changes of Decreased total body water/fluid
the cardiovascular Increased stiffness of heart muscle
weak valves ( more murmurs)
Decreased cardiac output
Atherosclerotic disease
21. Normal physiological changes of -Arteries become less elastic
the blood vessels -Capillary walls thicken and slow the exchange of nu-
trients and waste products between blood and tissue
