NURSING FOR WELLNESS FOR OLDER ADULTS-EXAM 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does older adults need? -Accurate information
-Interventions to promote wellness during all stages of health and illness
What is the intent of Gerontological Nursing text? -To provide comprehensive and research-based information so that nurses can
distinguish between the changes associated with normal aging and those that
result from risk factors.
What can nurses do for older adults? -Promote wellness which includes:
1.) Improved health
2.) Improved Functioning
3.) Improved Quality of Life
Who brought the concept of wellness in relation to aging -Halbert L. Dunn, MD, PhD
and talked about high-level wellness on the radio?
High-level wellness -integrated method of functioning that is oriented toward maximizing each
person's potential, while maintaining a continuum of balance and purposeful
direction within the person's environment.
What did Halbert L. Dunn addressed? -Stereotypes about aging and emphasized that "Healthy maturity" is characterized
not only by physical decline but also by wisdom.
-Discussed the relationship between mind, body, and spirit and stressed the
importance of older adults having a purpose in life, communicating with others,
maintaining personal dignity, and contributing to society.
, What are the barriers in promoting wellness in older - Older adults may be pessimistic about their ability to improve their health and
adults? functioning.
-Survival needs and a multitude of health problems may take precedence over the
"luxury" of being able to focus on wellness and quality of life.
-Despite the increasing emphasis on wellness and health promotion, health care
environments focus more on treating diseases than on preventing illness and
addressing whole-person needs.
-Often older adults and health care providers mistakenly attribute symptoms to
aging rather than identify and address the contributing factors that are reversible
and treatable.
-Health care providers may not believe that older adults area capable of learning
and implementing health-promoting behaviors that are inherent in wellness-
oriented care.
What is the major focus of a "wellness approach" to older -Addressing the body-mind-spirit interconnectedness of each older adult as a
adult? unique and respected individual.
What are some nursing actions that promote wellness for -Addressing the body-mind-spirit interrelatedness of each older adult.
older adults?
-Identifying and challenging ageist attitudes (including their own), especially
those that interfere with optimal health care.
-Assessing each older adult from a whole-person perspective.
-Incorporating wellness nursing diagnoses as routing part of care.
-Planning for wellness outcomes, which are directed toward improved health,
functioning, and quality of life.
-Using nursing interventions to address conditions that interfere with optimal
functioning (including lack of accurate information about aging)
-Recognizing each older adult's potential for improved health and functioning as
well as psychological and spiritual growth.
-Teaching about self-care behaviors to improve health and functioning (or
teaching caregivers of dependent older adults)
What is aging? Is a universal process that begins at birth; it applies equally to young and old
people.
Children views on aging -They are delight in announcing how old they are, and they anticipate birthdays
with great enthusiasm.
-They view their birthdays as positive events that will permit them to enjoy
additional opportunities and responsibilities.
Adolescents views on aging -They view aging as the mechanism that allows them to participate legally in
important activities, such as driving and voting.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does older adults need? -Accurate information
-Interventions to promote wellness during all stages of health and illness
What is the intent of Gerontological Nursing text? -To provide comprehensive and research-based information so that nurses can
distinguish between the changes associated with normal aging and those that
result from risk factors.
What can nurses do for older adults? -Promote wellness which includes:
1.) Improved health
2.) Improved Functioning
3.) Improved Quality of Life
Who brought the concept of wellness in relation to aging -Halbert L. Dunn, MD, PhD
and talked about high-level wellness on the radio?
High-level wellness -integrated method of functioning that is oriented toward maximizing each
person's potential, while maintaining a continuum of balance and purposeful
direction within the person's environment.
What did Halbert L. Dunn addressed? -Stereotypes about aging and emphasized that "Healthy maturity" is characterized
not only by physical decline but also by wisdom.
-Discussed the relationship between mind, body, and spirit and stressed the
importance of older adults having a purpose in life, communicating with others,
maintaining personal dignity, and contributing to society.
, What are the barriers in promoting wellness in older - Older adults may be pessimistic about their ability to improve their health and
adults? functioning.
-Survival needs and a multitude of health problems may take precedence over the
"luxury" of being able to focus on wellness and quality of life.
-Despite the increasing emphasis on wellness and health promotion, health care
environments focus more on treating diseases than on preventing illness and
addressing whole-person needs.
-Often older adults and health care providers mistakenly attribute symptoms to
aging rather than identify and address the contributing factors that are reversible
and treatable.
-Health care providers may not believe that older adults area capable of learning
and implementing health-promoting behaviors that are inherent in wellness-
oriented care.
What is the major focus of a "wellness approach" to older -Addressing the body-mind-spirit interconnectedness of each older adult as a
adult? unique and respected individual.
What are some nursing actions that promote wellness for -Addressing the body-mind-spirit interrelatedness of each older adult.
older adults?
-Identifying and challenging ageist attitudes (including their own), especially
those that interfere with optimal health care.
-Assessing each older adult from a whole-person perspective.
-Incorporating wellness nursing diagnoses as routing part of care.
-Planning for wellness outcomes, which are directed toward improved health,
functioning, and quality of life.
-Using nursing interventions to address conditions that interfere with optimal
functioning (including lack of accurate information about aging)
-Recognizing each older adult's potential for improved health and functioning as
well as psychological and spiritual growth.
-Teaching about self-care behaviors to improve health and functioning (or
teaching caregivers of dependent older adults)
What is aging? Is a universal process that begins at birth; it applies equally to young and old
people.
Children views on aging -They are delight in announcing how old they are, and they anticipate birthdays
with great enthusiasm.
-They view their birthdays as positive events that will permit them to enjoy
additional opportunities and responsibilities.
Adolescents views on aging -They view aging as the mechanism that allows them to participate legally in
important activities, such as driving and voting.
