NUR 208 Lesson 8 (Middle & Older Adulthood) – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Nursing
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Health maintenance during middle adulthood should be directed toward: - ANS ✔✔preventing
illnesses due to lifestyle and physiological changes.
According to Erikson, the primary task of middle adulthood is contributing positively to family
and community, also known as _________________. Failure to achieve this task may result in
stagnation. - ANS ✔✔generativity
A 50-year-old woman visits the women's health clinic stating her last menstrual period was 6
months ago. Since that time, she has been experiencing palpitations and hot flashes. The
health-care worker should suspect that her symptoms are related to: - ANS ✔✔menopause.
Many middle-aged adults desire to return to school to continue an education interrupted by
career, family, and childrearing. When counseling these adults, an important factor to consider
is that: - ANS ✔✔maintaining optimum cognitive functioning is necessary to prevent a decrease
in problem-solving skills
When assessing a middle-aged person, the health-care worker should be sensitive to the fact
that these persons are uniquely challenged by: - ANS ✔✔attempting to meet the needs of both
their children and their parents.
While discussing health promotion and maintenance to a group of middle-aged men, the
health-care worker advises that men should make as a priority to have an annual: - ANS
✔✔screen for prostate cancer.
To enhance success for health teaching to middle-aged adults, the health-care worker should: -
ANS ✔✔provide information related to health concerns and stressors common to the age-
group.
, A middle-aged man says that he is taking up a strenuous exercise program to increase his
testosterone level and his libido. The best response to this information would be: - ANS
✔✔"Excessive exercise may actually decrease your testosterone level."
The term climacteric refers to a time in life in which: - ANS ✔✔men have a decrease in libido.
A 52-year-old woman who is recently divorced and has just sent her last child to college says she
just does not understand why she is feeling so "low and alone." She states she is not sleeping
well and has no energy for anything. These most likely are symptoms of: - ANS ✔✔the "empty
nest" syndrome related to the children being gone from home and stress from the recent
divorce.
A middle-aged man is considering testosterone replacement therapy to increase his strength
and sense of well-being. A deficit of testosterone therapy is that the therapy: - ANS ✔✔does
not correct erectile dysfunction.
A 55-year-old man has recently purchased a sports car, had a hair transplant, and taken up
skydiving as a hobby. The term for this behavior as an attempt to challenge the inevitability of
the future is known as: - ANS ✔✔midlife crisis.
Middle adulthood is considered the period of development after young adulthood but before
retirement and is categorized as age 40 to _____ years. - ANS ✔✔60
The health-care worker clarifies that the concept of generativity means that the middle adult: -
ANS ✔✔contributes positively to family and community.
As adults move from middle adulthood into older and late adulthood, a productive level of
functioning is more likely to be maintained if the person feels: - ANS ✔✔useful and loved.
A middle-aged woman says that her husband does not seem to want to make love to her
anymore. She says he makes excuses every night and she is afraid he no longer loves her. The
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Health maintenance during middle adulthood should be directed toward: - ANS ✔✔preventing
illnesses due to lifestyle and physiological changes.
According to Erikson, the primary task of middle adulthood is contributing positively to family
and community, also known as _________________. Failure to achieve this task may result in
stagnation. - ANS ✔✔generativity
A 50-year-old woman visits the women's health clinic stating her last menstrual period was 6
months ago. Since that time, she has been experiencing palpitations and hot flashes. The
health-care worker should suspect that her symptoms are related to: - ANS ✔✔menopause.
Many middle-aged adults desire to return to school to continue an education interrupted by
career, family, and childrearing. When counseling these adults, an important factor to consider
is that: - ANS ✔✔maintaining optimum cognitive functioning is necessary to prevent a decrease
in problem-solving skills
When assessing a middle-aged person, the health-care worker should be sensitive to the fact
that these persons are uniquely challenged by: - ANS ✔✔attempting to meet the needs of both
their children and their parents.
While discussing health promotion and maintenance to a group of middle-aged men, the
health-care worker advises that men should make as a priority to have an annual: - ANS
✔✔screen for prostate cancer.
To enhance success for health teaching to middle-aged adults, the health-care worker should: -
ANS ✔✔provide information related to health concerns and stressors common to the age-
group.
, A middle-aged man says that he is taking up a strenuous exercise program to increase his
testosterone level and his libido. The best response to this information would be: - ANS
✔✔"Excessive exercise may actually decrease your testosterone level."
The term climacteric refers to a time in life in which: - ANS ✔✔men have a decrease in libido.
A 52-year-old woman who is recently divorced and has just sent her last child to college says she
just does not understand why she is feeling so "low and alone." She states she is not sleeping
well and has no energy for anything. These most likely are symptoms of: - ANS ✔✔the "empty
nest" syndrome related to the children being gone from home and stress from the recent
divorce.
A middle-aged man is considering testosterone replacement therapy to increase his strength
and sense of well-being. A deficit of testosterone therapy is that the therapy: - ANS ✔✔does
not correct erectile dysfunction.
A 55-year-old man has recently purchased a sports car, had a hair transplant, and taken up
skydiving as a hobby. The term for this behavior as an attempt to challenge the inevitability of
the future is known as: - ANS ✔✔midlife crisis.
Middle adulthood is considered the period of development after young adulthood but before
retirement and is categorized as age 40 to _____ years. - ANS ✔✔60
The health-care worker clarifies that the concept of generativity means that the middle adult: -
ANS ✔✔contributes positively to family and community.
As adults move from middle adulthood into older and late adulthood, a productive level of
functioning is more likely to be maintained if the person feels: - ANS ✔✔useful and loved.
A middle-aged woman says that her husband does not seem to want to make love to her
anymore. She says he makes excuses every night and she is afraid he no longer loves her. The
