NR 601 PRIMARY CARE OF THE
MATURING & AGED FAMILY EXAM
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS
Purpose of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) - correct answer ✔✔Health is related to
psychosocial, functional ability, & safe environment
Who is Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) most beneficial for? - correct answer
✔✔The vulnerable, older adult
Domains of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) - correct answer ✔✔1) Physical health
2) Functional health
3) Psychological health
4) Socioenvironmental support & QOL measures
What does the functional health domain show? - correct answer ✔✔How the older adult care
for themselves day to day (ADLs)
Who created the Beers Criteria? - correct answer ✔✔American Geriatric Society
What is the purpose of the Beers Criteria? - correct answer ✔✔- Improve medication selection
- Avoid dangerous medications
Who is the Beers Criteria aimed toward? - correct answer ✔✔- 65 years & older; except hospice
& palliative care patients
,What does the Beers Criteria stress? - correct answer ✔✔- The importance of deprescribing to
avoid polypharmacy
- Adverse drug reactions
Vaccines - correct answer ✔✔- Tetanus
- Diphtheria
- Pneumococcal
- Influenza
Colorectal screening ages - correct answer ✔✔50-75
Breast cancer screening ages - correct answer ✔✔- Biennial screening for women ages 50-74
Health promotion - correct answer ✔✔- Smoking cessation
- Aerobic exercise & strength training
Who needs AAA screening? - correct answer ✔✔*Smokers are at high risk for aneurysm
Lab changes affected by dehydration - correct answer ✔✔- Increased ESR (sed rate)
- Reduced physiological reserves d/t thinner skin & less sub q tissue/ fat
Mini Nutritional Assessment - correct answer ✔✔- Obesity b/c the metabolism slows down &
inactivity
Functional Domain Screening Tools - correct answer ✔✔- Brody & Lawton: Assess IADLs
- Barthel Index: Assesses ADLs
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*Any change in function is often the first & only sign of a new or changed disease process
What is FEV 1? - correct answer ✔✔The total volume of air a patient is able to exhale in the first
second during maximal effort.
A > 12% change from pre-bronchodilator to post-bronchodilator results indicate what? - correct
answer ✔✔The obstruction is reversible
When do you see hyperinflation of the lungs? - correct answer ✔✔due to increased total lung
capacity present w/ obstruction
[i.e. COPD]
How many hours per day of supplemental O2 therapy has been shown to reduce mortality
associated w/ COPD? - correct answer ✔✔15 hours
What kind of disease is Asthma? - correct answer ✔✔- Chronic
- Inflammatory
- Obstructive
What causes Asthma? - correct answer ✔✔- Intrinsic factors (stress)
- Extrinsic factors (environmental)
Asthma Pathophysiology - correct answer ✔✔REVERSIBLE hyperactivity of bronchi &
bronchioles to variety of stimuli
The 1st stage of Asthma is? - correct answer ✔✔Intermittent asthma
- Intermittent Sx less than 2 days per week
MATURING & AGED FAMILY EXAM
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS
Purpose of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) - correct answer ✔✔Health is related to
psychosocial, functional ability, & safe environment
Who is Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) most beneficial for? - correct answer
✔✔The vulnerable, older adult
Domains of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) - correct answer ✔✔1) Physical health
2) Functional health
3) Psychological health
4) Socioenvironmental support & QOL measures
What does the functional health domain show? - correct answer ✔✔How the older adult care
for themselves day to day (ADLs)
Who created the Beers Criteria? - correct answer ✔✔American Geriatric Society
What is the purpose of the Beers Criteria? - correct answer ✔✔- Improve medication selection
- Avoid dangerous medications
Who is the Beers Criteria aimed toward? - correct answer ✔✔- 65 years & older; except hospice
& palliative care patients
,What does the Beers Criteria stress? - correct answer ✔✔- The importance of deprescribing to
avoid polypharmacy
- Adverse drug reactions
Vaccines - correct answer ✔✔- Tetanus
- Diphtheria
- Pneumococcal
- Influenza
Colorectal screening ages - correct answer ✔✔50-75
Breast cancer screening ages - correct answer ✔✔- Biennial screening for women ages 50-74
Health promotion - correct answer ✔✔- Smoking cessation
- Aerobic exercise & strength training
Who needs AAA screening? - correct answer ✔✔*Smokers are at high risk for aneurysm
Lab changes affected by dehydration - correct answer ✔✔- Increased ESR (sed rate)
- Reduced physiological reserves d/t thinner skin & less sub q tissue/ fat
Mini Nutritional Assessment - correct answer ✔✔- Obesity b/c the metabolism slows down &
inactivity
Functional Domain Screening Tools - correct answer ✔✔- Brody & Lawton: Assess IADLs
- Barthel Index: Assesses ADLs
, --------------------------------------------------------------
*Any change in function is often the first & only sign of a new or changed disease process
What is FEV 1? - correct answer ✔✔The total volume of air a patient is able to exhale in the first
second during maximal effort.
A > 12% change from pre-bronchodilator to post-bronchodilator results indicate what? - correct
answer ✔✔The obstruction is reversible
When do you see hyperinflation of the lungs? - correct answer ✔✔due to increased total lung
capacity present w/ obstruction
[i.e. COPD]
How many hours per day of supplemental O2 therapy has been shown to reduce mortality
associated w/ COPD? - correct answer ✔✔15 hours
What kind of disease is Asthma? - correct answer ✔✔- Chronic
- Inflammatory
- Obstructive
What causes Asthma? - correct answer ✔✔- Intrinsic factors (stress)
- Extrinsic factors (environmental)
Asthma Pathophysiology - correct answer ✔✔REVERSIBLE hyperactivity of bronchi &
bronchioles to variety of stimuli
The 1st stage of Asthma is? - correct answer ✔✔Intermittent asthma
- Intermittent Sx less than 2 days per week
