623 Adult - Older Adults - NP
Certification, Fitzgerald 4th ed
Exam Review 2023 Update
d. 85 yrs and older - ANS-in the elderly population, the
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age range:
a. 71 to 75 yrs
b. 76 to 80 yrs
c. 81 to 84 yrs
d. 85 yrs and older
c. 65 to 74 yrs - ANS-the age range referred to as "young old" is:
a. 60 to 65 yrs
b. 66 to 70 yrs
c. 65 to 74 yrs
d. 70 to 80 yrs
d. 75 to 84 yrs - ANS-the age range referred to as "old old" is:
a. 60 to 65 yrs
b. 66 to 70 yrs
c. 65 to 74 yrs
d. 75 to 84 yrs
c. 85 to 100 yrs - ANS-the age range referred to as "oldest old" is:
a. 60 to 65 yrs
b. 66 to 70 yrs
c. 85 to 100 yrs
d. 100+ yrs
d. 100 + yrs - ANS-the age range referred to as "elite old" is:
a. 60 to 65 yrs
b. 66 to 70 yrs
c. 65 to 74 yrs
d. 100 + yrs
a. social security - ANS-which of the following is most commonly reported as the largest
single source of income for elderly people?
a. social security
b. public/private pension earnings
c. asset income
d. family financial support
b. highest among the old old - ANS-the poverty rate among elderly people residing in
the US can best be described as:
a. at approximately the same level across ethnic and age grps
b. highest among the old old
c. greatest among married couples
d. highest among older adults depending on investment income as a substantial part of
their finances
a. Erickson - ANS-during a routine assessment of a 73 y/o man with back pain, he
reveals that he has become increasingly concerned about the physical changes related
to aging. he misses the ability to do physical and recreational activities that he once
enjoyed. he feels that this realization has made him "cranky" which his children have
mentioned to him on several occasions. you realize that this pt may be having difficulty
accepting the inevitability of physical decline and death as described by:
a. Erickson
b. Peck
c. Butler
d. Levinson
c. one or more latent harmful genes become activated - ANS-match the following
biological theories with the key aspect:
Gene theory
a. collagen molecules bind to each other to produce stiffness and rigidity
b. a senescence factor accumulates in the cell
c. one or more latent harmful genes become activated
d. an essential gene is destroyed and causes the cell to stop dividing
e. proteins produced in the cell accumulate more errors during aging
e. proteins produced in the cell accumulate more errors during aging - ANS-match the
following biological theories with the key aspect:
Error theory
a. collagen molecules bind to each other to produce stiffness and rigidity
b. a senescence factor accumulates in the cell
c. one or more latent harmful genes become activated
d. an essential gene is destroyed and causes the cell to stop dividing
e. proteins produced in the cell accumulate more errors during aging
b. a senescence factor accumulates in the cell - ANS-match the following biological
theories with the key aspect:
Programmed theory
a. collagen molecules bind to each other to produce stiffness and rigidity
b. a senescence factor accumulates in the cell
c. one or more latent harmful genes become activated
d. an essential gene is destroyed and causes the cell to stop dividing
e. proteins produced in the cell accumulate more errors during aging
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