BASIC GERIATRIC NURSING BOOK (Chapter 001 ONLY) Test Exam with Verified Answers 2023/2024
Sub-stages of childhood? correct answers Infant, toodler,
... [Show More] preschool, school age, and adolescence
Geriatric correct answers pertaining to treatment of older people
Gerontology correct answers study of the aging process
Gerontics correct answers Coined by Gunter and Estes in 1979 to define the nursing care and services provided to older adults
Chronological age correct answers the number of years a person has lived
What is the age requirement for retirement? correct answers 65 or older
What category is ages 55-64? correct answers Older
What category is ages 64-74? correct answers Elderly
What category is ages 75-84? correct answers Aged
Does the American society value its older adults? correct answers No, the US is a youth-oriented society
Gerontophobia correct answers the fear of aging and the refusal to accept older adults into the mainstream of society
Examples: teens buy anti-wrinkle creams, 30 year old women consider facelifts, etc.
Ageism correct answers The disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes people unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive
*it is an emotional prejudice/discrimination against people based solely on their age
Can ageism have a negative effect on the way health care workers relate to older pts? correct answers Yes
*can in turn result in poor health care outcomes and poor pt care
Nursing Competence in Aging (NCA) correct answers Started in 2002
Focuses on enhancing competence in geriatrics by expanding nurses' knowledge, skills, and attitudes
Age discrimination correct answers different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their age
Examples: refusing to hire older people, not approving them for home loans, and limiting the types or amounts of health care they can receive
*AGE DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL
Demographics correct answers statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it
Demographers are concerned with a population's size, distribution, and vital statistics (birth, death, age at death, marriages, race)
Life expectancy correct answers the number of years a person can be expected to live
Projected from the time of birth
The life expectancy throughout history has been low because... correct answers -environmental hazards
-wars
-accidents
-food and water scarcity
-inadequate sanitation
-contagious diseases [Show Less]