NR 601 Final Exam – Question and Answers
A 77-year-old Hispanic Catholic Nun (retired) who immigrated to the United States 15 years ago lives alone
... [Show More] but in an apartment complex where her sister lives as well. She is being discharged home after a hospitalization for congestive heart failure with prescriptions for 8 different medications. She is considered at risk for noncompliance due to the following contributing factors except:
A 78-year-old patient who is dying of colon cancer with metastases to the liver is refusing to eat or drink. He is alert and ….., and states that he has no desire to eat, which is causing the family great distress. In order to best address the client and family, you should:
A 79-year-old female client resides independently in the community. The client’s daughter is …..because her mother insists on wearing a sweater and keeps all of the windows closed even though it is 90 degrees Fahrenheit outside. The nurse practitioner initially recognizes that this behavior may be related to:
An 88-year-old, being admitted to rule out lung cancer, is assessed using the short form of the Geriatric Depression Scale tool. When it is determines that the earned score is 9, the nurse practitioner initially:
The area in which nurse practitioners have the greatest effect on the safe, effective medication therapy of an older client is:
Which statements made by a couple who have recently retired support the nurse’s evaluation that the transition to retirement has been a successful one?
Which truism will the nurse practitioner base spousal grief counseling upon?
When developing a teaching plan for an older, newly diagnosed diabetic client, the nurse practitioner best ensures an understanding of oral hypoglycemic medications when providing:
When performing the initial assessment on a new client in the geriatric outpatient’s practice, the most effective method the nurse practitioner can implement to elicit an accurate medication assessment is to ask that the client:
The Beers list is an effective tool for healthcare professionals prescribing and/or managing the medication therapy of older adults since it identifies medications that for this population:
A client who reported, “a problem sleeping” shows an understanding of good sleep hygiene when:
When caring for an ill adult client, the nurse is particularly concerned that the client communicates well since:
When using the Fulmer SPICES assessment tool, the nurse practitioner expects to ask:
Common causes of dyspnea in the older adult may include which of the following?
Common ethical issues in the nursing home may include which of the following?
The cost of nursing home care is significant. The primary payer for nursing home care is:
Each of the following assessment finding is a contributor to an older client’s risk for falls except:
Each of the following data supports the diagnosis of sleep apnea in the older adult except:
Factors that affect the pharmacokinetics of lipophilic medications in older include:
The following precautions are beneficial in minimizing an older adult’s risk of being a victim of fraud except:
In order to focus on the older population with the greatest risk for suicide the nurse practitioner would conduct a depression that targets:
In planning teaching for a client with diabetes, which precaution related to fall prevention is particularly important for the nurse practitioner to include?
It is imperative that nursing take a leadership role in providing effective health care across the lifespan and in various health care settings. Which intervention will have the greatest impact on achieving positive outcomes concerning that issue?
When discussing pharmacological considerations, a 68-year-ol [Show Less]