Gerontological Nursing The Essential Guide to Clinical Practice, 2nd Edition by Patricia A.
Gerontological Nursing The Essential Guide to Clinical Practice, 2nd Edition by Patricia A.
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Chapter 1- The Aging Population
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
| 1. | A nurse who works on a subacute medical unit of a hospital is discussing the increasing population of older adults on the unit with a colleague. Which of the colleague’s following statements about older adults is most accurate? | |
| A) | “Fortunately, Social Security ensures a sufficient level of income for people over 65.” | |
| B) | “It helps that older people don’t have to directly incur any costs for their medical care.” | |
| C) | “Most of the older clients on the unit will have come to us from nursing homes.” | |
| D) | “It’s reassuring that people are starting to show more concern for older adults than in decades past.” | |
| Ans: | D | |
| Feedback: | ||
| The formation of the Administration on Aging, enactment of the Older Americans Act, and the introduction of Medicaid and Medicare all occurred in 1965. Since that time, society has demonstrated a growing concern for its older members. Myths about older people include the belief that Social Security ensures them an adequate income, that they do not have to pay for medical care, and that most older adults live in nursing homes. | ||
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Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A1 Cognitive Level: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Nursing process Objective: 3 Page and Header: 4, Population Growth and Increasing Life Expectancy |
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| 2. | A public health nurse who directs a homecare program that serves an area with a large population of older adults is conducting a long-term strategic plan. Which of the following phenomena should the nurse take into account when planning for the future? | |
| A) | While life expectancy will continue to rise, the percentage of older adults in the United States relative to the overall population will decrease. | |
| B) | By 2020, it is expected that over one-third of Americans will be over the age of 65. | |
| C) | Both life expectancy and the percentage of people over 65 in the population will increase in coming decades. | |
| D) | Chronic conditions, such as diabetes, are expected to bring a gradual decrease in the number of older adults by 2020. | |
| Ans: | C | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Both life expectancy and the percentage of individuals over age 65 are expected to increase in coming years. About 17% of the population is expected to be over 65 by 2020. | ||
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Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A1 Cognitive Level: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Nursing process Objective: 2 Page and Header: 4, Population Growth and Increasing Life Expectancy |
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| 3. | A nurse who practices in a long-term care facility is providing care for a 101-year-old black female. The nurse’s coworker states, “It’s gratifying that black people in this country are finally reaching the same levels of health that white people are enjoying.” How can the nurse best respond? | |
| A) | “Actually, the difference in life expectancy between black people and white people is growing, not shrinking.” | |
| B) | “We’ve not yet arrived at a place where the life expectancies are equal between black and white people, but the gap is decreasing gradually.” | |
| C) | “Black women do tend to live longer than white women, but the overall life expectancies when men are included are not yet equal.” | |
| D) | “You’re right. Since the 1980s the life expectancies of black and white Americans have remained nearly the same.” | |
| Ans: | A | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Since the 1980s, the gap between life expectancies of black Americans and white Americans has been increasing rather than decreasing. Black women do not tend to live longer than white women. | ||
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Chapter: 1 Client Needs: A1 Cognitive Level: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Nursing process Objective: 2 Page and Header: 5, Marital Status and Living Arrangements |
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| 4. | Which of the following phenomena most likely accounts for the fact that more women than men live alone later in life? | |
| A) | Women tend to both live longer than men and marry men older than themselves. | |
| B) | Men tend to have greater access to care facilities due to higher incomes and savings. | |
| C) | Men are more likely to live with younger family members following the death of a spouse. | |
| D) | Social pressures tend to stigmatize older men who live alone. | |
| Ans: | A | |
| Feedback: | ||
| The facts that women live longer than men and often marry men older than themselves account for their higher rates of living alone in old age. Men are not noted to have greater access to care facilities, to be more likely to live with younger family members or to face stigma for living alone. | ||
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