1st Week NR402 Pre-lecture Quiz
Name: ______
1. Which of the following is not considered a core competency for nurses caring for older adults?
a) Utilize resources/programs to promote functional, physical, and mental wellness in older adults.
b) Obtain certification in gerontological nursing from a baccalaureate institution.
c) Implement strategies and use online guidelines to prevent and/or identify and manage geriatric syndromes.
d) Use valid and reliable assessment tools to guide nursing practice for older adults.
2. The ______is a registered nurse prepared in a graduate level geriatric program to provide a full range of health care services on the wellness-illness health care continuum at an advanced level to older adults, whose practice includes independent and interdependent decision making, and who is directly accountable for clinical judgments.
a) Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
b) Clinical Specialist in Gerontological Nursing (GCNS)
c) Geriatric Nurse Practitioner (GNP)
d) Adult Nursing Care Clinician (ANCC)
3. Level of education attained can affect an older person’s socioeconomic status. Those with more education tend to have more money, higher standards of living, and ______.
a) a larger social network
b) better relationships with their families
c) above-average health
d) move into assisted living facilities earlier
4. Why should nurses expect to care for relatively larger numbers of older people over the next decades?
______
5. What percentage of seniors reported that their health is good to excellent?
a) 12%
b) 28%
c) 56%
d) 72%
6. Older people who live alone are more likely to live in poverty. According to a 2008 study of the over-65 population, which group was most likely to be living alone?
a. Hispanic men
b. Asian women
c. Black men
d. White women
7. Describe Erikson’s stages of personality
8. Describe Free Radical Theory
9. What is elderspeak?
10. Describe communication obstacles faced by older adults