How does the concept of ageism portray older adults?
a. An inactive population of self-indulgent persons
b. A group that has opted to isolate themselves
c. Physically inept and nonproductive
d. An antisocial but active group
ANS: C
Ageism defines the older adult as physically inept, nonproductive, and essentially unattractive.
You might also like to view...
The nurse would perform direct auscultation by
a. listening to the patient with the unaided ear from some distance away. b. using an acoustic stethoscope. c. using a Doppler. d. using a digital stethoscope.
Scientific assumptions of the Roy Adaptation Model are based on
A. General systems theory and developmental theory. B. Adaptation-level theory and developmental theory. C. General systems theory and adaptation-level theory. D. Adaptation-level theory and cosmic theory.
When providing care to patients, nurses use evidence-based practice to avoid urinary tract infections whenever the insertion of a urinary catheter is performed by:
a. A UAP. b. An RN. c. An LPN. d. A senior nursing student.
The nurse is visiting an elderly patient who lives with his wife and daughter. He takes several daily medications, including antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, diuretics, and pain medication
The patient's wife states that he takes all of the pills in the morning and some at night. The nurse should examine the pills and suggest which of the following? a. Take the antiarrhythmics and antihypertensives together in the morning to prevent hypotension during sleep. b. Take the diuretics at bedtime. c. Increase the different types of pain medication to prevent addiction to one. d. Administer at bedtime medications that are likely to cause confusion.