week 3

Question 1

A patient has just got out of bed to go to the bathroom. As the nurse enters the room, the patient says, ‘I feel dizzy’. The nurse should:
Select one:
a. Assist the patient to lie or sit down
b. Go for help
c. Go and have a coffee break
d. Tell the patient to take deep breaths
e. Take the patient's BP

Answer 1

A patient has just got out of bed to go to the bathroom. As the nurse enters the room, the patient says, ‘I feel dizzy’. The nurse should:
Select one:
a. Assist the patient to lie or sit down*
b. Go for help
c. Go and have a coffee break
d. Tell the patient to take deep breaths
e. Take the patient’s BP

Question 2

You are working as a nurse works on a weekly basis with elderly patients in a aged care facility. Which of the following is the best statement made to patients in the older adult age group?
Select one:
a. ‘Continue to exercise your joints regularly to your tolerance level.’
b. ‘Your shoulder pain is normal for your age’
c. ‘Why don’t you begin walking about 5 kilometres a day, and we’ll evaluate how you feel next week?’
d. ‘Just keep on taking the pain killers that the Doctor has prescribed as there is nothing else you can do.’
e. ‘Try and get some more sleep.’

Answer 2

You are working as a nurse works on a weekly basis with elderly patients in a aged care facility. Which of the following is the best statement made to patients in the older adult age group?
Select one:
a. ‘Continue to exercise your joints regularly to your tolerance level.’*
b. ‘Your shoulder pain is normal for your age’
c. ‘Why don’t you begin walking about 5 kilometres a day, and we’ll evaluate how you feel next week?’
d. ‘Just keep on taking the pain killers that the Doctor has prescribed as there is nothing else you can do.’
e. ‘Try and get some more sleep.’

Question 3

In performing a physical assessment of an older adult, the nurse anticipates finding which of the following normal physiological changes of ageing?
Select one:
a. Increased audio pitch discrimination
b. Increased perspiration
c. Increased pulse rate
d. Increased airway resistance
e. Increased salivary secretions

Answer 3

In performing a physical assessment of an older adult, the nurse anticipates finding which of the following normal physiological changes of ageing?
Select one:
a. Increased audio pitch discrimination
b. Increased perspiration
c. Increased pulse rate
d. Increased airway resistance*
e. Increased salivary secretions

Question 4

The nurse preparing to discharge an 81-year-old patient from hospital knows that the majority of older adults:
Select one:
a. Require institutional care
b. Have no social or family support
c. Are unable to afford any medical care
d. Need others to make decisions for them
e. Are capable of taking charge of their own lives

Answer 4

The nurse preparing to discharge an 81-year-old patient from hospital knows that the majority of older adults:
Select one:
a. Require institutional care
b. Have no social or family support
c. Are unable to afford any medical care
d. Need others to make decisions for them
e. Are capable of taking charge of their own lives*

Question 5

There is an ageing population in Australia and New Zealand. The majority of older adults:
Select one:
a. Are demented
b. Lead happy and healthy lives
c. Are not productive and do not contribute to the workforce
d. Live in residential care
e. Are a burden on society

Answer 5

There is an ageing population in Australia and New Zealand. The majority of older adults:
Select one:
a. Are demented
b. Lead happy and healthy lives*
c. Are not productive and do not contribute to the workforce
d. Live in residential care
e. Are a burden on society

Question 6

An elderly resident of an aged-care home has recurrent wound infections. The nurse assesses the nutritional intake of this patient because
Select one:
a. Every knows that all residents in aged-care homes have poor nutrition
b. nutrition is vital to the patient’s overall health status
c. the patient’s food intake is likely to decrease as a result of the illness
d. wound healing and infection prevention are negatively affected by poor nutrition
e. the patient’s habits regarding food intake are directly related to this hospitalisation

Answer 6

An elderly resident of an aged-care home has recurrent wound infections. The nurse assesses the nutritional intake of this patient because
Select one:
a. Every knows that all residents in aged-care homes have poor nutrition
b. nutrition is vital to the patient’s overall health status
c. the patient’s food intake is likely to decrease as a result of the illness
d. wound healing and infection prevention are negatively affected by poor nutrition*
e. the patient’s habits regarding food intake are directly related to this hospitalisation

Question 7

What is the leading cause of hospitalisation in older adults?
Select one:
a. Acute illness
b. Cancer
c. Chronic illness
d. Pressure injuries
e. Falls

Answer 7

What is the leading cause of hospitalisation in older adults?
Select one:
a. Acute illness
b. Cancer
c. Chronic illness
d. Pressure injuries
e. Falls*

Question 8

A patient with a fractured hip joint has limited mobility and is at risk of impaired skin integrity. This is an example of:
Select one:
a. an at-risk nursing diagnosis
b. a physical examination
c. objective data
d. subjective data
e. an actual nursing diagnosis

Answer 8

A patient with a fractured hip joint has limited mobility and is at risk of impaired skin integrity. This is an example of:
Select one:
a. an at-risk nursing diagnosis*
b. a physical examination
c. objective data
d. subjective data
e. an actual nursing diagnosis

Question 9

The nurse recognises that older adults may have a different response to stress than do younger adults. For the older adult, the nurse is aware that:
Select one:
a. timing of stress-inducing events is not significant
b. it could kill them more easily
c. losses are more stress-provoking
d. anxiety disorders are most prevalent
e. psychosocial factors pose the greatest threats

Answer 9

The nurse recognises that older adults may have a different response to stress than do younger adults. For the older adult, the nurse is aware that:
Select one:
a. timing of stress-inducing events is not significant
b. it could kill them more easily
c. losses are more stress-provoking
d. anxiety disorders are most prevalent*
e. psychosocial factors pose the greatest threats

Question 10

Alcoholic hand rub removes more bacteria than handwashing with soap and water
Select one:
True
False

Answer 10

Alcoholic hand rub removes more bacteria than handwashing with soap and water
Select one:
True*
False