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HESI EAQ gerontology Questions And Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers) Already Graded A+
- An older client with Alzheimer type dementia, consistently sleeps in a semi-Fowler
- Sacrum
- Scapulae
- Ischial spine
- Greater trochanter
position in bed. Which area of the client's body would the nurse consider a high risk for developing a pressure injury?
Correct Answer: 1. Sacrum
- Which intervention would the nurse include when developing a plan of care for an
- Explain to the client the details of the regimen.
- Demonstrate interest in the client's various likes and dislikes.
- Be firm when dealing with the client's attitudes and behaviors.
- Provide consistency in carrying out nursing activities for the client.
- Which finding in older adult clients is associated with aging?
- Decrease in height
- Decreased neck rigidity
- Increased fine-motor dexterity
- Increased range of motion (ROM)
older client with dementia?
Correct Answer: 4. Provide consistency in carrying out nursing activities for the client.
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Correct Answer: 1. Decrease in height
- While caring for an older adult client, which symptom would require an immediate
- Memory loss or confusion
- Neglect of self-care
- Increased daily fatigue
- Withdrawal from usual activities
reassessment of the client's needs and plan of care?
Correct Answer: 1. Memory loss or confusion
- Which initial nursing intervention would the nurse take for an older adult with
- Instructing the client to be quiet
- Allowing the client to act out until fatigue sets in
- Guiding the client from the room by gently holding the client's arm
- Giving the client one simple direction at a time in a firm, low-pitched voice
- Which theory proposes that older adults experience a shift from a materialistic to
- Activity theory
- Continuity theory
- Disengagement theory
- Gerotranscendence theory
delirium who begins acting out while in the dayroom?
Correct Answer: 4. Giving the client one simple direction at a time in a firm, low-pitched voice
cosmic view of the world?
Correct Answer: 4. Gerotranscendence theory
- Which type of bone tumor occurs most commonly in elderly clients?
- Endochroma
- Osteosarcoma
- Chondrosarcoma
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- Osteochondroma
Correct Answer: 3. Chondrosarcoma
- The nurse is preparing to teach a community health program for senior citizens.
- Increased skin elasticity and an increase in testosterone production
- Impaired fat digestion and an increase in pepsin production
- Increased blood pressure and decreased cardiac output
- An increase in body warmth and some swallowing difficulties
Which physical findings would the nurse include that are typical in older adults?
Correct Answer: 3. Increased blood pressure and decreased cardiac output
- Which characteristic of a therapeutic milieu would the nurse consider important for
- Sets limits
- Has variety
- Is group oriented
- Allows freedom of expression
a confused older adult with socially aggressive behavior?
Correct Answer: 1. Sets limits
- Which psychosocial health concern involves accepting descriptive statements
- Reminiscence
- Reality orientation
- Validation therapy
- Therapeutic communication
stated by a confused older client?
Correct Answer: 3. Validation therapy
- Which are extrinsic factors responsible for falls in older adults? Select all that
- Impaired vision
- Cognitive impairment
apply.
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- Environmental hazards
- Inappropriate footwear
- Improper use of assistive devices
- Which action would the nurse take for an older client with Alzheimer disease who
- Shut the client's door during the night.
- Apply a vest restraint when the client is in bed.
- Leave a dim light on in the client's room at night.
- Administer the client's prescribed as-needed sedative medication.
Correct Answer: 3, 4, 5 (Environmental hazards, Inappropriate footwear, Improper use of assistive devices)
sleeps very little and becomes more disoriented from sleep deprivation?
Correct Answer: 3. Leave a dim light on in the client's room at night.
- The nurse is performing a male reproductive system assessment of an older adult
- Asymmetrical testes
- Reduced size of testes
- Absence of pubic hair
- Foreskin that is difficult to retract
client. The nurse expects which age-related finding?
Correct Answer: 2. Reduced size of testes
- Which age-related effects on the immune system occur in the older client?
- Increased autoantibodies
- Increased expression of IL-2 receptors
- Increased delayed hypersensitivity reaction
- Increased primary and secondary antibody responses
Correct Answer: 1. Increased autoantibodies
- Which is the purpose of block and parish nursing?
- To provide services to older clients
