Final Exam: NUR163/ NUR 163 (NEW 2023/ 2024 Update) Concepts of Practical Nursing in the Care of Elderly Patients Exam Review| Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A – Hondros
Final Exam: NUR163/ NUR 163 (NEW 2023/
2024 Update) Concepts of Practical Nursing
in the Care of Elderly Patients Exam Review|
Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A –
Hondros
QUESTION
What does a physical therapist assess for?
Answer:
Gait, pain and ROM
QUESTION
If you have a patient who is bed bound what should you do?
Answer:
ROM, isometric exercises
QUESTION
What is a good exercise for a patient who have osteoporosis?
Answer:
Wight bearing exercise
QUESTION
If someone is in pain and you are trying to do something to improve the pain, what can you do?
Answer:
Find something that improves the pain by ASKING them
QUESTION
Orthostatic Hypotension
Answer:
When a person stands up, blood pressure drops, person could faint
QUESTION
What are interventions for orthostatic hypotension?
Answer:
Have patient stand up slowly, let patient sit on the side of the bed and dangle feet.
QUESTION
Intervention for someone experiancing shortness of breath?
Answer:
Encourage patient to take frequent breaks
QUESTION
What is polypharmacy?
Answer:
Multiple medications, multiple providers
QUESTION
What does polypharmacy increase the risk of?
Answer:
Falls
QUESTION
What is hypothermia?
Answer:
A core body temperature of 95 or lower
QUESTION
Why is the older adult at a increased risk for developing hypothermia?
Answer:
Normal changes in aging affect the body’s ability to regulate temperature. Changes in the skin
reduce the older person’s ability to perceive dangerously hot or cold environments. Decreased
muscle tissue, decreased fat and decreased metabolic rate affect the amount of heat produced and
retained in the body
QUESTION
What disease processes decrease heat production?
Answer:
Hypothyroidism, hypoglycemia, and malnutrition
QUESTION
What medications that decrease enviromental awareness to extreme temperatures….
Answer:
Barbiturates, tranquilizers, and antidepressants can increase risk of hypothermia.
QUESTION
Can alchohol increase the risk of hypothermia? If so, how?
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