.png){kind=logo}
HESI GERONTOLOGY EXAM â– 3 LATEST VERSIONS â– 100% CORRECT â– RATED: 100% 5 STAR COMPLETE GUIDE FOR HESI GERONTOLOGY EXAM
HESI GERONTOLOGY EXAM
VERSION 1
1. A nurse is caring for an older adult client who was admitted to a longterm care facilityand requires total care. Which of the following is an
appropriate nursing action while providing mouth care?
Turn the client on his side before starting mouth care
2. A nurse is educating a group of assistive personnel about the care of
older adult clients.The nurse educator is including information about the
developmental tasks of older adults. Which of the following should the
nurse use as an example of a nursing action that best meets the
psychosocial tasks of older adults, according to Erikson?
-Providing the client’s opportunity to discuss their lives and losses
3. A nurse working in a community health center is completing an
assessment of an older adult female client. To which of the following
findings should the nurse give immediateaction?
- Rales in the bases
4. An older adult client with a moderate hearing loss seeks medical
attention in the clinic The nurse can best meet the needs of the hearingimpaired client by doing which of thefollowing?
Understanding that not all hearing-impaired clients communicate the same
way
5. A nurse is educating a group of older adult clients regarding their diet
choices. Which ofthe following diet modifications should the nurse
recommend to the older adult clients? Increased calcium older adults
have lost bone density and are prone to fractures; therefore, it is
appropriate to recommend a diet that is high in calcium.
6. A nurse is asked to speak to a group of healthy, older adult clients about
normal aging and sexual response. The nurse should include in the
discussion techniques to help the clients adapt to which of the
following?
Decreased vaginal lubrication older adult female pts may report painful
intercourserelated to vaginal narrowing and decreased vaginal secretions.
The nurse should suggestthe use of water-soluble lubricants with
intercourse to ameliorate the effects of these normal changes.
7. A nurse in a long term care facility is caring for an older adult client who has ben
giving a cane t assist with ambulation. Which of the following nursing actions puts
the client at
risk?
Placing the can on the side of the client's weak side
8. A nurse is caring for an 85 year old client. Which of the following
assessment findingsshould the nurse report to the provider
immediately?
-Cannot discriminate between hot and cold sensations below the knee of
the left extremity lack of feeling or sensation below the knee of the leg
can be a manifestationof poor circulation to that extremity
.png)