NUR 2214 / NUR2214: Nursing Care of the Older Adult Quiz 1 Review Latest Update Rasmussen College

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NUR 2214 Nursing Care of the Older Adult Quiz 1 1. What are significant indicators of poverty? - Gender - Race 2. Older women have a poverty rate significantly higher than older men... (TRUE OR FALSE). - 3. Higher percentage of aging African Americans and Hispanics are poor, compared with the percentage of whites (TRUE OR FALSE). - 4. Most adults over 65 have? - 5. Three leading causes of death among older adults are? - 6. Ageism - 7. Nurses in a variety of settings and roles - 8. Gerontologic nursing content should? - 9. Evidence-based practice has? - 10. Generalist nurse - 11. Gerontologic clinical nurse specialist - 12. Adult gerontologic acute care nurse practitioner - 13. Old age is NOT ....... - 14. Even older persons with disease, disability, or both may be considered - 15. Percentage of deaths that are caused by heart disease, lung cancer, COPD, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, kidney disease, influenza/pneumonia, and suicide. - 16. 75% of deaths that are caused by - 17. What factors have influenced the development of gerontologic nursing roles? - 18. What age us widely accepted and used for reporting demographic statistics about older persons? - 19. does turning 65 does automatically mean a person is "old."? - 20. Nurses are cautioned against thinking what? - 21. Adults 65 or older currently represent what percentage of total population in the US? - 22. most demographic data places all adults over 65 into a? - 23. The most rapid and dramatic growth for the older adult population in the United States to date is occurring? - 24. About ______of persons older than 65 live in long-term care facilities, but the percentage _________________________ with _________________. - [Show More]

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