History, wellness/continuum and communication

For the older adult patient with dysphagia, which intervention is appropriate to use during mealtimes?

A condition that causes difficulty swallowing. Possible interventions include, avoiding liquids, positioning and verbal coaching

The nurse is trying to interview a patient who is very hard of hearing. What strategy would the nurse try first?

Who championed the rights and comforts of soldiers; organized diet kitchens, laundries, and ambulance service

During late adulthood ___ Older adults try to make sense out of their lives, either seeing life as meaningful and whole or despairing at goals never reached and questions never answered.

_____ describes prejudice against older adults.

When communicating with a patient who has expressive aphasia, which communication strategy is the nurse most likely to use?

Adult members function as equals. As is often true in other types of families, children are treated with respect and recognized as individuals

Using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the nurse gives priority to which problem?

The following facts about assertive communication are true except:

Sensorimotor involves all of the following EXCEPT

Which nursing action reflects Florence Nightingale’s vision of how to improve patient care?

______inability to recognize or interpret the verbal message being received.

The patient retired years ago. He was very involved with community, family, and friends, but now appears content to spend more time alone and others support his privacy. Which theory of aging most directly explains his behavior?

What type of eye contact would be best to use if the nurse is trying to involve the patient in a discussion about sexuality without being threatening or intimidating?

Due to age-related changes to the skin, to prevent pressure sores, what action should the nurse implement?

Piaget's _________ thought uses systematic, scientific problem-solving approach

The patient reports that nocturia usually occurs once each night, but recently the urge has increased to 4-5 times. What would the nurse suggest as the first measure?

Who developed the American Red Cross in 1881

All of the following nurse-patient interaction usually occurs in the "personal zone" of space surrounding the patient EXCEPT

How many mL per day, should the older adult consume?

_____ family pattern with relationships that are unequal and parents attempt to control the children with strict rigid rules and expectations

According to Erickson, school age children eagerly learn to be competent and productive or feel inferior and unable to do any task well

When the child focuses on the use of language as a tool to meet needs, the child has the emerging ability to think.

forces that can injure small blood vessels by sliding on a rough surface

According to Maslow's Model of Health and Illness, Physiologic involves all of the following EXCEPT:

When communicating with an older adult, what would the nurse do?

_____ programs often have higher standards and seek voluntary review from an organization

Age-related changes in vision affecting farsightedness resulting from a loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye is called?

the adult male (or males) of the family assumes the dominant role. The adult male member functions in the work role, is responsible for control of finances