Practice Question
Which of the following is a true statement about nutrition for older adults?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Transportation can be a critical factor in nutritional insufficiency in older adults.
Rationale:
🔸 Limited transportation access can prevent older adults from purchasing nutritious foods.
🔸 Many older adults may live alone or in rural areas without reliable transport.
🔸 This leads to dependency on others, which can reduce food choices.
🔸 It may result in meal skipping or reliance on processed food.
🔸 Nurses should assess for community support programs like Meals on Wheels.
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This question is from RN Custom ATI NURS146 Gero Exam 2 which contains 56 questions.
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A health care provider asks the nurse about an older adult client's durable power of attorney (POA) because consent is needed for a medically necessary invasive procedure. The client has end-stage disease, is intubated, and is on mechanical ventilation. Which steps should the nurse implement?
Answer Choices:
A. Assist with obtaining informed consent from the client.
B. Refer to the client's advance directive for a name.
C. Determine the client's inability to make reasonable decisions.
D. Use the oral trail-making test to measure cognitive function.
Which of the following statements is true about conservators?
Answer Choices:
A. Because a conservatorship is the least restrictive alternative, a court hearing is not required
B. The most legally restricting way individuals and property can be handled are through conservatorships and guardianships.
C. A conservatorship entails control over property, whereas a guardianship entails control over the person.
D. Conservators cannot be members of the conservative's (client's) family
Components to a cognitive assessment include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
Answer Choices:
A. Comprehensive assessment
B. Assessing for atypical presentation of Illness
C. Complete blood count
D. Differentiating delirium, dementia, and depression
As a nurse caring for a cognitively impaired older adult client, you need to observe for which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
Answer Choices:
A. Pointing to a grimacing face or crying
B. Staring off into space
C. Aggression
D. Agitation
E. Increased confusion
F. Decreased passivity
An older client's daughter asks a nurse the following: "I have heard about Pace programs and think that it might be a good option for my parent Can you tell me more about what the qualifications to be part of a Pace program are?" The nurse includes which of the following in her response to the family member? (Select all that apply.)
Answer Choices:
A. Participants in Pace programs must be able to perform their own ADLs Independently.
B. Participants in Pace programs must have been residents in a nursing home prior to enrollment in the Pace program.
C. Participants in Pace programs must be eligible for either Medicare or Medicaid.
D. Pace programs only provide service to individuals who are age 55 and over.
E. Pace programs provide services to individuals who meet the criteria for nursing home admission
Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Adult Health
- Answer Choices: 4