Exam 9: Assessing the Older Adult: Whats Different

This predisposes to left ventricular stiffness and impaired diastolic filling:

Nurses can help reduce the injury component of aging by providing education and facilitating the maintenance of:

Mechanical alterations such as reduced cough reflex and a decline in ciliary function can cause:

The corneal curvature decreases with age which leads to the inability of the lens to compensate. In an older person, this can:

An increased risk for dehydration and electrolyte imbalance among older adults is most affected by which of the following systems?

Reduced hydrochloric acid in the stomach can result in a reduction in:

As adults age, a 50% reduction in erythropoietin production and a reduction in the dietary intake and absorption of iron, as well as co-morbid conditions such as diabetes, can affect:

Nurses must know these aspects of normal aging in order to correctly interpret the clinical findings and provide a holistic approach to health promotion and health care:

Sensorineural hearing loss involves high-frequency hearing loss and which of the following?

A more rapid and earlier decline in this can occur as a result of smoking, certain medications, and comorbid conditions such as Alzheimer's:

Which of these represents normal physiological changes of aging?

Which of the following, observed during a cardiovascular assessment, would reveal a normal variation as a result of an older adult's physiological changes?