Exam 7: Socioeconomic and Environmental Influences

An adult child of an older adult confides in the nurse that the patient has lost most of her friends because of her negative behavior.What action by the nurse is best?

An older patient appears to have few friends and little family.What action by the nurse is best?

Which patient is most likely to be seen at a clinic that services older adults who are at or below the poverty level?

A nurse working with older adults recognizes that the patient at greatest risk for homelessness is the:

An older adult is planning to move to an assisted living facility.What advice does the nurse provide to the adult children?

A 69-year-old patient who has both Medicare and long-term supplemental health care insurance shares with the nurse that he is in need of a visual examination as a follow-up after his cataract surgery.The nurse suggests that such treatment is most likely covered by:

The nurse is presenting an educational workshop at a senior center where most of the patients will be 75 years or older.What does the nurse consider about this population when designing the presentation?

A patient is not competent to manage financial affairs.What legal recourse does the older person have?

The nurse is addressing a senior citizens group that is composed of members who are 75 years of age and older.The nurse expects that the group will be primarily:

The nurse who works with veterans from the 1940s and 1950s knows that individuals in this cohort are more likely than older adults to:

When the traditional roles are blurred as an older married couple begins to experience personal disease and disability,there will most likely be:

An older woman lives alone.What action by the nurse is best to keep the patient from becoming a victim of crime?

A nurse volunteers at a facility that provides free lunches for older adults.To minimize the tendency of these patients to withdraw socially,the nurse:

Before becoming an effective advocate for the older adult patient,the nurse must:

A patient who grew up during the 1930s in an urban community has been prescribed several medications for a variety of chronic health issues.To help ensure medication compliance based on knowledge of this age cohort,the nurse:

An older couple is considering moving into a retirement community.What reaction by the nurse is best?

The nurse recognizes that health and wellness are better among the educated older adult population because they tend to:

When preparing an educational program focused on chronic illnesses that at least a third of the older adult population is likely to experience,the nurse includes information on which of the following? (Select all that apply. )

An adult daughter brings a patient to the gerontology clinic and reports that the patient has become increasingly withdrawn and no longer goes out during the day.What response by the nurse is best?

The nurse who volunteers at a community center for older people refers which people to the Supplemental Security Income office? (Select all that apply. )