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HESI GERONTOLOGY EXAM

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1. A nurse is caring for an older adult client who was admitted to a longterm care facilityand requires total care. Which of the following is an

appropriate nursing action while providing mouth care?

Turn the client on his side before starting mouth care

2. A nurse is educating a group of assistive personnel about the care of

older adult clients.The nurse educator is including information about the

developmental tasks of older adults. Which of the following should the

nurse use as an example of a nursing action that best meets the

psychosocial tasks of older adults, according to Erikson?

-Providing the client’s opportunity to discuss their lives and losses

3. A nurse working in a community health center is completing an

assessment of an older adult female client. To which of the following

findings should the nurse give immediateaction?

- Rales in the bases

4. An older adult client with a moderate hearing loss seeks medical

attention in the clinic The nurse can best meet the needs of the hearingimpaired client by doing which of thefollowing?

Understanding that not all hearing-impaired clients communicate the same

way

5. A nurse is educating a group of older adult clients regarding their diet

choices. Which ofthe following diet modifications should the nurse

recommend to the older adult clients? Increased calcium older adults

have lost bone density and are prone to fractures; therefore, it is

appropriate to recommend a diet that is high in calcium.

6. A nurse is asked to speak to a group of healthy, older adult clients about

normal aging and sexual response. The nurse should include in the

discussion techniques to help the clients adapt to which of the

following?

Decreased vaginal lubrication older adult female pts may report painful

intercourserelated to vaginal narrowing and decreased vaginal secretions.

The nurse should suggestthe use of water-soluble lubricants with

intercourse to ameliorate the effects of these normal changes.

7. A nurse in a long term care facility is caring for an older adult client who has ben

giving a cane t assist with ambulation. Which of the following nursing actions puts

the client at

risk?

Placing the can on the side of the client's weak side

8. A nurse is caring for an 85 year old client. Which of the following

assessment findingsshould the nurse report to the provider

immediately?

-Cannot discriminate between hot and cold sensations below the knee of

the left extremity lack of feeling or sensation below the knee of the leg

can be a manifestationof poor circulation to that extremity