ATI Gerontology Final Questions With Answers 2025/2026 Solved Update A nurse at a long term care facility is contributing to a plan for an older adult client who has dementia.
which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? - ANS-use photographs as
memory triggers
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with an older adult client who is healthy and has chronic constipation about
establishing a bowel retraining program. which of the following statements should the nurse include in the
teaching? - ANS-Increase the fiber content of your diet
A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has a terminal illness. the client tells the nurse " I just want to
live one more month so i can see my grand child get married" which of the following in Kubler-ross stages
of grief should the nurse identify the client is experiencing? - ANS-Bargaining
bargaining is the third stage of grief according to kubler-ross. bargaining represents a last effort at
overcoming death by earning longer life. trying to put off death for on last major celebration in the client's
life, like the marriage of a grandchild, is a form of bargaining
A nurse us reinforcing teaching with a client who is to start taking alendronate sodium. Which of the
following recommendation should the nurse include in the teaching? - ANS-Discontinue the medication if
you develop heartburn
A nurse is completing medication reconciliation for an older adult client who is receiving multiple
medications which of the following action should the nurse take first? - ANS-Ask the client about over the
counter medications
the nurse should apply the nursing process priority-setting framework. the nurse can use the nursing
process to plan client care and prioritize nursing actions. each step of the nursing process builds on the
previous step, beginning with assessment or data collection. before the nurse can formulate a plan of
action, implement a nursing intervention, or notify the provider of a change in the client's status, she must
first collect adequate data from the client. assessing or collecting additional data will provide the nurse with
knowledge to make an appropriate decision. when performing medication reconciliation, it is important that
the nurse collect a list of all the medications the client takes in order to compare the full list of medications
against any new medications the client will take the list should include prescriptions, over the counter
medications, and herbal and nutritional supplements.
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a group of healthy, older adult clients about age related changes and
sexual response. Which of the following changes should the nurse include as an age related change? -
ANS-Decreased vaginal lubrication
the nurse should inform the clients that a decreased in baginal secreations is an expected age-related
change in older adult female clients. vaginal dryness might result in painful intercourse, which clients can
manage with the use of water soluble lubricants during intercourse.