What is false. The learning process is an active process.
100
Misunderstanding, lack of cooperation, and negative health outcomes may occur if the nurse is not aware of the patients what?
What are values?
100
This is a commonly used cognition assessment tool
What is the Mini Mental State Exam?
100
T/F
Health promotion is more important for the older adult to prevent diseases that could easily lead to a sudden decline in their overall health.
What is false? Health promotion is just as important for older adults as it is for others.
100
T/F
Intelligence used for flexibility in thinking and problem solving in older adults remains intact.
What is false? This intelligence known as fluid intelligence declines as you age.
200
This is known as acquiring knowledge, attitudes, or skills.
What is Learning?
200
In order for a patient to be willing to participate in their plan of care they must accept what?
What is their therapeutic regimen?
200
This memory is more vulnerable in an aging adult.
What is short term memory?
200
This percentage of people older than 65 have one or more chronic illness and many are limited in their activity.
What is 80%?
200
T/F
Most older adults are not health conscious, view their health negatively, and are not willing to adopt practices that will improve their well being.
What is false?
300
Examples of these include books, pamphlets, pictures, films, slides, audiotapes, models, programmed instruction, charts, or computer assisted learning modules.
What are teaching aids?
300
This should be presented in the form of positive reinforcement when the learner is successful and in the form of constructive suggestions for improvement when the learner is unsuccessful.
What is feedback?
300
This body system causes older adults to be slower to respond and react, and learning takes longer
What is the nervous system?
300
This must be assessed to help the older adult compensate for age related changes.
What are strengths and weaknesses?
300
T/F
Emotional readiness refers to past experiences that influence a person's ability to learn.
What is false? Experiential readiness refers to past experiences that influence a person's ability to learn.
400
When would the learning environment not be suitable for teaching? (Environmental factors only)
What is extreme room temp, dim lighting, high noise level?
400
List the three types of learning disabilities.
What are input disability, output disability, and developmental disability?
400
This type of intelligence is used for flexibility in thinking and problem solving.
What is fluid intelligence?
400
Many admissions to nursing homes and hospitals are associated with this.
What is nonadhereance?
400
Explaining noises associated with procedures, equipment, and treatments and use of covering information to auditory and tactile formats are educational strategies for which kind of impairment?
What is visual impairment?
500
Successful learning results in-
List 2 of 4.
What is 1)improved self care management skills
2)enhanced self esteem
3)confidence
4)willingness to learn in the future
500
Name at least 2 educational strategies for someone who has a physical, emotional, or cognitive disability.
What are 1)Adapt information to accommodate the person's disabilities 2)Give clear written and oral information 3)Highlight significant information for easy reference OR 4)Avoid Medical terminology or "jargon"
500
This type of intelligence is gained through education and lifelong experiences.
What is crystallized intelligence?
500
This needs to be assessed by a nurse in order to identify if an older adult has the ability to draw inference, apply information, and understand the information.
What is cognitive ability?
500
When would teaching be contraindicated for a patient?
(Only patient factors)
What is fatigue, pain, uncomfortable, anxious or when visitors are present?