Exam 21: Living Well with Chronic Illness

A nurse is teaching a group of older adults about healthy aging. The nurse discusses global lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease. The nurse includes which of the following in the education? (Select all that apply.)

An older man who is a smoker is hospitalized for orthopedic surgery. A nurse takes the opportunity to provide smoking cessation education. The patient asks the nurse: "I have been smoking for most of my life, and I am an old man. Why are you wasting your time telling me to stop smoking? Isn't it too late?" The nurse bases the response on the knowledge that:

A nurse cares for an older adult who is described as being "frail." The nurse understands that in order to be characterized as frail an individual must possess which of the following characteristics? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for an older adult who is in the pre-trajectory phase of the Chronic Illness Trajectory. The nurse knows that this phase is characterized by which of the following:

The role of a nurse caring for an older patient who is in the stable phase of a chronic illness may include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is planning health education on chronic illnesses for a group of seniors in the community. When deciding upon which illnesses to focus upon, the nurse knows that which of the following are the most common diseases in the United States? (Select all that apply.)

A major difference in the diagnosis of chronic disease between younger adults and older adults is that: