Exam 29: Appendix

The symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus are related to an abnormal accumulation of which of the following and are clinically distinguishable from those of other dementias?

If a person quits smoking, the risk of stroke after 5 years mirrors that of a nonsmoker.

What medication, in which treatment frequently lasts at least 6 months, is generally given to kill the TB bacteria?

Although nurses with undergraduate degrees may be involved in research in some facilities, such as posing a clinical inquiry or assisting with data collection, their basic preparation is aimed primarily at using research in practice.

Management of medications is not so different from other IADLs such as balancing a checkbook, planning to cook a meal, going to the grocery store, or doing the laundry.

Due to agitation, physical aggression, and combativeness, hyperactive delirium has a higher mortality rate than the hypoactive form.

There is some evidence to suggest that light to moderate alcohol consumption in older adults may reduce the risk of developing what medical condition?

Which fall risk assessment tool was found to be the best tool for assessing the risk of falls by hospitalized acutely ill older adults?

Most geriatricians recommend waiting for what time period after marketing of a new drug before using it in the elderly?

Older adults who present with what medical condition experience mild to moderate depressive symptoms that are present throughout most days over a 2-year period?

MASS, START, and SALT are all algorithm-based systems used to assist with which of the following during an emergency?

Disability is one of the strongest predictors of the need for nursing home admission in the older adult.

Which of the following medications would be appropriate for treating overflow incontinence in men that is the result of bladder neck obstruction from benign prostatic hypertrophy?

Which of the following differs from an advance directive in that it is designed to instruct emergency personnel on what actions to take while the patient is still at home before emergency treatment is given?

Which of the following factors has become exceedingly more crucial in the long-term care environment?

Polypharmacy is not always inappropriate for hospitalized patients or those living in nursing homes or assisted-living facilities.

Which of the following new technologies has been developed to help locate someone with dementia who has wandered from home?

What part of Medicare has a "doughnut hole" time of year when beneficiaries hit a maximum prescription coverage spending limit that stops their coverage but then picks up above a much higher amount?

Despite the findings of the SUPPORT study, some patients, families, and cultures choose the life-prolonging focus of care of a hospital death that is characteristic of which of the following?

Which of the following Braden scores would indicate that a patient is at very high risk at developing pressure ulcers?