Exam 9: Perioperative Geriatrics

The perioperative nurse should not worry about the geriatric patient's hydration.

Which laboratory values are important to assess in the geriatric patient?

Which is an influence that helps shape the prototype of the older adult's place in society?

Self-care deficit is a common nursing diagnosis when assessing the preoperative geriatric surgical patient.

An older adult patient should be allowed to wear a hearing-assist device into the operating room.

A comorbidity is the existence of two or more diseases in one individual.

A decrease in estrogen production can increase the risk for osteoporosis and heart disease in women.

At what temperature can a geriatric patient be at risk for hypothermia?

What does the term geriatric mean?

What chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the fixation or fusion of a vertebral joint can cause age-related postures?

The perioperative nurse should asses the activity level of the patient.What should be considered?

Patients with diabetes mellitus can experience which surgical complication?

Which is one of the three influences that affect the way an individual ages?

Which is a negative myth of aging?

What theory suggests that the body loses its ability to keep pace with the maintenance of life processes?

It is important to assess for multiple vaginal births in an older adult female patient because that data could indicate

The perioperative nurse should gather data about the older adult patient's self-concept because

Life expectancy has increased with major advancements in the study of

Geriatric patients are at risk when positioning or moving them.

Some common findings seen when assessing an older adult patient's integumentary system might be