HLTH 1032 Finial Exam Review

HLTH 1032 Finial Exam Review

By Sarah MacLellan

Multiple Select

Which of the following organ systems is a system of elimination?

• Nervous system

• Integumentary system

• Digestive system

• Cardiovascular system

• Unrinary System

Multiple Choice

In order to help regulate temperature each hair follicle has a small bundle of smooth muscle connected to it that contracts and pulls the follicle, causing the hair to stand up. What is muscle called?

• Arrector muscle

• Contracting Pili

• Arrector pili

• Follicle contrating muscle

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Urticaria is also known as

Multiple Choice

What skin condition is usually caused after exposure to a skin irritant or allergy?

• Hives

• Impedigo

• Swelling

• Dermatitis

Multiple Choice

Oil glands help the body regulate temperature and Sweat glands inhibit the growth of bacteria on the surface of the skin

• True

• False

•Oil glands lie near hair shafts and the secrete an oily substance into the space near the hair shaft.

•Oil travels to the skin’s surface, helping keep hair and skin soft and shiny, and also inhibits the growth of bacteria on the surface of the skin

•Sweat glands help the body regulate temperature

•Sweat consists of water, salt, and a small amount of waste

•Sweat is secreted through pores in the skin and the body is cooled as sweat evaporates

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​Sweat glands

Oil glands

Multiple Select

Which of the following skin conditions are contagious?

• Impedigo

• Urticaria

• Scabies

• Psoriasis

Multiple Choice

_____ is a viral infection causing a painful rash of raised

 

blisters, which can occur anywhere on the body, usually on one side

• Chicken Pox

• Impedigo

• Shingles

• Chronic Dermititis

Multiple Select

It is important to assess your clients skin for any groths that could be cancerous. Which of the following are signs that a groth is cancer

• The growth is symmetrical

• The growth is multiple colours

• The growth is larger than a pencil eraser

• The growth has fuzzy, jagged edged

The ABCDE Rule

A for Asymmetry - Normal moles or freckles are typically symmetrical. If you were to draw a line through the center, you would have two symmetrical halves. In cases of skin cancer, spots will not look the same on both sides. (Shape alone doesn’t suggest a malignancy, since some birthmarks will irregular in shape, but is certainly one of the features doctors look for when identifying skin cancers.)

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B for Border - Moles, spots, or “beauty marks" are typically round and of no cause for concern. Those with a blurry and/or jagged edge can be a sign of a cancerous or pre-cancerous growth.

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C for Color - A mole that has more than one color should be considered suspicious. Normal moles and spots, by contrast, are usually one color. Color changes can include the darkening of a spot (sometimes to dark purple to black) or a lightening in certain parts of the growth.

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D for Diameter - If a growth is larger than a pencil eraser (about 1/4 inch or 6mm), it needs to be checked by a doctor. This includes areas of skin that do not have any other abnormalities in terms of color, border, or asymmetry.

This is not to suggest that smaller growths don't warrant investigation — including skin tags (acrochordons) — but those over 1/4 inches will always be of particular concern.

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E for Elevation - Elevation means that the mole or growth is raised and has an uneven surface. It is both the irregularity of the surface and changes in size that should raise the red flag, particularly if the growth different from any other blemish on the body.

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E for Evolving - When a mole changes in size, shape, or colour, or begins to bleed or scab. This is a sign the growth is cancerous.

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Multiple Choice

This is an example of what type of fracture?

• Simple

• Compound

​There are two main classes of fractures:

•Closed – simple fracture

•Open – compound fracture

Types of

Fractures

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Multiple Choice

Hip fractures are common in:

• Older adults

• Clients in traction

• Older women

• A and C

Multiple Select

After having hip surgery there are many precautions your client will need to take while mobilizing. Which of the following are true

• Do not bend hip above 90 degrees

• Dont cross legs when sitting

• Bend slowly when reaching below waist level

• Dont rotate legs when standing

• Dont sleep with pillows

​Hip Precautions

Multiple Select

What are the three types of muscule tissues that make up the human body?

• Skeletal

• Cardiac

• Cranial

• Hard

• Smooth

​•Skeletal (voluntary) – e.g.: biceps, anything attached to bone

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•Smooth (involuntary) -  e.g.:

stomach, intestines, blood vessels, heart

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•Cardiac (involuntary) – only found in the heart

​3 Types of Muscle Tissue

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Lack of movement can cause a decrease instrength and muscke wasting. What is this called?

Multiple Choice

Tendons connect muscle to bone, whereas ligaments connect bone to bone

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Osteoprosis is a disorder that causes the bone to become porous and brittle. It is common in older adults, especially women afer menopause, Why?

• It is related to their chromosomes

• It is only relaterd to their advace in age

• Men just have stronger bones

• Decrease in estrogen levels contribute to osteoporosis

•Turning in bed or getting up from a chair can cause a fracture.

•Fractures are a great risk if the person falls or has an accident.

Fractures are common

•Low back pain

•Gradual loss of height

•Stooped posture​

​Signs & Symptoms

Osteoporosis

Protect the client from falls, and turn and reposition the person gently.

Multiple Choice

Gout is a metabolic arthritis that is caused by an accumulation of what in the blood stream?

• Phosphates

• Billirubin

• Uric Acid

• Amino Acids

Gout

•It is caused by an accumulation of uric acid in the cartilage of a joint especially the tendons

•It usually affects the big toe first

•Signs and symptoms severe and sudden pain, swelling, redness, warmness, stiffness of the joint, low grade fever

•Treatment   pain medication and anti-inflammatory drugs

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Multiple Choice

When working with a cleint who has fibromuyalgia, it is important for a HCA to do all of the following EXCEPT:

• Empathize and encourage them to accept the treatments indicated on their care plans

• Understand that fatigue and sleep disturbances makes even simple tasks difficult for our clients

• Tell the client to pray to god to cure her illness

• Heat and cold applications, massage, and regular stretching and ROM exercises are helpful

Multiple Choice

You can assist the person with congestive heart faluire by:

• Adding salt to their diet

• Encouraging fluids

• Measuring weight weekly

• Applying elastic stockings

Multiple Choice

Risk factors for stroke include:

• Seizures

• Slow pulse

• Memory loss

• High Blood pressure

Multiple Choice

Which is a sign of hypoglycemia?

• Rapid, weak pluse

• Dry Itchy skin

• Sweating

• Sweet breath odour

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a sign or symptom of a urinary tract infection?

• Dysuria

• Foul-smelling urine

• severe, cramping in the back and side, just below the ribs

• hematuria

Multiple Choice

What precautions are followed when caring for a client with HIV/AIDS

• Sterile technique

• Droplet precautions

• Contact precautions

• Standard practices

Multiple Choice

The most common symptom of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is

• Heartburn

• Dysphagia

• Sour taste in the mouth

• Bad Breath

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a viral infection causing a painful rash of raised blisters?

• Urticaria

• Dermatitis

• Psoriasis

• Shingles

Multiple Choice

A serious and life-threatening complication of influenza is:

• Fever

• pneumonia

• Muscle aches

• Cough

Multiple Choice

Which statement about nervous system changes due to aging is true?

• Nerve conduction is faster

• Sensitivity to pain increases

• Blood flow to the brain is reduced

• Vision and hearing increase

​Growth and Development

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Multiple Choice

What stroke is illustrated in this picture

• Ischemic Stroke

• Hemorrhagic

• due to weakened blood vessels resulting in bleeding the brain-

​Hemorrhagic

A blocked blood vessel causes lack of bloodflood to affected areas of the brain

​Ischemic

Strokes

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After a client has a stoke, what could be a potential complication?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following involves the demyelination of neurons?

• Parkinson's Disease

• Huntington's Disease

• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

• (ALS)

  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best discribes this picture?

• Parkinson's Disease

• Huntington's Disease

• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

• (ALS)

  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is characterized by progressive loss of motor neurons, resulting in weakness and atrophy of the muscles

• Parkinson's Disease

• Huntington's Disease

• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

• (ALS)

  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an Inherited Neurological disorder, meaning it is only a genetic disorder?

• Parkinson's Disease

• Huntington's Disease

• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

• (ALS)

  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following Neurological condition has a cure?

• Parkinson's Disease

• Huntington's Disease

• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

• (ALS)

  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

• None

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What is the medical term for high blood pressure

Multiple Choice

What is a normal blood pressure?

• 80/20

• 100/60

• 120/80

• 140/100

• Stroke – Cerebral Vascular Accident

• Heart Attack – Myocardial Infarction (MI)

• Kidney failure

• Blindness

​Complications

• Headache

• Blurred vision

• Dizziness

• May not cause any signs and symptoms – often person does not know that they have high blood pressure

​Signs and symptoms

Hypertension

Multiple Choice

Which of the following choices is a cardiac condition and also a symptom of the other choices listed?

• Coronary Artery Disease

• Angina Pectoris

• Myocardial Infarction

• Congestive Heart Faluire

• Chest pain, tightness, heaviness, or pressure in the left side of the chest

• Pain may radiate to other site

• May be pale, feel faint and perspire

• Dyspnea common

• Rest often relieves symptoms in 3-15 min., as it reduces the need for oxygen

​Signs and Symptoms

• Chest pain from reduced blood flow to a part of the heart muscle caused by CAD

• Occurs when the heart muscle needs more oxygen

• Physical exertion is the common trigger

​What is it?

Angina Pectoris

Multiple Choice

Which of the following cardiac conditions can be classified as left sided or right sided

• Coronary Artery Disease

• Angina Pectoris

• Myocardial Infarction

• Congestive Heart Faluire

Blood is unable to be pumped out of the right side of the heart into the lungs: therefore blood backs up into the body and isn't oxygenated​

​Right-sided

​Blood is unable to be pumped out of the left side of the heart and to the body; therefore blood back up into the lungs

​Left-sided

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

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Multiple Choice

An MI can be treated with nitroglycerine?

• True

• False

​Myocardial Infarction

• Caused by lack of lack of blood supply to the heart muscle

• Causes:

  • Atherosclerosis

  • thrombus or embolism

• Signs & Symptoms

  • Sudden chest pain crushing, stabbing, or squeezing

  • Pressure, fullness, or burning in the chest

  •  Pain that is not relieved by rest and nitroglycerine

  • Indigestion

  • Shortness of breath

  • Nausea or vomiting

  • Weak and irregular pulse

  • Fear and anxiety; a feeling of doom (disaster)

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements about Growth and Development are true? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• G & D starts from the moment of fertilization until death

• G & D occurs in a sequence, order, and pattern

• Certain develop­mental tasks must be completed during each stage

• No stage can be skipped, as each stage lays the foundation for the next stage

Multiple Choice

Rapid physical, psychological, and social growth occur in this development in this stage. which also includes the newborn stage

• Infancy

• Toddlerhood

• Preschool

• Middle Childhood

Multiple Choice

Which newborn reflex is shown in this image:

• Moro Reflex

• Rooting Reflex

• Sucking Reflex

• Grasping Reflex

Multiple Choice

Which newborn reflex is shown in this image:

• Moro Reflex

• Rooting Reflex

• Sucking Reflex

• Grasping Reflex

Multiple Choice

Which newborn reflex is shown in this image:

• Moro Reflex

• Rooting Reflex

• Sucking Reflex

• Grasping Reflex

Multiple Choice

Which newborn reflex is shown in this image:

• Moro Reflex

• Rooting Reflex

• Sucking Reflex

• Grasping Reflex

Multiple Choice

Around what age do infants usually have some bottom teeth and starts trying foods

• 2 months

• 6 months

• 10 months

• 1 year

Multiple Choice

When do infants usually start crawling?

• Babies can crawl straight out of the womb

• 3-4 months

• 9-10 months

• 1 year

Multiple Choice

Developmental tasks for infancy are learning to walk, talk, and communicate with others

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A child in which developmental stage might struggle with seperation from their caregiver?

• Infancy

• Toddlerhood

• Middle Childhood

• Late Childhood (Preadolescence)

The Terrible Twos

• Play ability increases in this stage, and the 2 year old plays alongside other children but does not usually play with them.

  • parallel play.

• ​Can be very possessive and does not yet understand the word sharing

  • Uses the word “mine”

• Temper tantrums and saying “no” are common for toddlers.

• Temper tantrums are the child's way of asserting independence, and there can be many power struggles between child and caregiver

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Multiple Choice

You are caring for a 5 year old client Sam. Sam has an imaginary friend who plays with him; They like to explore, make crafts, and build with block. What Erikson's Stage is Sam in right now?

• Autonomy vs. Doubt

• Initiative vs. Guilt

• Identity vs Role Confusion

• Trust vs. Mistrust

Multiple Choice

Developmental tasks for _______ are iperforming self-care activities, learning about the differences between the genders and identifying with a gender, distinguishing right from wrong, and learning to play with others.

• Infancy

• Toddlerhood

• Preschool

• Middle Childhood

Developmental Tasks For Preschoolers

Better able to communicate

Perform self-care activities

Know difference between genders, developing sexual modesty

Right from wrong, good from bad

Play with others

Develop family relationships

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As children progress from middle childhood to late childhood, their peers opinions start to matter more than their parents opinion?

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Developmental tasks of middle childhood include:

• include acquiring the social and physical skills needed for physical games

• behaviours and attitudes nor­mative to one’s gender;

• Rapid growth in both hight and weight

• Learn basic reading, writing, and math skills

Multiple Choice

Preadolescence children are expencted to show more maturity than in middle childhood

• True

• False

​Late Childhood

• Peer groups are the centre of activities

• Children prefer friends of the same gender

• Interest in the opposite sex begins

• These children are aware of the mistakes and faults of adults

• Parents are needed for the child’s development

• Parents and children disagree

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Adolescence is characterized by the onset of what?

​Developmental Tasks for Adolencence

• Accepting changes in the body and appearance

• Developing relationships with male/female of the same age

• Accepting male/female role appropriate for age

• Becoming independent from parents and adults

• Developing morals, attitudes, and values

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Multiple Select

Which of the following occur in both girls and boys during puberty?

• Hair growth on body

• Emotional Changes

• Voice Deepens

• Menstration

​Adolescence

• Growth spurt occurs 

• Considered “awkward stage” – find changes in physical appearance hard to accept

• Concern with weight – may try various diets

• Intense emotions – highs and lows 

• Dating begins – “crowd dates”

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Multiple Choice

Erikson's Adolencent stage is called what?

• Competence vs. Inferiorty

• Identity vs. Role confusion

• Autonomy vs. Doubt

• Intimacy vs. Isolation

Multiple Choice

In young adulthood, there is more growth happening than development?

• True

• False

​Young Adulthood

• Most adults marry at least once

• Some choose to remain single

• Gay and lesbian persons may commit to a partner

• Couples can plan when to have children and how many children to have

• Parents must:

  • Agree on child-rearing practices and discipline methods

  • Adjust to the child and to the child’s needs for parental time, energy, and attention

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Multiple Select

Which of the following are physical changes that occur in middle adulthood?

• Grey Hair

• Mensuration starts

• Energy and metabolism Increase

• Menopause starts

• Hearing loss

Multiple Choice

What Erikson's Stage of Development is middle adulthood?

• 7

  Intimacy vs. Isolation

• 8

  Ego Identity vs. Despair

• 7

  Generativity vs. Stagnation

• 6

  Generativity vs. Stagnation

Multiple Select

How can you support healthy developoment in the Generativity vs. Stagnation stage?

• Encourage the client to volunteer with a charity orginization

• Encourage the client to be a mentor

• Praise the client when they complete a task

• Encourage the client to retire

LATE ADULTHOOD (65 YEARS AND OLDER

Adjust to decreased physical strength

Adjust to retirement and reduced income

Coping with a partner’s death

Developing new friendships

Preparing for one’s own death

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How can you support a client's development in the 8th Erikon's Stage,

Ego Identity vs. Despair

• Listen to the client's story

• Discourage the client from telling stories

• Help maintain the client's independence

• Encourage them to start working to keep busy

Multiple Choice

A nurse caring for older adults in a long-term care facility encourages an older adult to reminisce about past life events. This life review, according to Erikson, is demonstrating what developmental stage of the later adult years?

• Ego Integrity

• Generativity

• Intamacy

• Initiative

Multiple Choice

When talking about death and caring for a dying client, ______ is the care given and _____ is the place where this care is given

• Hospice , Palliative

• Palliative , Hospice

​The WHO provides goals for care:

• Relief from pain and other distressing symptoms

• Affirms life and regards dying as  a normal process

• Intends neither to hasten or postpone death

• Integrates psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care

• Offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death

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How many trajectories of death are there?

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​Sudden Death

• Approximately 10% of people in Canada die suddenly with no warning. The person and family have no indication that death will happen

  Examples of sudden deaths are heart attacks, strokes, and accidental deaths (such as vehicle accident, natural events, sports like mountain climbing)

• This may be particularly difficult for loved ones as they haven’t had time to prepare or say goodbye

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​Steady Decline

• The dying person has a steady decline in health and ability to function in the last 6 months of life

• In this case, the person may have time to look after their affairs, make final arrangements and say goodbye to their loved ones

• This pattern accounts for less than 20% of deaths and is common for those with cancer

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​Stuttering Decline (The Roller Coaster)

• The dying person has periods of declining health, alternating with periods of recovery. Families who have experienced this liken it to being on a roller coaster.

• The person may have complications related to their chronic health condition, suffer a fall, or get an infection, recover from each event, only to have another decline

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​Slow Decline

• This trajectory happens over years. The dying person experiences changes in health (declines and recoveries) but the changes are subtle. The ups and downs are not as steep as with a “stuttering decline”.

• Caregivers or loved ones may notice the small changes but they are not always noticeable to everyone. Caregivers are at risk for fatigue and burnout since this decline may last for years in some casesAs a result, a person dying with dementia may die in long-term care facilities.

• Examples of this trajectory are Parkinson’s Disease, Dementia-Related Illnesses and frailties.

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Multiple Select

Which trajectories of death account for 70% of deaths

• Sudden Death

• Steady Decline

• Stuttering Decline

• Slow Decline

Multiple Select

Which of the following provide pain releif and comfort for a dying client?

• Pain medication

• Soft music and relaxation tools

• Skin and mouth care

• Back massages

Multiple Choice

True or False: Frequent position changes, good body alignment, and supportive devices promote comfort.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Eye and vision care are not really needed in pallitive care

• True

• False

​Eye

Care

• Vision blurs and gradually fails.

• The client may find a darkened room frightening.

  Bright lights and glares should be avoided.

  Explain what you are doing.

  Secretions may collect in the corners of the client’s eyes, so ease discomfort by providing eye care.

  Follow the care plan for applying protective ointment and moist pads to the client’s eyes.

Multiple Choice

You should always assume that the client can hear, and continue to introduce yourself and give explanations and reassurance about the care you are giving.

• True

• False

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If the client is having difficulty speaking, ask open ended questions to help improve the communication

• True

• False

• The client’s speech may become hard to understand.

• Anticipate clients’ needs.

• Ask “yes” or “no” questions, and avoid asking questions that require long answers.

• Do not tire the client with questions, but do talk to the client.

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Multiple Select

As a client moves towards death, which of the following changes take place:

• Peristalsis speeds up

• Loss of movement, muscle tone, and sensation

• Failure of circulation

• Skin appears normal

​Signs of Death

• Loss of movement, muscle tone, and sensation

• Slowing of peristalsis and other digestive functions 

• Failure of circulation: mottled appearance

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​Signs of Death

• Fixed, dilated pupils

• Excessive fatigue and sleep 

• Changes in eating 

• Social withdrawal 

• Coolness in the tips of the fingers and toes 

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Multiple Choice

What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?

• Normal breathing

• A dry cough

• A wet, gurgling sound

• Rapid deep breathing

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Bonus! Cheyne-Stokes repirations is also known as what?

Multiple Select

What are the physical signs of death?

• Absence of pulse

• Absence of breathing

• normal blood pressure

• no blood pressure

Multiple Select

What is included in the central nervous system?

• Brain

• Cranial nerves

• Spinal cord

• Spinal nerves

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Which side of the brain controls the left side of the body?

• Controls the left side of the body 

• Musical and artistic abilities 

• Perception of space and patterns 

• Recognition of faces, and the emotions being expressed 

• Understanding of emotions expressed in language 

• Identifying and comparing of different odours 

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​Right Hemisphere

• Controls the right side of the body 

• Reasoning 

• Skills involving numbers 

• Scientific abilities 

• Use and understanding of sign language 

• Spoken and written language

​Left Hemisphere

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Multiple Choice

How many lobes is the cerebrum devided into?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Multiple Choice

Which lobe of the cerebrum is responcible for voluntary movements of muscles?

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

Multiple Choice

Which lobe of the cerebrum is responcible for vision and visual recognition of objects?

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

Multiple Choice

Which lobe of the cerebrum is responcible for touch, pressure, and teperature?

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

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Which lobe of the cerebrum is responcible for judgement, reasoning, and intelligence?

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

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Which lobes of the cerebrum is responcible for interperating speech and recognizing words

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

Multiple Choice

Which lobe of the cerebrum is responcible for recognizing diffrent faces and sounds?

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

Multiple Choice

Which lobe of the cerebrum is responcible for creating memories of objects so we can regognize it by shape and feel?

• Frontal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

Multiple Choice

The limbic system is part of the cerebrum and controls memory and emotions

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Which of the following are changes that occur with aging in the integument system?

• oil glands release more oils

• Skin wrinkles and lines start to appear

• Nails get thinner

• Skin loses its elasticity, strength, and fatty-tissue layer

​Integumentary System Changes with Age

• Nails become thick and tough

• Feet usually have poor circulation:

• The skin has fewer nerve endings

• White or grey hair is common

• Hair loss occurs in men

• Hair thins on men and women

• Facial hair may occur in women

• Hair is drier from decreases in scalp oils

• Skin disorders increase with age

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​The skin loses its elasticity, strength, and fatty tissue layer

• Secretions from oil and sweat glands decrease

• Blood vessels decrease in number

• Brown spots appear on the skin

• Loss of the skin’s fatty tissue layer makes the person more sensitive to cold

  • Dry skin causes itching and skin is easily damaged

Multiple Choice

You are working with a client named Barb, she is 60. She is a grandparent and thinking about retiring from her job. What group does Barb belong to?

• Young - old

• Middle - old

• Old - old

​Developmental tasks of late adulthood

  1.   Adjusting to decreased physical strength and loss of health

2.   Adjusting to retirement and reduced income

3.   Coping with the death of a partner

4.   Developing new friends and relationships

5.    Preparing for one’s own death

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​Middle-old: 75-85 years

Possible changes:

• Moving into facility living

• Decreased energy

• Loss of spouse/friends

• At least one health problem

• Decrease of absence of driving

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​Old-old: 85 years +

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Multiple Choice

The healing process takes longer as we age, and seniors tend to stay longer in hospital if admitted for injuries

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The terms dementia, depression, and delirum can be used interchangeably

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Depression is uncommon in older adults

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which type of confusion is a medical emergency?

• Depression

• Delirium

• Dementia

• Memory Loss

Multiple Select

Which of the following are early warning signs of dementia

• Putting things in odd places

• unable to maintain their hygeine

• Getting lost in familiar places

• Sudden onset of confusion and personality changes

Multiple Choice

Causes of secondary dementias include all of the following EXCEPT:

• Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

• Disorientation

• Parkinson's disease

Multiple Choice

Which statement about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is true?

• Family history is not a risk factor.

• It usually occurs before age 65.

• The progression varies from client to client and can span from 3 to 20 years.

• It is an uncommon type of dementia

Multiple Choice

A defining feature of which type of dementia is severe fluctuation of alertness and attention?

• Fronto-temporal dementia

• Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

• Vascular dementia

• Dementia with Lewy bodies

Multiple Choice

What is the name of a condition in which the signs, symptoms, and behaviours of dementia increase during the hours of darkness—in the late afternoon and evening hours?

• Apraxia

• Sundowning

• Apathy

• Hoarding

Multiple Select

Diseases that affect the brain can affect cognitive functioning. Cognitive functioning involves which of the following functions of the brain? Select all that apply

• Memory

• Behaviour

• Thinking

• Reasoning and Judgement