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A nurse is providing home care for several elderly clients in the community. Which of the fol-lowing situations would most likely be indicative of elder abuse?
 
  a. A daughter refuses to visit her mother due to work commitments.
  b. A child runs around a grandparent's house breaking items.
  c. A young man repeatedly steals money from his grandmother.
  d. An older person demands that the family come for dinner.

Question 2

A nurse is investigating the overall health status of a population. Which of the following indica-tors would most likely be used by the nurse?
 
  a. Life expectancy
  b. Health status
  c. Morbidity rate
  d. Prevalence



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Theft or mismanagement of money or resources is an element of abuse. Recognition of abuse in-cludes these other possibilities as well: willful infliction of physical pain or injury, inflection of debilitating mental anguish and fear, or unreasonable confinement or the depriving of services. The other examples do not describe these elements of abuse.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Life expectancy is a measure that is often used to gauge the overall health of a population. Health status indicators are the quantitative or qualitative measures used to describe the level of well-being or illness present in a defined population or to describe related attributes or risk fac-tors. Morbidity measures rate of disability or illness. Prevalence is the proportion of the popula-tion that has a specific disease or illness.



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