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mckennatimberlake

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Which of the following facts best accounts for the complexity of gerontological nursing?
 
  A) Assessment of older adults is often complicated by the presence of cognitive deficits.
  B) Multiple health conditions often coexist in older adults and symptoms are often atypical.
  C) Older adults are expected to have poorer health outcomes than younger clients.
  D) Evidence-based practice with older adults is more difficult due to the relative lack of research into their unique health needs.

Question 2

A nurse is discussing sexual health with a 74-year-old female resident of an assisted living facility. Which of the nurse's following teaching points should be included in the discussion?
 
  A) Because the vagina becomes drier and its lining thinner with age, sexual experiences are normally not possible..
  B) A lot of changes occur with age, but most of these are chemical and hormonal rather than changes to body parts and structures..
  C) There are many changes to your reproductive system that accompany normal aging, but none of them rules out the possibility of still having satisfying experiences sexually..
  D) It's certainly possible for you to maintain a satisfying sexual relationship even though the hormones that affected you when you were younger no longer have an effect..


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nixon_s

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
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Older adults frequently experience multiple, overlapping health problems coupled with atypical symptom presentation. While cognitive deficits may exist, this phenomenon is not as pervasive as answer B, and assessment is still possible nonetheless. Expectation of poor health outcomes, a questionable assumption in itself, does not necessarily add to the complexity of care for older adults. There is a significant body of research that addresses elders' health needs.

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C
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Numerous changes to the female reproductive system accompany age, though they do not rule out satisfying sexual experiences. Changes are anatomical in nature in addition to being chemical and hormonal and hormones continue to have an effect on the reproductive system when they are present.


mckennatimberlake

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Reply #2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jul 11, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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