Which is an accurate statement regarding gerontological nursing ...

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Which is an accurate statement regarding gerontological nursing education?
 
  a. Gerontological nursing content has long been integrated into the curriculum of the typical school of nursing.
  b. Undergraduate nursing programs cover gerontological nursing extensively in dedicated courses, comparable to the coverage of psychiatric nursing.
  c. Issues most lacking in gerontological nursing education include mental health, elder abuse, acute care, long-term care, and minority and rural aging.
  d. Accreditation of a nursing program guarantees that appropriate amounts of ge-rontological nursing content are included in the curriculum.

Question 2

After assessing the older man in his bed, the nurse determines that he is at high risk for falls. The nurse leaves the room to get a fall risk sign and returns to find him on the floor pleading for help.
 
  Which of the following was the most important intervention the nurse should have implemented to prevent this event? a. Call for someone to bring the sign.
  b. Show the older man how to use the call bell.
  c. Provide a urinal and drinking water.
  d. Instruct the patient to call for help.

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Answer to Question 1

C

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A Incorrect. Only recently has gerontological nursing content begun to appear in nursing school curricula.
B Incorrect. Most nursing schools still do not have such courses.
C Correct. These issues are sorely neglected in curricula of schools of nursing.
D Incorrect. At present there are no minimum requirements for coverage of care of older adults.

Answer to Question 2

D
The nurse accomplished the most important aspect of fall prevention with the assessment. How-ever, in an attempt to communicate the fall risk to other staff members, the nurse failed to com-municate properly to the patient about fall prevention before leaving the room. Calling for someone to bring the sign would have been a reasonable approach to communicating the risk of falls, but it does not take the place of directly instructing the patient about prevention. The needs of an older adult can contribute to the risk of falls as an individual leans and reaches for some-thing; therefore call bell instructions are a reasonable approach for preventing falls. However, before providing the call bell instructions, the nurse needed to tell him to call for help. A urinal and drinking water are common items that an older man needs, but reaching for them can con-tribute to falls.