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jrubin · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

The dean of a new nursing program wishes to ensure graduates are prepared to care for older patients. What document should guide the dean in designing the curriculum?

a. The Nurse Practice Act for that state
b. The American Nurses Association (ANA) code of ethics for nurses
c. Healthy People 2020
d. The Recommended Baccalaureate Com-petencies and Curricular Guidelines

Question 2

A nurse new to geriatric nursing asks the nurse manager to clarify how to handle a patient's claim that she has been physically abused. The nurse manager responds most appropriately when stating

a. I'll show you where you can find this state's reporting requirements.
b. As a nurse you are considered a man-dated reporter' of elder abuse.
c. As long as you are reasonably sure abuse has occurred, report it.
d. You need to report any such claims di-rectly to me.

Benayers · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
The Recommended Baccalaureate Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for the Nursing Care of Older Adults is an updated version of The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice. This document was first published by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in 2008 and was updated in 2010 . The other three documents do not have information about curricular requirements to prepare students to care for the older population.

Answer to Question 2

A
To be responsive to the legal obligation to report reasonably suspicious acts of abuse and because there is great variation among the states, nurses should determine the specific reporting requirements of their jurisdictions, including where reports and complaints are received and in what form they must be made. The statements that the nurse is a mandatory reporter and that abuse should be reported if suspected are true, but they do not help the nurse learn to handle the complaint. The manager may want to know about claims of abuse and it may be facility policy to report up the chain of command, but the nurse is responsible for filing the formal complaint.