A diabetes nurse is providing care for a 73-year-old client who ...

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A diabetes nurse is providing care for a 73-year-old client who is a regular client of the hospital's out-client diabetes clinic. What assessment question most clearly addresses this client's potential for optimal function?
 
  A) What are some goals that you have for maximizing your level of wellness?
  B) How can we help you to take ownership of your own health?
  C) Is there anything that you're doing that might be exacerbating your diabetes?
  D) How long do you think that you'll be able to live independently?

Question 2

An older adult has recently begun to display unprecedented lapses in short-term memory. The nurse overhears a colleague reassuring the person by saying, Try not to worry; it's just a part of growing older.
 
  The nurse recognizes that this is an example of what phenomenon?
 
  A) Multiple jeopardy
  B) Gerontophobia
  C) Age attribution
  D) Implicit ageism

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Eliciting an older adult's goals for wellness and high functioning can help promote these outcomes. Questions about a client's living situation, disease management, and personal responsibility may or may not promote wellness.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Age attribution is the act of attributing a problem to age rather than to a pathology, as in the colleague's statement. Multiple jeopardy is the compounding of discrimination based on factors such as race and gender, while gerontophobia is the fear or hatred of older people. Implicit ageism is the unrecognized, negative perception of older people.

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