The nurse leads a group of postmenopausal older women on a daily 15-minute walking tour through the long-term care facility to:
a. improve bone strength.
b. orient them to their surroundings.
c. improve their socialization.
d. increase their appetite.
Question 2The CNA caring for an older adult asks if the yellow, waxy, crusty lesions on the patient's axilla and groin are contagious. The nurse's most helpful response is:
a. Yes. It is a cellulitis caused by bacteria.
b. No. It is a seborrheic dermatitis caused by excessive sebum.
c. Yes. It is an indication of scabies.
d. No. It is the lesion seen with basal cell carcinoma.
Question 3When the 70-year-old woman complains, I weigh exactly the same as I did when I wore a size 10 and now I can barely squeeze into a size 16, the nurse explains:
a. Metabolism in the older adult creates increased adipose tissue.
b. Postmenopausal women gain adipose tissue related to loss of calcium.
c. Decrease in muscle mass is replaced with adipose tissue.
d. Kyphosis causes a redistribution of weight.
Question 4The nurse cautions the CNAs to use care when transferring or handling the older adult because their vascular fragility will cause:
a. altered blood pressure.
b. pressure ulcers.
c. pruritus.
d. senile purpura.
Question 5The nurse reassures the distressed 75-year-old male that the wartlike dark macules with distinct borders are not melanomas, but the skin lesion of:
a. senile lentigo.
b. cutaneous papillomas.
c. seborrheic keratosis.
d. xerosis.
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