Adult Health Exam 1

Study Guide

1. What gland is responsible for controlling metabolism?

2. What theory of aging discusses infection prevention and standard precautions?
3. What is central processing and what is its effect on aging?
4. What are the benefits of knitting for older adults?
5. What cognitive skill is improved by reading out loud?
6. Understand role theory, disengagement theory, age stratification theory
and social exchange theory, active theory, continuity theory.
7. What education will be important for you to provide to a patient who has
suffered a TIA?
8. In older adults, what is the best way to decrease drug-drug interactions?
9. Understand the goals of long-care.
10. How will you demonstrate leadership in the care of older people?
11. Understand therapeutic communication.
12. What information will be important for you to share with a pregnant woman in regard to
passing HIV to her unborn child.
13. As a nurse when would you require post exposure prophylaxis when you do not know the
patient's HIV status?
14. How can a patient who is an IV drug user decrease the chances of contracting AIDS?
15. What advice would you give to an older patient who complains of dry skin?
16. What interventions would you take to prevent pressure also in the older adult?
17. What is the best advice you could give to a patient for prevention of skin cancer?
18. How would you assess a skin lesion?
19. What action would you take to prevent pressure ulcer in an elderly person ?
20. What advice would you give your patient on how to prevent malignant Melanoma?
21. What education would you provide on the prevention of skin cancer?
22. What education would you provide to your to reduce the risk of lung cancer?
23. What recommendation would you make to your patient who has a family history of colon
cancer?
24. What education would you provide to your patient who is scheduled for a prostate needle
biopsy?
25. What education would you provide for your patient regarding stage three breast cancer
outcomes?
26. What intervention would you put in place for your chemotherapy patient complaining of
fatigue?
27. What action would you take to help your patient who is experiencing vomiting after
chemotherapy?
28. What would be the most important action for you to take after administering IV
chemotherapy
29. Have a good understanding of how older patients react to temperature changes and
actions to take to make them more comfortable.
30. What education would you give for a patient with basal cell carcinoma?
31. What are the side effects of topical corticosteroid ointments?
32. What procedure would you expect for a patient with an enlarging irregular mold?
33. What is your priority for a patient who is suffering from severe refractory psoriasis that is
causing social isolation?
34. Understand the emergent phase of burn care.
35. Understand circumferential burns.
36. Understand partial thickness burns and the treatment.
37. Understand how to maintain kidney function in a patient with severe burns.
38. Understand what snacks could be offered to your patient with 40% of TBSA burns.
39. Understand what to do for your patient who becomes restless hours after suffering burns.
40. Understand which burn patient you should assess first.
41. For non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients with low platelet counts, what invention would you
take?
42. Understand the signs and symptoms of blood transfusion reactions.
43. What education is important for you to provide your patient who complains of decreased
hearing?
44. What education will you provide your patient who could suffer from contact dermatitis
and complaints of itching?