A Nurse-Educator Is Teaching a First Year Nursing Course About

question 20

Multiple Choice

A nurse-educator is teaching a first year nursing course about the health and characteristics of the older adult in Canada.In developing a demographic "snapshot," what would the students determine about this population?

• A)They are frail and vulnerable to disease.
• B)They are unable to live independently.
• C)Males are more likely to have lost their spouse.
• D)Most are be married females.

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Definitions:

Alogia

A reduction in the amount of speech and/or speech content, often observed in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

Avolition

A lack of motivation or inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activities, often observed as a symptom in some psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.

Delusions of Grandeur

A false belief in one's own superiority, greatness, or power, often found in psychiatric conditions such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Auditory Hallucinations

A form of hallucination that involves perceiving sounds without auditory stimulus, often experienced as voices speaking to or about the person experiencing them.