Paying calm, full attention to the present moment without overreacting is called mindfulness, a practice shown to reduce stress.
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mindfulness
Mindfulness is present-moment awareness without strong reaction. It can be built through meditation, gratitude journaling or breathing exercises and supports mental health.
Category: Healthy Habits
Question 2
A middle-aged adult who wants to guide the next generation and contribute to society is working on Erikson's task of generativity.
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generativity
Generativity is the middle adulthood drive to be productive and make a lasting impact. Its opposite outcome is stagnation, a sense of having contributed little.
Category: Health Across the Lifespan
Question 3
Falls are the most common cause of injury among older adults and a leading reason they lose independence.
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Falls
Falls result from changes in balance, vision and muscle strength. Prevention includes balance and strength exercise, removing home hazards and reviewing medications that cause dizziness.
Category: Health Across the Lifespan
Question 4
A key goal of discharge teaching is preventing readmission, a return to the hospital because of complications.
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readmission
Readmission means being admitted to the hospital again soon after discharge, often for a complication that teaching could have prevented. Teaching about self-care, warning signs and follow-up lowers this risk.
Category: Patient Teaching Purpose
Question 5
Writing down thoughts and feelings on a regular basis, a self-care practice called journaling, can support mental wellness.
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journaling
Journaling, such as keeping a gratitude or reflection journal, is a simple mindful self-care habit. It helps a person process stress instead of dwelling on worries.
Category: Healthy Habits
Question 6
The principle of intersectionality recognizes that social categories such as race, gender and income overlap and combine to shape a person's health.
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intersectionality
Intersectionality reminds nurses that a person belongs to many groups at once. Those overlapping identities together influence risk, access to care and health outcomes.
Category: Health Promotion Concepts
Question 7
Erikson described the central task of young adulthood as forming close, committed relationships, which he called intimacy.
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intimacy
Intimacy versus isolation is the young adult stage. Success brings affiliation and love, while failure leaves the person lonely and disconnected.
Category: Health Across the Lifespan
Question 8
Nurse coaching is a nursing specialty in which the nurse partners with a person as a guide rather than a prescriber, helping that person identify, plan and evaluate changes that improve overall wellness and life balance.
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coaching
Coaching is a partnership in which the person sets the direction and the nurse supports reflection, planning and evaluation of change. It fits the shift in health promotion from telling patients what to do toward helping them choose and sustain their own healthier habits.
Category: Health Promotion Concepts
Question 9
Sleep hygiene teaching includes avoiding nicotine, the stimulant found in tobacco products, close to bedtime.
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nicotine
Nicotine is a stimulant that makes it harder to fall and stay asleep. Caffeine should also be avoided before bed for the same reason.
Category: Healthy Habits
Question 10
Middle-aged adults are taught to get enough calcium, the mineral that works with vitamin D to keep bones strong.
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calcium
Calcium is the main mineral of bone, and vitamin D helps the body absorb it. Adequate intake in midlife helps protect against later bone loss.
Category: Health Across the Lifespan
Question 11
Steering patients to reliable, research-based health websites helps protect them from misinformation, false or inaccurate health claims that can lead to unsafe self-treatment or delays in getting care.
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misinformation
Misinformation is any false or inaccurate information, whether or not it is spread on purpose. Patients often search online on their own, so the nurse points them to credible sources such as national health associations and checks what they have read.
Category: Teaching Strategies
Question 12
Teaching older adults to drink enough fluid, eat fiber and stay active helps prevent constipation, infrequent or difficult passage of stool.
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constipation
Constipation becomes more common with age because of slower bowel motility, less activity and medication effects. Fluid, fiber and activity are the key preventive measures.
Category: Health Across the Lifespan
Question 13
A form of telehealth in which a patient with heart failure sends daily weights and blood pressure readings from home, so the care team can catch changes early, is called telemonitoring.
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telemonitoring
Telemonitoring is remote monitoring that supports self-care and management of a chronic disease through frequent contact with providers. Readings sent from home let the team adjust care before a problem leads to an emergency visit.
Category: Teaching Strategies
Question 14
Teaching that each drug has both a generic name and a brand name helps prevent patients from taking a duplicate dose from bottles labeled differently.
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generic
The generic name is the nonproprietary name of the drug, while brand names vary by maker. A patient who does not know both may take the same drug twice.
Category: Patient Teaching Purpose
Question 15
Oral health teaching for middle-aged adults includes daily brushing and flossing to prevent gingivitis, an early, reversible inflammation of the gums that makes them red, swollen and prone to bleeding.
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gingivitis
Gingivitis is inflammation of the gums caused by plaque buildup, and it can be reversed with good daily oral hygiene and dental care. Left untreated it can progress to periodontitis, which damages the tissues and bone that support the teeth.
Category: Health Across the Lifespan