TEST INSTRUCTIONS
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* Registration deadline is March 7, 2025.
PROVIDER ACCREDITATION
Lippincott Professional Development will award 2.0 contact hours for this nursing continuing professional development activity.
Lippincott Professional Development is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749 for 2.0 contact hours. Lippincott Professional Development is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia, Georgia, West Virginia, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Florida, CE Broker #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states.
Payment: The registration fee for this test is FREE for STN members and $21.95 for nonmembers.
STN members can take JTN CE for free using the discount code available in the members-only section of the STN website. Use the discount code when payment is requested during the check-out process.
CE TEST QUESTIONS
JTN0522A
Learning Outcome: Seventy-five percent of participants will demonstrate knowledge of a study examining the influence of age, sex, health conditions, and type of fall on the severity of injury, hospital length of stay, mortality, and discharge destination of geriatric patients by achieving a minimum score of 70% on the outcomes-based posttest.
Learning Objectives: After completing this continuing professional development activity, the participant will be able to apply knowledge gained to:
1. Identify the background information the authors considered when planning their study of the influencers of falls in the geriatric population.
2. Select the results of the study that might lend insight when planning fall-prevention programs for geriatric patients.
1. Carpenter et al. (2014) and others reported various risk factors for falls among older adults, including
a. taking at least three types of medications.
b. exercising outdoors.
c. living alone.
2. According to Trevisan et al. (2017), the severity and medical consequences of a fall in older adults is influenced by
a. weaker muscles.
b. greater anxiety.
c. thinner skin.
3. Results of this study indicated that the largest number of patients whose records they examined were classified, prior to the fall, as the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) category that represents
a. healthy.
b. mild systemic disease.
c. severe systemic disease.
4. Of the following, the most common specific type of fall was
a. slipping/tripping.
b. from stairs/steps.
c. involving a wheelchair/furniture.
5. The mean Injury Severity Score of the participants indicated
a. minor injury.
b. moderate injury.
c. serious injury.
6. The most common discharge destination of the participants was to
a. home.
b. a nursing home.
c. a rehabilitation clinic.
7. Mild ASA categories I and II for preexisting conditions were more frequently observed in patients with
a. 30-day post-injury mortality.
b. longer hospital lengths of stay.
c. discharge to a non-home destination.
8. Compared with that of females, the 30-day post-injury mortality for males was
a. lower.
b. higher.
c. about the same.
9. According to Gale et al. (2016), 17% of people 65 years old and older have which of the following qualities that makes it more likely that they will have a serious injury from a low kinetic energy fall?
a. frailty
b. balance issues
c. cognitive deficits
10. Rogers et al. (2020) and others noted that, in the geriatric population, females might have an increased fall risk compared with males due to a higher incidence of
a. isolation.
b. depression.
c. incontinence.