Dementia
The most common cause of Dementia
What is Alzheimer's Disease (AD)?
Symptoms include apathy, irritability, fatigue, lack of interest, isolating behaviors, physical symptoms
What is Depression?
Use this whenever you transfer a resident (if they are not using a mechanical lift)
What is a gait belt?
Apply this when donning and doffing gloves.
What is hand sanitizer?
Behaviors that increase or worsen later in the day.
What is Sundowning?
Developing an acceptable explanation for an otherwise illogical or unreasonable feeling.
What is Rationalization?
The nursing assistant should do this every 2 hours for our residents who are immobile and in bed.
What is reposition?
To prevent the spread of infection, use _________ with all residents when handling bodily fluids.
What are standard precautions?
A type of palliative care provided during the last 6 months of life that focuses on comfort.
What is hospice?
A resident takes another person's belongings without permission.
What is pillaging?
Transfer negative emotions and feelings onto others.
What is displacement?
Use this type of a mechanical lift for our residents who have lost all strength in their legs.
Redness, increased temperature, drainage, sputum production, coughing, swelling, pain
What are signs of infection?
The stiffening of the body muscles that sets in within hours after death.
What is rigor mortis?
The inability to recognize objects or use them appropriately.
What are sensory-perceptual changes?
A brain disorder that affects one's ability to think and communicate clearly and logically.
What is Schizophrenia?
The left side-lying position can be more specifically termed this.
What is Sim's position?
A serious lung disease caused by a bacteria that is easily spread through airborne transmission.
What is TB?
An Advanced Directive when a person chooses to not be resuscitated during an emergency medical situation.
What is a DNR?
Leaving a facility unsupervised.
What is elopement?
An individual needs more of a drug and exhibits withdrawal symptoms when not using it.
What is chemical dependency?
Moving a resident without disrupting her spinal alignment, usually requires more than 2 staff members.
What is logrolling?
The methods and procedures used in health care facilities to prevent the spread of infection from one person to another.
What is infection prevention?
An abnormal breathing pattern near the end of life, characterized by periods of dyspnea and apnea.
What is Cheyne-Stokes breathing?