Pain
The amount of time you should wait to assess efficacy of oral pain medication
What is 1 hour?
A reversible change in congnition
delirium
Age related vision loss
presbyopia
A substance to avoid 6-9 hours before bed
caffeine
Pain that comes from bones, joints, connective tissue, or muscles
What is somatic pain?
This cognitive disease process is progressive and not reversible
Dementia
Assessment test for delirium
CAM- confusion assessment method
3 practices to promote sleep hygiene
dark
relaxing music
routine
warm bath
cool environment
The only person that can press the PCA button
The patient
A priority for care planning when patients have dementia
routine
sounds that are hardest to hear with age related hearing loss
high frequency
Dreaming happens in this sleep stage
REM sleep
Pain that comes from the nervous system
neuropathic pain
A way to prevent altered cognition
Decrease risk for injury (ex. helmet)
Avoid Substance use
Good Sleep
This medication could turn your eyes brown
latanoprost
A common sleep pattern for young adults and teens
late-evening sleep wake pattern
Describe 3 challenges with chronic pain
psychosocial
economic
relationships
undertreatment
a normal age related change to congition
decreased reaction time
A cause of delirium
dehydration, med effects, infection, substance withdrawal, etc.
Stage 1 NREM sleep lasts this long
10-30 minutes