Three "D"s (Dementia, Depression, Delirium)
If a person has a diagnosis of _________ __________, you may expect a history of strokes, TIAs, and high cholesterol because these affect _____ flow.
Vascular Dementia
Blood
List three Lifestyle factors that contribute to secondary aging.
Lack of exercise
smoking
excessive drinking
obesity
malnutrition
exposure to ultra-violet light
Pravastatin (Pravachol) is a medication to treat _____
Hypercholesterolemia
This person is known as being the FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING
Florence Nightingale
Vagus Nerve
Thinking is intact but may be indecisive.
Depression
List 3 INSTRAMENTAL (advanced) activities of daily living.
Use of the telephone
Taking medication
Housework
Preparing meals
Managing money
Managing transportation
Shopping
You are taking your Grandmother to brunch for mother's day. She orders a grapefruit juice. What two types of medication do you want to ensure Grandma is not taking
1) anti-hypertensives Nifidipine, Felodipine, Losartan, and Eplerenone,due to it increasing the level of medication in the blood.
2) statins Lipitor, Mevacor, and Zocor due it causing muscle and joint pain in mild cases, and in some cases it can lead to muscle fiber injury and kidney injury
.Though she is seen as a pioneer in nurse midwifery, founding the Frontier Nursing Service and later opening the Frontier School of Midwifery and Nursing Services, she refused to hire Black midwives.
Mary Breckinridge
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patients with tunnel vision are affected by what vision disorder?
Open angle glaucoma
the most common type of dementia is
alzheimer's
This is a specialty area of providing culturally competent care to ethnic elders.
Ethnogeriatric
Considering the "5-Rights" when administering medication. (you already know the patient)
An order stated "Give Morphine Sulfate 5mg every Three hours as needed for pain or shortness of breath"
What is missing from this order?
Route
The time is not needed since the medication is "as needed"
This nursing theorist views "the client as an open system that responds to stressors in the environment. The client variables are physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual."
Betty Neuman
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Bell's Palsy is is a disorder of the _____ cranial nerve and can cause _____ of the _________
7th
weakness or paralysis, or drooping
face, or one side of the face
C.A.M stands for _______ ________ _____
for diagnosis of _________________
Confusion Assessment Tool
Delirium
Name all 5 BASIC Activities of Daily Living
1) Bathing and Hygiene
2) Dressing and undressing
3) Toileting
4) Eating
5) Mobility and Transfer
You work as a diabetic educator. It is August and there is a power outage. What would you tell your patients regarding their Insulin?
Insulin is less stable at high temperatures and may become ineffective
This person's theory of Human Caring involves a more holistic treatment for patients as opposed to just science to care and heal patients.
A more attentive and conscience interaction allows for more effective and continuous care with a deeper personal connection.
Jean Watson
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Cranial nerve VIII
pressure on this nerve can result in tinnitus, vertigo, and motion sickness
Has a sudden onset, can be triggered by an infectious process
Delirium
All Centenarians will eventually become diabetic.
True or False
False, age is not an indicator of whether a person becomes diabetic
Considering your "5" rights, what is missing from this order? (you already know your patient)
Lisinopril 20 by mouth, hold if SBP <110
Dose, Time
This person cared for soldiers in the Civil War.
Had no formal training as a nurse
Was an abolitionist and a woman's suffrage advocate
Clara Barton
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What is the leading cause of Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) among the >65 age group?
Falls!