Integumentary and Musculoskeletal
True or false: The integumentary system helps regulate temperature and provide protection from infection.
What is true?
True or False: As we age, the cough reflex increases, making breathing much easier.
What is false? The cough reflex DECREASES and puts us at an increased risk of respiratory tract infections and choking on food or saliva.
True or False: Reaction times are increasing as we age, lowering the risk of falling.
What is false? Reacting times are slowed, increasing the risk for falling and other accidents.
This might be a symptom of someone with hypoglycemia.
What is trembling, irritability, sweating, "shaky", confusion. (As long as you mention one of these symptoms, it counts.)
Due to the movement of food through the digestive tract slowing down as we age, an older person is at risk for this.
What is constipation?
Pressure ulcers are particularly likely to form over these areas.
What are bony prominences? Bonus. What are some examples of bony prominences?
This is the term for difficulty breathing.
What is dyspnea?
These symptoms of tremors, rigidity, stooped posture, and shuffled gait might indicate a person has this disease.
What is Parkinson's?
This might be a symptom of hyperglycemia that you could see.
What is excessive thirst, excessive hunger, excessive urination, or sweet/fruity-smelling breath. (As long as one of these symptoms are mentioned, it counts.)
True or False: Normal changes in the digestive system related to aging include less efficient chewing and swallowing and less efficient digestion.
What is true?
It is recommended that residents are repositioned how often?
What is two hours?
This type of sock helps promote blood flow and prevent blood clots.
What is TED hose?
When a person has a spinal cord injury at the neck, it could result in this.
What is quadriplegia (tetraplegia)? This is the paralysis of all four limbs.
What is pancreas?
This type of incontinence can happen when a person laughs, coughs or sneezes.
What is stress incontinence?
This is the medical term for loss of bone tissue.
What is osteoporosis?
This is the resting phase of the cardiac cycle, or the bottom number of the blood pressure measurement.
What is diastole or diastolic?
This disease process results in severe memory loss and continues to progress until the resident is completely dependent.
What is dementia?
This is the absence of menstruation.
What is menopause?
This is a surgical procedure that creates an opening in the abdomen to divert the large intestine (colon) to the outside of the body.
What is a colostomy?
This type of exercise helps prevent contractures.
This is the formation of artery-clogging plaque on the inside of the arteries.
What is atherosclerosis?
As a result of a stroke, a resident might experience paralysis to one side of their body, this is known as what?
What is hemiplegia? Bonus. What side of the body is affected if the stroke occurred to the left side of the brain?
What is prostate gland?
This is another term for urination (not pee).
What is void or micturition? (Either will get credit for the answer.)