Chapter 16
This refers to a broad range of interventions that address a client’s:
Medical care needs
Therapeutic needs
Psychosocial needs
What is rehabilitation
This is a feeling of contentment
What is comfort
This is a process used to plan and deliver care to clients. It includes the ADPIE components.
What is the nursing process
What is the care planning process
This is a rapid heart rate over 100 beats per minute in an adult
What is tachycardia
This is the loss of muscle size, strength, and function that results from immobility and inactivity
What is deconditioning
What is muscle atrophy
This is aimed at preventing health deterioration or improving a client’s quality of life, but also aimed at restoring clients to their previous functional level whenever possible
What is restorative care
This is a persistent condition in which the person cannot go to sleep or stay asleep throughout the night.
What is insomnia
These are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely
What are SMART goals
This is an irregular rhythm of the pulse; beats may be unevenly spaced or skipped
What is a dysrhythmia
This is the excessive straightening of a body part
What is hyperextension
This is a program designed for individuals who do not need acute care but cannot yet manage at home or are struggling in their home to regain strength, endurance, functioning, and independence.
What is a reablement program
This is pain felt in a part of the body separate from the source of the pain
What is referred pain
This consist of information reported by a client but not directly observed by others
What is subjective data
This is a device that measures both a client’s pulse rate and the oxygen level in the blood
What is a pulse oximeter
This is a brief loss of consciousness; fainting
What is syncope
This is the assessment of a clients physical condition and ability to perform ADLs by professionals during the rehabilitative process to determine a specific level of functioning
What is physical health
This is a type of pain scale used to help determine pain level in children
What is the Northern Pain Scale
This is a permanent and legal document required to record a client’s condition, signs and symptoms of any illness, the care and treatment given to the client, and the client’s responses to care
What is a chart
What is a record
This is the type of temperature taken if oral temperature cannot be taken
What is a tympanic temperature
This is used for exercises to strengthen arm muscles. It is suspended from an overbed frame
What is a trapeze
This is a type of health care facility focused on specific problems—for example, mental health disorders and substance abuse or addiction
What is a specialized facility
This age group requires 14–18 hours of sleep
What are newborns
These are used by some employers in community settings to record care and services provided. The form has boxes for each day and sections for documenting care and support activities
What are task sheets
This is the instrument used to measure blood pressure
What is a sphygmomanometer
This is turning downward
What is pronation