Developmental considerations, care of older adults, care settings
In this age group, it is beneficial to encourage them to make lifestyle changes that positively affect health because it's not too late.
What is middle-aged adulthood?
Salivia that the patient is now unable to swallow and collects in the back of the throat.
What is the death rattle?
Eliminating the offending environmental stimuli (wearing a mask to mow the lawn, sweeping and vacuuming often, and removing carpeted floors).
What are ways to prevent allergic rhinitis?
This is the only 100% way to prevent sexual exposure to HIV?
What is abstinence?
An organ of teh body whose major function is to remove waste products from the blood and manage hydrogen or bicobonate for acid-based balance.
What is the kidney?
This could be worn when caring for a patient in airborne precautions who is hard of hearing to improve communication with the patient.
What is a transparent mask?
These are signs of respiratory distress in the hospice patient and may indicate that further intervention is needed.
Increased respiratory rate and effort.
A severe systemic type 1 hypersensitivity reaction with the following neurological signs and symptoms: apprehension, drowsiness, headache, profound restlessness, and possible seizures.
What is an anaphylaxis reaction?
HIV medications purpose is to inhibit this.
What is viral production/reproduction?
Stones in the urinary tract that exhibit the following symptoms: flank pain that occurs in waves, hematuria.With this diagnosis patients are often asked to strain their urine.
What is renal calculi?
This serves as communication between HCP's who are visiting the patient in the home health setting.
What is the patient's home health-care folder?
A form of empathy used with the dying patient that involves no words?
What is making eye contact?
A lukewarm bath diluted with this household cleaner can kill bacteria on the skin to prevent infections.
What is bleach?
A symptom that should be reported immediately when taking the HIV medication abacavir sulfate due to a life-threatening condition that can develop.
What are flu like symptoms?
A type of sepsis caused by UTI with increased occurence in older adults and patients with indwelling catheters.
What is Urosepsis?
BPH, decreased bladder size, decreased kidney filtration rate, weakened pelvic floor muscles, increased incidence of UTIs, decreased urine concentrating ability (resulting in nocturia)?
What are age-related complications of the genitourinary system?
As the body moves closer to death in a hospice patient, this will increase endorphin production, which in turn will increase comfort near the end of life.
What is dehydration?
A medication that treats anaphylactic reactions. Signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis include: wheezing, stridor, dyspnea, abdominal cramping, tachycardia, hypotension, apprehension, drowsiness, restlessness, headache, and possible seizures.
What is epinephrine?
A common oportunistic infection in women with AIDS with symptoms of severe vaginal itching and white discharge.
What is vaginal candidiasis?
An orthotopic bladder created by using a section of the intestine. It is the preferred type of urinary diversion because after surgery patient can void through the urethra.
What is a neobladder?
This is who we collaborate with in home health to evaluate resources that are available within the community to assist the patient.
What is a social worker?
Occurs when caring for a loved one who is terminally ill and is defined as emotional, physical, and spiritual distress in those providing care to another.
What is compassion fatigue?
A protein produced by the liver in response to inflammation. Levels are increased in rheumatoid arthritis.
What is C-reactive Protein?
Involuntary loss of more than 10% of baseline body weight plus chronic weakness or fever or chronic diarrhea for more thatn 30 days.
What is AIDS wasting syndrome?
The amount of urine a bladder should have after urination (post residual volume)?
What is less than 50 ml?