a feeling or worry, nervousness, or unease
Anxiety
How many three cent stamps are in a dozen?
A dozen (but you probably said four).
A valued, unlicensed member of the health care team, responsible for providing delegated nursing tasks within a defined range of function, for residents (patients/clients) in a variety of settings and who is listed on the N.C. Nurse Aide I Registry
CNA
Care provided after rehabilitation when the resident’s highest possible functioning has been restored following illness or injury • Goals are to maintain function that has been restored through rehabilitation and to increase independence
Basic Restorative Care
What is a Living will
a document that outlines the medical care a person wants or does not wants in case the person cannot make those decisions; living will must be written while resident is mentally competent or by resident’s legal representative
to (cause to) become less dangerous or difficult
De-escalate
How far can a raccoon run into the woods?
Halfway. After that, he’s running out of the woods.
This is an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing
Florence Nightengale
This is a replacement for loss of a body part
Prosthetic Device
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross developed this
Five Stages of Grief – stages of grief in response to near death, based on personal, cultural and religious beliefs and experiences
feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed
Depression
You are a cyclist in a cross-country race. Just before the crossing finish line, you overtake the person in second place. What place did you finish in?
Second. If you pass the person in second, you take second, and they take third.
a theory, developed by Abraham Maslow, researcher of human behavior, that explains the necessity of meeting an individual’s physical needs before meeting psychosocial needs
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Artificial device that helps support and align a limb and improves function
Orthotic Device
Define Hospice Care
• Health care agency or program for people who are dying (usually less than six months to live) • Purpose is to improve the quality of life for a person who is dying • Provides comfort measures and pain management • Preserves dignity, respect and choice • Offers empathy and support for the resident and the family • Works with staff as well as resident and family
this is brought on by experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, such as a violent crime or combat in the military
Posttraumatic stress disorder
On my way to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, and each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives. How many were going to St. Ives?
One! Only I was going to St. Ives
she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
tell two assistive devices for eating
Angled utensils – for limited arm or wrist movement, Sipper cup, Large grip handled utensils , Plate with lip around the edge – keeps food on plate , Snap on food guard – keeps food on plate
tell me 2 of the 5 stages of grief
Five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
This is categorized by obsessive behavior or thoughts, which may cause an individual to repeatedly perform a behavior or routine such as washing their hands over and over
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me. I am always in risk but never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.
The letter S
Clara Barton- what was she know for
founded the American Red Cross, with the first meeting held in 1881. She already had worked as a patent clerk, a teacher and then a nurse during the American Civil War. Much like Dix, she saw a need and addressed it. The organization promised to bring supplies and aid to those in war and victims of natural disasters. The organization is still doing that today.
Name two supportive devices
cane, walker, wheelchairs, crutches, motorized wheelchair
What is Palliative Care
Type of care given to residents who are dying that focuses on relieving pain, controlling symptoms, and minimizing side effects and complications.