Act Your Age
Structural changes in the human body over time
What is biological aging?
Age related loss of muscle strength
What is sarcopenia?
Men and morality
Who is Kholberg?
Document that states your medical wishes
What is an advanced directive?
Assault, battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy and defamation
What are intentional torts?
Not including an older adult in their healthcare conversation
What is ageism?
Two pulmonary age related changes
What is dampened cough response and decreased pulmonary elasticity?
Seven steps of spiritualty?
Who is Fowler?
two signs of hepatic failure approaching death
What is jaundice, edema, increased ammonia levels, internal bleeding.
Regulates nursing schools
What is administrative law?
Top two chronic diseases for adults over 60.
What are hypertension and hyperlipidemia?
Three gastrointestinal age related changes
What is decreased lactase production, decreased peristalsis in the esophagus and diverticulosis?
Built in bluepint
Who is Piaget?
organs and tissue that can be donated.
What is heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, liver, skin, intestines, cornea, bone, tendon, valves and veins
Harm may be imminent but it is done anyway
What is assumption of risk?
Tending to the needs of the caregiver
What is respite care?
Four age related cardiac changes
what is decreased number of SA node cells, left ventricular hypertrophy, decreased efficiency of the cardiac baroreceptors and arteriosclerosis?
women and caring
Who is Gilligan?
The six stages of grief/dying?
What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance and meaning.
ends justify the means
What is teleology?
Not turning an elderly client on purpose
What is willful deprivation or neglect (elder abuse)?
Three integumentary changes and two sensory changes related to aging.
What is loss of collagen and elastin, decrease in the number of adnexal structures, age spots-cataracts, decreased mucous production in nose?
Erickson's last two stages of development.
What is generativity versus stagnation and integrity versus despair?
criteria for brain death
fixed pupils that do not react, no gag or coughing reflex, no drive to take a breath and no cerebral motor response to pain. Completed twice, 6 hours apart.
A 91 year old female weighs 117 pounds. 50mg/kg per day of Amoxicillin given in three equal doses is ordered. The drug comes 400mg/5ml. How many mls does she get per dose?
11ml