The Titrate is Right: Acute Care Edition
A type of care that focuses on improving quality of life for patients and families facing serious illness
Palliative Care
This term describes cancer that has spread to distant organs.
CAT CAT Assessment tool to measure psychological flexibility
AAQ-11
Cognitive processes that help us manage thoughts, actions, and emotions to achieve goals
Executive Functions
This acronym refers to basic daily tasks like grooming or bathing.
ADLs
Having too few red blood cells leading to weakness and tiredness
Anemia
Provides details such as tumor location, size, type, cell information, and if it has spread
Cancer Staging
This mood disorder includes episodes of depression and mania.
Bipolar Disorder (BD)
CAT CAT Assessment to assess physical and respiratory
Endurance Assessment
As needed
PRN
CAT CAT Assessment tool that detects rapid delirium in older adults
4AT
Treatment that strengthens the natural ability of the immune system to fight cancer
Immunotherapy
False beliefs not based on reality that a person holds onto despite evidence to the contrary
Delusions
This term refers to the brain's ability to reorganize after injury.
Neuroplasticity
Acronym for stroke
CVA (cerebral vascular accident)
This isolation precaution requires gloves and gown to prevent infection transition through feces or vomit
Enteric Precautions
Swelling of the legs often due to removal/damage of the lymph nodes due to cancer treatment
Lymphedema
This type of therapy aids in developing tools to reframe negative thought patterns and behaviors
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
Language disorder causing difficulty recalling words and losing ability to speak, read, and write
A medical imaging technique that uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the body's internal structures
MRI
Medications that relieve pain
Analgesics
Medical device placed under skin in the chest to administer cancer treatments
Port
A form of imaginative mental activity that allows us to perceive and interpret actions to our own and others
Mentalization
The part of the brain responsible for memory and learning
Hippocampus
A common drug class for medications such as Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, Lexapro, and Luvox
SSRIs (antidepressants)