This member of the home health care team cannot assess, teach, or administer injections.
What is the Home health assistive personell (or home health aide)
100
Name at least 3 triggers for autonomic dysreflexia
What is constipation, diarrhea, sexual activity, pressure ulcers, position changes (from lying to sitting), and even wrinkles in clothing or bed sheets.
100
Some of the common disorders on admission to a long term care facility
What is Cardiovascular disease, mental/cognitive disorders and endocrine disorders.
100
This is the leading cause of accidental death in individuals over 65, in part because of posture changes brought on by age.
What are falls?
100
What is inflammation of the eyelid
What is Blepharitis?
200
This can be difficult for nurses who depend on the security of the institutional setting
What is the independence of home health practice
200
People of this gender and age range are at the highest risk for paralyzing spinal cord injuries
What is young males
200
Institutional setting that provides a less expensive alternative to acute care; a bridge between acute care and long term care.; have a stronger rehabilitative focus.
What is a subacute unit?
200
Complete physicals are recommended annually after this age....
What is 75 years of Age?
200
Measures the patients ability to place a finger accurately on a selected point on the body
What is Past-point testing
300
The home health admission process typically takes this long
What is an hour
300
This field of rehabilitation nursing focuses on the unique requirements of older adult rehabilitation
What is Gerontological rehabilitation nursing
300
A part of the patient assessment instrument (PAI) that incorporates many of the same assessment factors as a functional assessment tool and requires input from nursing and social services within a specific time frame.
What is a minimum data set (MDS)?
300
This causes older individuals to contract pneumonia.
What is Decreased resistance to respiratory infections
300
term used for cerumen removal
What is Debrox ?
400
Discharge planning for home care begins here
What is on admission
400
Postconcussive syndrome can persist for this time frame:
What is months, years, or indefinitely
400
Assist the patient in preserving a meaningful quality of life.
What is an individualized approach?
400
A term that refers to brown-pigmented lesions on the skin of the older person who has spent a great deal of time in the sun. These macules are also called “age spots.”
What is Lentigo?
400
What is the inflammation of the canals of the inner ear
What is Labyrinthitis?
500
This is the fastest growing group in the United States today
What is the age group older than 85
500
The rehabilitation nurse assesses localized edema around the knee of a patient with paraplegia. The nurse suspects that this is the first sign of __________ _____________.
What is heterotopic ossification
500
Scheduling care providers, reviewing documentation, and verifying financial coverage are all duties of the _____?
What are staffing coordinator duties?
500
The older adult requires ____ of calories per kilogram of body weight, where as the younger adult requires ___ calories.
What is The older adult requires 30 calories per kilogram of body weight, whereas the younger adult requires 40 calories.
500
A chronic disease of the inner ear characterized by recurrent episodes of vertigo