Medications
Which medication can be crushed?
-Enteric coated aspirin
-Potassium tablet
-Sublingual nitroglycerin
-Calcium tablet
What is calcium tablet?
Probable cause of elderly patients being cold all the time....
What is changes to subcutaneous tissue?
What is Cheyne-Stokes?
Document that prevents health care personal in doing resuscitative measures....
What is a Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) order?
What is hyperopia (farsightedness)?
If a hospice patient is no longer able to swallow a pill, what will you do?
What is call the physician for a liquid order?
78 year old that is a combat veteran and has taken vancomycin frequently is susceptible to....
What is hearing loss?
Care that provides relief of symptoms, with the goal of improving quality of life...
What is palliative care?
Bruises, burns, no food, no medication, signs of poor hygiene, and weight loss are all signs of......
Causes blurred vision because the lens becomes cloudy and opaque....
What is a cataract?
The simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat a single condition....
What is polypharmcy?
Name a non-restraint device that can be used for a wondering patient....
What is an electronic sensor alarm?
Treating this is one of the most important priorities of the care of a dying person.....
What is pain?
Document that gives specific end-of-life decisions made by patients.
What is an advanced directive?
Difficulty seeing objects at a distance....
What is myopia (nearsightedness)?
A medication classification that constricts the pupils in glaucoma patients.....
What is miotics cholinergics?
A patient that hasn't been paying their bills, not eating, not going to see friends, hasn't bathed in weeks is displaying signs of....
What is self neglect?
The most important intervention you will do in hospice for the patient and family...
What is respect their choices?
What is a durable power of attorney
Target like vision and the Inability to see vivid colors or to see details.....
What is macular degeneration?
Medication that your patient with Meniere's in on to reduce vertigo....
What is meclizine hydrochloride?
Raised wart like macules with a distinct edges....
What is seborrheic keratosis?
The five stages of dying....in order
What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance?
making your wondering patient stay in bed because you don't have time to chase them....
What is physical abuse?
Gradual extension of distance from the eyes at which an item to be read is held....
What is Presbyopia?