Death and Dying
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance
What are the stages of grief
These are required to treat substance abuse properly
What is a diagnosis and care by specialists
this is a special stocking used to promote blood flow in the legs often used after knee replacement surgery
What are anti-embolic or compression stockings (TED hose)?
The elder may experience slow metabolism which affects this
What is nutrition?
It is common that residents who have this experience dyspnea.
What is COPD?
In the grief process this may bring up feelings , such as sadness. Many things may remind people of the person who died
What is loneliness?
The nurse aide should narrow their report to the nurse down to what when reporting observations about the resident with mental illness
What are facts?
In this type of spinal injury is likely to have occurred if the patient is unable to control the movement of all four extremities
What is a cervical spinal cord injury?
When withholding fluids from a resident because they are incontinent the nurse aide risks causing this nutritional issue for the resident
What is dehydration?
When the nurse delegates the task of placing a urinary catheter into a resident to a nurse aide the nurse aide is aware that the task is beyond this.
What is the nurse aide's scope of practice?
This is what the nurse aide provides to the grieving family when she does not avoid speaking to them
What is support?
At this stage of AD the resident may experience changes in personality and behavior and may forget words
What is the moderate stage of AD?
This may be occurring when the patient complains of pain in an extremity after it has been removed
What is phantom pain?
This is a common reason why a doctor would order a fluid restricted diet for an elder
What is heart disease?
Red, raw skin is a common sign for this integumentary condition
What is eczema?
this is the best thing a nurse aide can do to assist the resident when they are verbalizing their concerns about their approaching death.
What is listen?
In the end stages of AD the resident is typically bed bound, so the nurse aide is aware that he should reposition the resident this often.
What is every 2 hours?
This equipment required adhesive pads be applied to the chest wall. Nurse aides will monitor these sites for irritation, make sure they are not wet and to ensure they are still on the patient.
What is telemetry?
This is an example of physical cue, when the nurse aide places their hand over the hand of the resident who is holding the feeding utensil. The nurse aide guides the resident's hand to the food and gently guides the hand towards the resident's mouth
What is the hand over hand technique?
These may interfere with prescribed medication and the nurse aide should report if they note the resident has these in their care drawer or possession.
What are herbal remedies?
The goal of this care is to relieve pain, control symptoms and prevent side effects and complications
What is palliative care?
When a nurse delegates to the nurse aide the task of working with an agitated resident who really seems to dislike that nurse aide, this right of delegation has not been met.
What is the right circumstance and right person?
This device is placed into a surgical opening in the neck to allow air to enter the patient
What is a tracheostomy?
this diet will keep the intestinal tract free of solid foods.
What is the liquid diet?
When assisting a resident with an involved side to dress, the nurse aide knows they would start here.
What is the weak side or involved side