Activities of Daily Living
You are contributing to this by allowing the patient to do as much as possible.
What is the independence?
The patient's unpleasant sensory.
What is pain?
A drug that kills microbes.
What is an antibiotic?
Type of communication where words are shared between 2 people.
What is verbal communication?
Promoted in the patient's environment by minimizing tripping hazards and following all precautions for fire, oxygen, and hazardous waste disposal.
What is patient safety?
Focusing on the patient, being patient when asking questions, having an awareness of cultural preferences, using nonverbal communication appropriately, and asking for clarification.
What is active listening presence?
A myth yet commonly considered to be a last resort and only used when someone is nearing death.
What is morphine or other opioids?
The absence of all microbes.
What is sterile?
Type of communication between 2 people that is often believed as factual over any other type of communication.
What is nonverbal communication?
Asking patients what time they would prefer to have their personal care visit or what food they prefer to eat.
What is patient choice?
Ambulating, eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, and transferring.
What are activities of daily living?
Caused by tumors pressing on other organs, nerves, or bones.
What is cancer?
The process of destroying all pathogens.
What is disinfection?
Dimming the lights, playing calming music, speaking in slow, soft, comforting language, and providing slow, gentle personal care.
What is decreasing stimuli in the patient's environment?
Closing the door to the bathroom or pulling the blinds in the bedroom.
What is patient privacy?
Examples of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)
What is transportation, shopping, managing finances, meal prep, or housekeeping?
Commonly seen as a side effect to opioid use.
What is constipation?
A human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not show signs of infection.
What is a carrier?
Asking open ended questions, like, "Tell me about your family." or "Tell me about where you grew up." or "How did you decide to choose that type of work?".
What is encouraging life review or reminiscing about one's life?
Avoiding conversation with the patient when a strong odor is present.
What is patient dignity?
3 components to patient care.
What is comfort, safety, and dignity?
Causes include sitting or staying in 1 position too long, eating too many salty foods, side effects to medications, CHF, kidney disease, and damage to leg veins.
What is edema?
A carrier either animal or insect that transmits disease.
What is a vector?
Family, spirituality, uplifting memories, and positive relationships with professional caregivers.
What are sources of hope?
The limit of one's ability to perform activities of daily living often caused by serious illness.
What is fatigue?