Older Adults
Examples:
Stairs, cooking surfaces, electrical cords, throw rugs
What are safety hazards
Type of narrative note only lists data that is outside normal limits
Charting by exception
An injury caused by medical management other than the underlying disease
What is:
Adverse event
Body's main source of energy
What is:
Carbohydrates
(1)Gaining knowledge about the patient’s cultural beliefs and practices, including food and eating rituals, daily and nightly personal hygiene rituals, and sleeping habits; (2) comparing cultural care needs of the specific individual with the general themes of people from similar cultural backgrounds; (3) identifying similarities and differences between the cultural beliefs of the patient, health care agency, and the nurse; and (4) generating a holistic picture of the patient’s care needs, on which culture-congruent nursing care plan is developed and implemented.
What is:
The goals of a cultural assessment
Include nutritional changes, mobility impairment, falls, polypharmacy, and skin breakdown
what is:
geriatric syndrome
how many days should a nursing admission assessment be performed in a skilled nursing facility
What is:
3 days
Frail older adults experience a greater risk for __________ during a hospital stay
what is:
Deconditioning and loss of function
Reflects muscle mass
What is:
Creatine Excretion
age, gender, nationality, ethnicity
What is:
Primary characteristics of culture
Optimal BMI range for Older Patients
What is:
A BMI of 25-29
Four qualities of effective reporting
What is:
complete, concise, organized, and respectful
Assessments performed for pressure injury for the hospitalized
what is:
Braden scale, Norton scale
1500mL
What is:
The average loss of water per day in adults
Variable in providing culturally congruent care
What is:
A language barrier
Large nodules in the distal interphalangeal joints
what is:
Heberden nodes
75% of all serious, life-threating errors are reported as "sentinel events." What is the root cause of these events?
what is:
Communication failures
Five rights of delegation
What is:
right task, right circumstances, right person, right directions and communications, right supervision and evaluation
Potassium and Sodium
what are:
2 "key" electrolytes
Systematic assessment of individuals, families, and communities regarding their health beliefs and values
What is Leininger's Cultural Care Diversity and Universality Theory/Model
progressive deterioration of the functional abilities, physical skills, and cognition.
What is
Frail elderly syndrome
Type of charting is discouraged when prompt and accurate documentation
what is:
Batch charting
Name 2 safety interventions for hospitalized patients
Improve the accuracy of patient identification.
Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers.
Improve the safety of using medications.
Reduce the harm associated with clinical alarm systems.
Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections. Identify patients at risk for suicide.
Prevent mistakes in surgery using a specific protocol for identification of correct surgical procedure, time-outs for procedures, and clear communication.
Plays a key role in the metabolism of most nutrients
what are:
Vitamins
Mandate the standards to be upheld in every health care setting
What is:
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services