Legal Aspects of Nursing
The patient's desires for terminal care, life-sustaining measures.
What are advanced directives?
Shared beliefs and values of a group: the beliefs, customs, practices, and social behavior of a particular group of people
What is culture?
Unlike dementia, delirium has this type of onset.
What is quick onset?
This type of facility provides 24-hour custodial care for residents who need help with activities of daily living.
What is a nursing home or skilled nursing facility?
This age-related change reduces the lungs’ ability to expand fully.
What is decreased lung elasticity?
This life event may lead to social isolation and grief in older adults.
What is the death of a spouse?
Older adults may experience this sleep pattern change, leading to early waking.
What is decreased REM sleep or circadian rhythm shift?
The nurse fails to perform their duties according to established standards of care, resulting in harm to the patient.
What is malpractice?
This is the first step in developing cultural competence.
What is self-awareness?
This is the most common type of dementia.
What is Alzheimer's Dementia?
This type of therapy helps older adults regain mobility after surgery or injury.
What is physical therapy?
This condition involves loss of bone density and increased fracture risk.
What is osteoporosis?
This term describes the shift from caregiver to care recipient.
What is role reversal?
Poor sleep in older adults is associated with increased risk of this neurodegenerative condition.
What is insomnia?
Refers to the law protecting patient privacy and data.
What is HIPAA?
Diet, compliance or non-compliance of medications, trust and perceived responsibilities are influenced by...
What are ethnic norms?
This test is commonly used to assess cognitive impairment in older adults.
What is the MMSE?
This rehabilitation goal focuses on helping patients return to their highest level of function.
What is maximum independence?
The name for the change in eyesight as a person grows older.
What is presbyopia?
This age-related change may require assistive devices like walkers or hearing aids.
What is functional decline?
This nursing intervention supports cognitive function by promoting sleep hygiene.
What is establishing a consistent bedtime routine?
The norm for what a reasonable individual in a similar circumstance would do.
What is standard of practice?
This term describes the ability to understand and respect cultural differences in healthcare.
What is cultural competency?
This is a common cause of delirium in hospitalized older adults.
What is an infection?
This type of care helps maintain a person’s current level of function and prevent decline.
What is restorative care?
This GI issue is common due to slowed motility and decreased fiber intake.
What is constipation?
This government benefit often becomes a primary income source after retirement.
What is social security benefits?
This environmental factor should be minimized to promote restful sleep in long-term care settings.
What is light and/or noise?
Nurses are legally required to report this when suspected in vulnerable populations.
What is abuse and neglect?
The effects of ethnicity and culture on the health and well-being of older adults.
What is ethnogeriatrics?
This term refers to the mental processes involved in thinking, learning, and memory.
What is cognition?
This assistive device may be used to promote safe ambulation in restorative care.
What is a walker or gait belt?
This age-related spinal curvature causes a forward rounding of the upper back, often seen in older adults.
Why is Kyphosis?
This term describes grandparents who take over primary caregiving for grandchildren.
What is the custodial grandparent?
True or False: Sedative should be a first choice to help older adults sleep.
What is false?