Pain
During Illness
Nutrition
Random
Random
100

The physiologic process that leads to the perception of noxious stimulus as painful 

Nociception Pain

100

multiple chronic conditions

Multimorbidity

100

Gold standard diet

Mediterranean 
100

Caused by an abnormal process of sensory stimuli by the central or peripheral nervous system

Neuropathic Pain

100

Provides ongoing or intermittently during the cause of illness and includes disease treatment 

Palliative Care

200

Sharp and immediate, time-limited, responsive to analgesics

Acute Pain

200

Most common cause of hospital admissions for older adults 

heart failure 

200

Dry Mouth

Xerostomia 

200

persistent or chronic pain lasts longer than ___

3-6 months 

200

Services Based on diagnosis of a life-limiting illness with a prognosis of 6 months or less

Hospice

300

The most common cause of pain in older adults

Musculoskeletal 

300

A client is in the hospital for altered mental status and it was determined they have a UTI, this is considered what? 

Atypical Presentation 

300

state of being without reliable access to sufficient quantity and affordable nutritious food

Food insecurity 

300

Gold Standard for pain assessment

Patients self report

300

What is abnormal HbA1c?

6.5 or higher 

400

Culture affects expression of pain NOT_____

Intensity 

400

Name 2 nursing interventions for Cancer

pain, comfort, yoga, meditation, hospice, palliative care

400

Name 3 age related changes of digestion and eating patterns

sense of smell and taste, dry mouth, muscle strength to chew, slow swallowing, slow emptying, decreased motility, atrophy of pancreas

400

Medications that have primary indication other then treatment of pain

Adjuvant Analgesic 

400

Tool used to assess nutrition

Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
500

Recommended pain tool for older adults

Verbal Descriptor Scale (VDS)

500

Name three characteristics of Frailty

1. unintentional weight loss. 2. exhaustion 3. weakness 4. slow walking 5. low level of activity 

500

Important in cognitive function, DNA methylation, and preventing high levels of homocysteine

Folate

500

Name 3 risk factors for Frailty 

Old age, smoker, diabetes, CVD, Cancer, stroke, COPD, polypharmacy, vision and hearing impairment, cognitive impairment 

500

What are 2 Nursing Intervention for heart failure

manage energy, rest periods, symptoms of fluid overload, healthy lifestyle