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Flashcards by Amanda Burton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Amanda Burton
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| Question | Answer |
| What is Ageism | Prejudice or discrimination against a particular age group, especially older adults. |
| What is Demographics | The study of populations statistical data |
| What is Gerontology | The study of all aspects of the aging process |
| What is geriatrics | Dealing with the physiologic characteristics of aging |
| What is Geriatrician | Elderly specialist |
| What is Gerontics | Services provided of older adults |
| Describe the process of aging | Chronologically, Physiologically, and Functionally |
| What is the best method of the process of aging | Chronologic age |
| What is the Age Discrimination Act of 1967 | Basis of age in hiring, promotion, and discharge 40 and above |
| What are free radicals | Unstable molecules produced by the body |
| What does a durable power of attorney for healthcare do? | Designed to help guide the family and medical professional in planning care. |
| What is the inability to maintain personal care, hygiene, shopping, and paying bills called? | Self neglect |
| What is the activity theory of aging? | Proposes that activity is necessary for successful aging. social or exercise |
| What is the single most important factor that influences how well or how poorly a person will age? | Attitude |
| What is a advance directive? | Your personal wishes |
| Medicare A | Hospital Insurance |
| Medicare B | 100 days of skilled care |
| Medicare D | pays for drugs |
| Antioxidants | Neutralize free radicals A, D, E, K |
| What is the last of the eight stages of the Eirkson's Stages of development | Integrity vs. Despair |
| What is the Jung's Theory on aging | True self, you accept yourself and you don't care what others think |
| Normal age related changes of urinary system | Urine concentrations, decrease fluid intake, incontinence |
| A bone related side effect of aging where vitamin A and C are needed for | ossification |
| Why is walking a good exercise for the elderly vs. swimming | Better for the long bones |
| Normal age related changes in Respiratory | Decreased # of cilia, and # of macrophages |
| Normal age related changes in CV | Decreased cardiac muscle tone heart pumps with less force, cardiac output, elasticity and pacemaker cells |
| Importance of exercise in the elderly | Helps to keep joints flexible, to maintain muscle mass; to control blood sugar; promotes sense of well being, slow down bone loss |
| How long should elderly exercise | 30 minutes of walking |
| Motivation of patients and changes of success in health promotion | The individual's perception of his and her health |
| Best predictor of success with health promotion activities | Only those highly motivated to change are likely to be successful. |
| What is the daily amount of sodium intake | 2000-3000 mg a day |
| Low sodium diet | below 2000 mg daily |
| What factors of success with health promotion activities | Independence |
| Dysphagia | difficulties swallowing |
| Dysphasia | Difficulties speaking |
| Nursing interventions for Dysphagia | Tuck chin while swallowing, take small bits or drinks, thicken liquids, allow ampule time |
| Nursing interventions for dysphasia | Allow time to complete sentences, white boards |
| Therapeutic communication is a | process of gathering information related to pt's overall health |
| Therapeutic relationship ended when | at discharge |
| Blocks to communication | Jargon, baby talk, close ended questions, judging, giving advice |
| What is the personal space measurement | 18in-4ft |
| What is the public space measurement | 12ft |
| What is the social space measurement | 4-12ft |
| How would you modify teaching for elderly | Speak to their faces, slow, short short sentences, 0 jargon, hearing aides and glasses, active listening |
| Teaching points for iron | dark/black stools, take with OJ, Don not take on a empty stomach |
| Daily water and calorie intake for the elderly | water 2000-3000 cc calorie 1200 |
| Factors that affect the elderly and nutrition | Losing taste buds, eating next to someone who stinks, CNA not taking time to assist |
| Barriers to nutrition in institutionalized seniors | Way it smells, the look, and served |
| Effects of low hemoglobin and low albumin | Hemoglobin - confusion, enema, falling Albumin - Protein, Edema |
| Normal age related changes in distribution | Storing of fat soluble drugs in fatty tissues |
| Normal age related changes in Metabolism | Decreased enzyme activity in liver |
| Normal age related changes in excertion | Decreased renal blood flow |
| Normal age related changes in Absorption | Reduced liver mass and blood flow |
| Med's that cant be crushed | Capsules, Sublingual, buccal, enteric-coated |
| Beer's Criteria | Drugs that should not be used on the elderly, example: benedryl Start low go slow |
| Which organ is the primary site of drug metabolism | Liver |
| Where are most drugs absorbed | GI tract |
| Before administering a medication what is information you should know | Therapeutic effects, reasons for med, normal dosage, normal route, special precautions, common side effects, signs of overdose or toxicity |
| Health screening | Not designed to provide treatment but referrals |
| Health assessment | A head to toe assessment by professional with data use to perform diagnosis and plan of care |
| What are continuous, loud, low-pitched sounds that may be ausculated from the lungs? | Rhonci |
| Why should the nurse frequently assess the older adult who is on a psychotropic drug? | Safety |
| What is the number 1 cause of death by fire | smoking |
| #1 cause of fire injury | cooking |
| What is the best predictor of falls | previous fall in last 6 month |
| What signals a changes from one stage of dementia to another | incontinence |
| delirium | fast, curable, on/off |
| dementia | slow, gradual and not curable |
| Hemianopsia | A condition in which a portion of the visual field is lost |
| How would you modifiy the environment to reduce risks with a pt with Hemianopsia | Arrange Furniture, place items on good side and teach to sweep head to look at environment |
| What factors put older adults at increased risk for social isolation | NANDA: inability to drive, losing friends and relatives, can't hear or see well |
| Respiratory signs of immanent death | Cheyne-Stokes |
| What is the last sense to go before dying | hearing |
| Cardovascular sign of immanent death | modeling of limbs |
| Pain control goals of a dying patient | provide comfort but let them try to interact |
| Stages of Kubler Ross of grieving and dying | Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance |
| What are Phytoestrogens | chemicals that act as estrogen's on some parts of the body and antiestrogens on others. |
| What can you get Phytoestrogens from | Soybeans and sweet potatoes (wild yams) |
| What diseases contribute to ED | DM, Depression, CV |
| Assessing dark toned skin | Halogen light, palpate for signs of edema, touch to determine changes of temperature |
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