Nursing 1010 Final Exam with
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Identify requirements necessary for older adults during summer months/hot weather - Answer
AC
Air Quality
Hydrate
Remember to Eat
Cooler Baths
Stay Inside
Car Safety
what interventions promote quality of life during rehabilitation and restorative care when
working with older adults? - Answer Protect the right to privacy
Encourage personal choice
Protect the right to be free from abuse & mistreatment
Learn to deal with your anger & frustration
Encourage activities
Provide a safe setting
Show patience, understanding, & sensitivity--not pity & sympathy
Signs and symptoms of UTI - Answer Burning urination, frequency, Urgency, nocturia,
incontinence, suprapubic or pelvic pain, slight malodor, dark yellow or amber in color,
hematuria, patient may have fever, confusion
What is included in vital signs? - Answer 1. BP
2. temperature
3. respirations
4. pulse
What happens to a patient's skin when they are pulled up in bed incorrectly? - Answer
Friction from rubbing can scrape or tear the person's skin.
Geriatrics - Answer branch of medicine dealing with older individuals and their medical
problems
, Gerontology - Answer study of the aging process
Prone Postion - Answer lying face down
Semi-Fowler's Position - Answer position is the position of a patient who is lying in bed in a
supine position with the head of the bed at approximately 30 degrees.
supine position - Answer lying on back, facing upward
Sims position - Answer lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn
behind, parallel to the back
dysphagia - Answer difficulty swallowing
risks of dysphagia - Answer Choking / Aspiration
Alzheimer's Dimentia - Answer Dementia refers to a group of symptoms that together affect
the memory, normal thinking, communicating and the reasoning ability of a person. These
symptoms make it difficult to perform even daily simple tasks such as bathing and eating.
Alzheimer's disease is the main cause of majority cases of dementia. Dementia can't be cured
but there are medications to manage the symptoms.
Gait Belt - Answer a device, usually a strap of cotton webbing with a buckle, designed to be
placed around a patient's waist to assist with transferring and ambulating the patient
How to avoid pressure injuries - Answer Q2 turns
elevating heals
protecting boney body parts
Alevins
Elastic stockings - Answer exert pressure on vains to promote venous blood flow, helping to
prevent blood clot (thrombi) blood clot is a thrombus. Sluggish flow may cause thrombus if it
breaks off it is an embolus
Constipation - Answer Hard, slow stools that are difficult to eliminate; often a result of too
little fiber in the diet
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Identify requirements necessary for older adults during summer months/hot weather - Answer
AC
Air Quality
Hydrate
Remember to Eat
Cooler Baths
Stay Inside
Car Safety
what interventions promote quality of life during rehabilitation and restorative care when
working with older adults? - Answer Protect the right to privacy
Encourage personal choice
Protect the right to be free from abuse & mistreatment
Learn to deal with your anger & frustration
Encourage activities
Provide a safe setting
Show patience, understanding, & sensitivity--not pity & sympathy
Signs and symptoms of UTI - Answer Burning urination, frequency, Urgency, nocturia,
incontinence, suprapubic or pelvic pain, slight malodor, dark yellow or amber in color,
hematuria, patient may have fever, confusion
What is included in vital signs? - Answer 1. BP
2. temperature
3. respirations
4. pulse
What happens to a patient's skin when they are pulled up in bed incorrectly? - Answer
Friction from rubbing can scrape or tear the person's skin.
Geriatrics - Answer branch of medicine dealing with older individuals and their medical
problems
, Gerontology - Answer study of the aging process
Prone Postion - Answer lying face down
Semi-Fowler's Position - Answer position is the position of a patient who is lying in bed in a
supine position with the head of the bed at approximately 30 degrees.
supine position - Answer lying on back, facing upward
Sims position - Answer lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn
behind, parallel to the back
dysphagia - Answer difficulty swallowing
risks of dysphagia - Answer Choking / Aspiration
Alzheimer's Dimentia - Answer Dementia refers to a group of symptoms that together affect
the memory, normal thinking, communicating and the reasoning ability of a person. These
symptoms make it difficult to perform even daily simple tasks such as bathing and eating.
Alzheimer's disease is the main cause of majority cases of dementia. Dementia can't be cured
but there are medications to manage the symptoms.
Gait Belt - Answer a device, usually a strap of cotton webbing with a buckle, designed to be
placed around a patient's waist to assist with transferring and ambulating the patient
How to avoid pressure injuries - Answer Q2 turns
elevating heals
protecting boney body parts
Alevins
Elastic stockings - Answer exert pressure on vains to promote venous blood flow, helping to
prevent blood clot (thrombi) blood clot is a thrombus. Sluggish flow may cause thrombus if it
breaks off it is an embolus
Constipation - Answer Hard, slow stools that are difficult to eliminate; often a result of too
little fiber in the diet
