Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
chapter 1 unit 1
developmental stages of aging
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| infancy | learning to trust |
| early childhood years | identifying as part of a family unit |
| school years | developing skills |
| adolescent years | developing identity as an indevidual |
| young adulthood | forming intimate relationships raising a family |
| middle years | doing chosen work |
| old age final stage | integrating life experiences |
| arteriosclerosis | hardening of the ateries |
| atherosclerosis | a specific form of arteriosclerosis the atery walls are coated with fat this fat makes the artery walls thick the thickness makes the space that blood passes through smaller than normal. this makes the heart work harder to pump enough blood4 ahealthy body |
| alzheimer's disease | brain disfunction causing confusion deterioration ansd disorientation. 1st loss of memory about familar objects then inability to reason hold bowel care for self and purposeful movements change in speech |
| cancer | uncontrolled growth of cells that can obccur any place in body. |
| 80%of all cancer caused by | cigarette smoking exposure to carcinogenic chemicals radiation and ultraviolet rays |
| carsiovascular disease | any disease affecting the heary or circulatory system |
| #1 killer in america | cardiovascular disease |
| cystic fibrosis | an inherited disease affecting the lungs sweat glands pancreas. causes those glands to make abnormally thick mucos and increased amounts of sweat and saliva,and causses autonomic nervous system to be overactive. |
| dementia | a mental disorder causing personality changes confusion disorientation stupor change in thoughts and functions memory loss judgement changes |
| causes of dementia | drugs overactive thyroid glands anemia water on the brain insulin shock or tumor in the pancreas |
| multipul sclerosis | disease affecting the nerve fibers of the centeral nervous system. the first sign of extremities of one side of the face muscle weakness dizziness double vision and partial blindness |
| parkinsons disease | disease of the nervous system. usually occurs after sixty |
| spinal cord injury | cause paralysis. the level of it depends on where the spinal cord injury occured. |
| stroke | occurs when a blood vessel in the brain breaks or is blocked by a blood clot. the blood flow is not able tho get to the tissue beyond the break or clot. without blood the tissue dies. this causes paralysis,brain disorder memory loss or death |
| head injuries | cause loss of memory, paralysis coma or brain damage |
Created by:
culcleasure
Popular Nursing sets