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Lifespan - Geriatric

Week 9

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NAGELE'S RULE COMPUTES THE LENGTH OF PREGNANCY
FERTILIZATION SPERM PENETRATES THE OVUM
GERMINAL PERIOD FIRST 2 WEEKS AFTER CONCEPTION
ZYGOTE NEWLY FORMED ORGANISM WITH ITS FULL GENETIC COMPLEMENT
EMBRYONIC PERIOD THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD WEEK THROUGH THE EIGHTH WEEK AFTER CONCEPTION
FETAL PERIOD NINTH WEEK AFTER CONCEPTION; ENDS WITH BIRTH
TERATOGENS FACTORS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE FETUS
PREMATURITY INFANT BETWEEN 20 AND 37 WEEKS' GESTATION
NEONATAL PERIOD FIRST MONTH OF LIFE
MOLDING OVERLAPPING OF THE SOFT SKELL BONES
FONTANELS DIAMOND AND TRIANGULAR SHAPES BETWEEN THE UNFUSED BONES OF THE SKULL
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT INNATE BEHAVIOR, REFLEXES, AND SENSORY FUNCTIONS
HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF BILIRUBIN IN THE BLOOD
INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM GENETIC DISORDERS CAUSED BY THE ABSENCE OR DEFICIENCY OF A SUBSTANCE ESSENTIAL TO CELLULAR METABOLISM
CIRCUMCISION BENEFITS INCLUDE PREVENTION OF PENILE CANCER AND UTI'S
SAFETY CONCERNS CAR SEATS AND CRIBS
GERIATRICS BRANCH OF MEDICINE DEALING WITH TEH DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES THAT AFFECT THE OLDER ADULT
GERONTOLOGY STUDY OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE AGING PROCESS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING CONCERNED WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF OLDER ADULTS
GERONTIC NURSING NURSING CARE OF OLDER ADULTS CONSIDERED TO BE THE ART AND PRACTICE OF NURTURING AND CARING RATHER THAN TREATMENT OF DISEASE
INTEGUMENTARY PIGMENTATION CHANGES, GLANDULAR ATROPHY, THINNING HAIR
RESPIRATORY DECREASED COUGH REFLEX AND VITAL CAPACITY, INCREASED AIRWAY RESISTANCE
CARDIOVASCULAR LOWER CARDIAC OUTPUT, DECREASED BARORECEPTOR SENSITIVITY
GASTROINTESTINAL DECREASE IN SALIVA, GASTRIC SECRETIONS, AND PANCREATIC ENZYMES
MUSCULOSKELETAL DECALCIFICATION OF BONES, DEGENERATIVE CHANGES, DEHYDRATION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISKS
NEUROLOGICAL DEGENERATION OF NERVE CELLS, DECREASE IN NEUROTRANSMITTERS
SENSORY PRESBYOPIEA, PRESBYCUSIS, DECREASED PROPRIOCEPTION
GENITOURINARY 50% DECREASE IN RENAL BLOOD FLOW, DECREASED BLADDER CAPACITY
REPRODUCTIVE DECREASED ESTROGEN PRODUCTION,K ATROPHY OF VAGINA, UTERUS, AND BREASTS
ENDOCRINE DECREASED ABILITY TO RESPOND TO STRESS
HEART DISEASE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
CANCER SECOND MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH
STROKE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
SMOKING RISK FACTOR IN THE FOURTH MOST COMMON CAUSES OF DEATH
ALCOHOL ABUSE DUE TO DEPRESSION, LONELINESS, AND LACK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT
NUTRITION LEVEL OF ACUITY AND CLINICAL CONDITIONS AFFECGT OLDER ADULTS' NEEDS
DENTAL PROBLEMS POLYPHARMACY
EXERCISE MAINTAINS AND STRENGTHENS FUNCTIONAL ABILITY AND PROMOTES WELL-BEING
ARTHRITIS MOBILITY DEPENDS ON THE EXTENT OF THE DISEASE AND JOINTS AFFECTED
FALLS RISK FACTORS: IMPAIRED VISION, ARTHRITIS, INCONTINENCE, MEDICATION REACTIONS
SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS CHANGES IN VISION, HEARING, TASTE, AND SMELL
PAIN CONSEQUENCES INCLUDE DEPRESSION, SLEEP DIFFICULTIES, CHANGES IN MOBILITY, DECREASED SOCIALIZATION
MEDICATION USE POLYPHARMACY
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION NURSE EXPRESSES ATTITUDES OF CONCERN, KINDNESS, AND COMPASSION
TOUCH CAN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AGITATION LEVELS IN DEMENTED OLDER ADULTS
REALITY ORIENTATION TECHNIQUE TO MAKE THE OLDER ADULT AWARE OF TIME, PLACE, AND PERSON
VALIDATION THERAPY AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO COMMUNICATION WITH A CONFUSED ADULT
REMINISCENCE RECALLING THE PAST
BODY IMAGE ASSISTING WITH GROOMING AND HYGIENE
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