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Test 7 for Showers

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study of the process of aging and problems of aged people   show
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show Gerontologic Nursing  
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branch of medicine that deals with disease and problems of old age   show
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show home care  
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geared toward the elderly that need a continuum of care   show
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facilities geared to improving functional status   show
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show adult day care  
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show assisted living  
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patients need around the clock care, professional nurse always present, subject to rigid regulations   show
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have accomodations for independent living, assisted living and long term care, very expensive   show
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temporary, rapid onset, brief in length, disturbance in consciousness along with rapid change in cognition, disorientation,impaired memory, very agitated, usually specific cause can be identified   show
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opiates, change in environment, head injury, tumor, pain, stress, metabolic disorder, hypoxia, other meds   show
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show dementia  
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alzheimers disease, vascular dementia, parkinsons, Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)   show
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number one cause of dementia, progressive degeneration and death of brain cells. brain pathways destroyed and shrunken. results in problems in thinking, memory and behaviour   show
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presents like alzheimers, stepwise decline due to mini strokes. Initial symptom not memory loss   show
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show parkinsons disease  
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show Alzheimers disease pathophysiology  
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memory loss affects job skills, difficulty performing tasks, problem w/language & word finding, disorientation to time & place, poor judgment, difficulty w/ abstractions, misplacing things & blaming others, mood change , loss of executive skills,   show
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D-drugs, E-emotional (depression), M-metabolic (thyroid-hyper and hypo), E- eye, ear disorders, N-nutritional, T-tumor, trauma, I- infection, A- artheroschlerosis decreases circulation to brain   show
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show early, middle, late  
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show Early Stage of Alzheimers  
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show Middle Stage of Alzheimers  
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show Late Stage of Alzheimers  
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show Common Alzheimers Meds  
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SDAT   show
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Physical disorders, Medications, Substance abuse, Social, cultural and demographic factors   show
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sleep changes, appetite changes, loss of interest, fatigue, anxiety, low esteem, sucidal thoughts   show
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Infliction upon an adult of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish   show
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Reversible dysfunctional cerbral cortex, which is manifested by a wide varity of neuro-psychatric abnormalities   show
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Chronic, progressive, acquired brain syndrome, with gradual onset of decline in memory and other cognitive functions sufficent to life   show
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Neurologic, systemic and psychriatric causes of   show
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a progressive irreversible brain disorder that is characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, cognitive function, reasoning, language and eventually physical functioning and death   show
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show Etiology of alzheimers disease  
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Stages of alzheimers disease   show
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forgetfullness, impairment in judgement, increasing inability to handle routine tasks, lack of spontaneity, lessening of initiative, disorientation of time and place, depression and terror   show
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wandering and preservation, increasing disorientation, increasing forgetfullness, agitation, restlessness, especially at night, develop an inability to attach meaning to their sensory perceptions, inability to think abstractly, muscle twitching, seizure   show
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disorientation, complete dependence, develop an inability to recognize self and others, speech impairment to muteness, morbid need to put everything in their mouths, necessity to touch everything in sight, become emaciated, complete loss of all body funct   show
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age 65 and older, under 65 with certain disabilities, those with end stage renal disease   show
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welfare   show
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a condition in which there is an involuntary loss of urine   show
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inability to hold urine, exacerbated by fluid limiting and frequent urination   show
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show Stress Incontinence  
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Chronic progressive disease, average age of onset 65, imbalance of 2 neurotransmitters( dopamine and acetycholine), causes classic S/S, of unknown etiology ( possible- trauma to midbrain, strokes, toxins and atherosclerosis)   show
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show Parkinsons Diease: Clinical manifestations- Bradykinesia  
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Define: anxiety?   show
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show Paranoia  
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What is NOT considered a normal part of the aging process?   show
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What is the most common psychiatric disorder found in the general medical hospital?   show
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show Delirium  
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show Confusion, Insomnia/Day night reveresal, Restlessness-"picking" sheets, climbing out of bed, pulling on tubes, may experience hallucination, delusions, may cry and scream  
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What are the causes of Delirium?   show
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Identify the causative stressor and correct it, reality orientation, verbally use of calanders, windows ect, maintain safety, provide consistent caregiver/enviroment when possible.   show
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show Identify the causative stressor and correct it, reality orientation, verbally use of calanders, windows ect, maintain safety, provide consistent caregiver/enviroment when possible.  
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show To decrease anxiey and confusion  
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What is Cognitive impariments characterized by gradual onset and is progressive and permanent Judgement, memory, abstract thinking, and social behavior are affected.   show
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What are major causes of Dementia?   show
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How is Alzhemimer’s Disease diagnosised   show
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show frequently repeating oneself, regularly misplacing objects, agnosia,Aphasia, Confabulation, Frustration, Anxiety & depression r/t forgetfulness and short term memory loss, family and friends often not aware of problems  
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Inability to recall familiar words used in conversation   show
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show confabulation  
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show Decreased ability to perform ADLs(incontinent), "lost" in own house, disoriented to time or place, wandering or pacing, prone to accidents due to visual perception difficulties, apraxia, temperament fluctuations, sundowning, easily distracted, family awar  
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inability to perform motor tasks although motor function intact. can not zip or button   show
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show inability to care for self, lost use of language, almost complete loss of memory, requires care 24/7, almost always bedriddenor sits in a chair all day.  
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show Anticholinesterase(tacrine/Cognex) (Aricept/donepezil) usually used in mild to moderate AD, thought to prevent rapid decline in cognition, pt. should have weekly assessments of liver function  
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What are the nursing interventions for the pt with Alzeimers disease   show
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How is Vascular Dementia diagnosised?   show
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show similar to Alzheimers, more specifically related to area of infarcts.  
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What are some signs of Vascular Dementia that is unlike pts with AD   show
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What are some nursing diagnosis related to delirium and dementia   show
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Nursing Diagnosis cont.   show
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