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The person’s unit is
their personal space, furniture, and equipment provided for the person by the agency.
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Staff can reduce noise and increase patient and resident comfort by:
- Control your voice.
- Handle equipment carefully.
- Keep equipment in good working order.
- Answer phones, call lights, and intercoms promptly.
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Keeping light controls within the person’s reach protects the right to
personal choice
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When are bed wheels locked?
At all times except when moving the bed.
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Entrapment within the hospital bed system is a risk. Describe entrapment.
Getting caught, trapped, or entangled in spaces created by the bed rails, the mattress, the bed frame, the head-board or the foot board.
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Where should you place a patient’s or resident’s bedpan when it is not in use?
In the bottom drawer of the bedside stand.
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Only _____ and ______ items are placed on the over-bed table.
clean and sterile
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The call light must always be
within the person’s reach
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Full visual privacy means
to be completely free from public view while in bed
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OBRA requires closet space for each resident. The closet must have
shelves and a clothes rack
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A disability is
any lost absent, or impaired physical or mental function
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Rehabilitation is the process of restoring the person to the highest possible level of ______, ________, _______, and function.
physical, psychological, economic
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Restorative nursing helps persons regain health, strength, and independence. It may involve measures that promote:
- Communition
- Mobility
- Self-care
- Elimination
- Positioning
- Cognitive function
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Restorative nursing and rehabilitation focus
on the whole person
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Rehabilitation starts when
the person first seeks health
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Dysphagia means
difficulty swallowing
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Successful rehabilitation and restorative care improves
quality of life
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The focus of rehabilitation is on the person’s
function and independence
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Changes in the brain can affect cognitive function. Cognitive relates to
knowledge
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Cognitive function involves:
- Memory
- Thinking
- Reasoning
- Ability to understand
- Judgement
- Behavior
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Causes of acute confusion (delirium) include:
- Infection
- Drugs
- Illness
- Surgery
- Injury
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Dementia is
the loss of cognitive function that interferes with routine personal, social, and occupational activities
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Delirium and depression can be mistaken for
Pseudodementia
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Explain why depression might be overlooked in older persons.
Dementia, depression, aging, and some drug side effects have similar signs and symptoms.
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The classic sign of _____ is gradual loss of short-term memory.
Alzheimer’s
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With ______, signs, symptoms, and behaviors of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) increase during hours of darkness.
sundowing
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A nursing center resident is a retired banker. The person has AD. He believes he is a famous astronaut. This is a
delusion
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A resident with AD is making loud screaming sounds. List three measures that might help the person.
- Speak in a calm gentle voice.
- Speak slowly. Use simple words and short sentences.
- Ask 1 thing at a time.
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You notice a resident masturbating in the hallway. What should you do?
Lead the person to his or her room. Provide for privacy and safety.
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Explain why infection is a risk for persons with AD.
The person depends on others for care. The person cannot fully tend to self-care.
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Persons with AD need to feel useful, worthwhile, and active. Therapies and activities focus on
the person’s strengths and past successes. Validation Therapy is a way to communicate with person with dementia.
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Relates to learning, thinking, reasoning, and solving problems
Intellectual function
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A defect in the spinal column; the vertebrae do not form properly, leaving a split in the vertebrae
Spina bifida
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Cerebrospinal fluid collects in and around the brain
Hydrocephalus
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Uncontrolled contractions of skeletal muscles
Spastic
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List six problems during pregnancy that can cause intellectual disabilities (mental retardation).
- Smoking
- Substance abuse or addiction
- Infection with rubella
- Untreated or uncontrolled diabetes.
- Contact with dangerous chemical or toxins
- Poor nutrition
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________ is a term applied to a group of disorders involving muscle weakness or poor muscle control.
Cerebral Palsy
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_____ begins in early childhood. It is more common in boys than in girls. The child has problems with social skills.
Autism
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