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Chapter 1-10 Exam Flashcards

1
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Acute Care

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Immediate short term care

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Subacute

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Long term care

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Outpatient Care

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Less than 24 hour care

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Hmos

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Use particular doctor (cost reducing)

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5
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Ppos

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Use network providers to limit cost

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6
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Delegation

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Transfer of responsibility. Nurse is liable

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7
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Obra

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75 hours of training nurse aids must suffer through

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Informed consent

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With doctors help, patients have the right to make decisions about their health care

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9
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Incontinence

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Unable to control bladder

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10
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Impairment

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Loss of function (sight, smell, hearing etc.)

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Expressive aphasia

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Slurred or inability to talk

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12
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Dysphasia

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Difficulty Swallowing

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13
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Autonomy

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Independence

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14
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Chain link causative agent

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Pathogenic microorganisms that cause disease

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Medical asepsis

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Measures used to reduce and prevent spread of pathogens

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16
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Surgical Asepsis

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State of being feee of all microorganisms (sterile technique)

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17
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Standard precautions

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Treating everything as if it’s infected

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18
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Jaundice

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Skin, eyes and mucous are yellow

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19
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A restrained resident must be monitored constantly check on every ____ minutes

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15 minutes

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20
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In case of a fire follow RACE

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Remove Residents
Activate Alarm
Contain Fire
Extinguish

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21
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Heart attack

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Sudden severe pain In chest

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22
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Control Bleeding

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Press down hard directly on wound, do not decrease pressure

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23
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Fainting

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Sitting: Bend forwards, head between knees
Laying: Elevate Legs

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Syncope

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Fainting

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25
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Hypoglycemia/Insulin Reaction

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Too much insulin or too little food

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26
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis DKA/ Hyperglycemia

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Too little insulin

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Seizures

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Involuntary, often violent, contractions of muscles

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Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

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Is a warning sign of CVS (Stroke)

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Holistic Care

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Caring for the whole person- mind and body

30
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Spiritual

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Means of, or relating to, the spiritual soul

31
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Not normal changes of aging

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Signs of depression 
Loss of ability to think logically 
Poor nutrition 
Shortness of breath 
Incontinence
32
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Developmental disabilities

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Disabilities that are present during birth

33
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Down syndrome

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Help teach the resident to perform ALDs by dividing tasks into smaller units

34
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Signs of Autism

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Child does not engage in pretend play

Unable to make eye contact

Tantrums, repetitive body movements, aggression, short attention span

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Integumentary System watches

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Pale, white or reddened or purple areas

36
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Atrophy

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When muscle wastes away, decreases in size, weak

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Contracture

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Developes, muscle shortens, becomes inflexible, and Dresden’s

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Nervous System

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Controls and coordinates all body functions

39
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Circulatory and cardiovascular system is made up of

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Heart blood vessels and blood

40
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Systole

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Working phase, when the ventricles pump blood through blood vessels

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Diastole

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Resting phase, when chambers fill with blood

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Peristalsis

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Moving food into stomach through involuntary contractions

43
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Adrenal hormones

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They help the body regulate carbohydrate metabolism

44
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Supine

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Flat on back

45
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Prone

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Lying on stomach

46
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Lateral

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On side

47
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Fowler’s

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Semi-sitting position (45-60 degrees)

48
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Sims

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Left side lying position

49
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Draw sheet

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Extra sheet placed on top of the bottom sheet when bed is made

50
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Logrolling

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Moving a resident as a unit without disturbing the alignment of the body

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Ergonomics

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The science of designing equipment, areas and work tasks to make them safer and suit workers abilities

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Ambulatory

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Walking

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Residents who have difficulty walking

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May use assistive devices (canes, walkers)

54
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Cane

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Placed about 6-12 inches in front in strong hand

55
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Medicare

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Federal

56
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Medicaid

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State

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Sentinel Even

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Accident or incident resulting in death

58
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Person directed care

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Emphasizes the individuality of the person who needs care

59
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Malpractice

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Occurs when a person is injured due to professional misconduct, carelessness or lack of skill

60
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Advanced directives

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Legal documents that allow people to choose what medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make decisions

61
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Living will

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Outlines the medical care a person wants or does not want of he or she is unable to make those decisions

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Objective information

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What you’ve seen

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Subjective information

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What you are told

64
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Cyanotic

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Blue or grey skin. Not enough O2

65
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PPE

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Gloves
Masks
Goggles

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