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Gerontological Nursing NUR304 (12/22) > Exam 2: Dementia, Nutrition, Sleep > Flashcards

Exam 2: Dementia, Nutrition, Sleep Flashcards

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What is the difference between delirium and dementia?

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delirium is generally reversible, while dementia is irreversible and progressive

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What can be a cause of delirium?

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A UTI

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What is the most common form of dementia?

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Alzheimer’s disease

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what are possible causes Alzheimer’s disease?

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Genetics

Environmental factors (chemical use-farmers)

free radicals (radiation)

levels of aluminum and mercury in brain (from food/water)

slow-acting virus (covid)

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How do you stage Alzheimer’s disease?

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Global Deterioration Scale/Functional Assessment Staging (GDS/FAST)

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what is the cure and treatment for Alzheimer’s disease?

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None

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How do you treat symptoms for Alzheimer’s disease?

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antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, folic acid, vitamin B6 and B12, and gene therapy

medications that slow acetylcholinesterase

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What is vascular dementia

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dementia caused by brain damage from impaired blood flow to the brain

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what does frontotemporal dementia?

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Damage to the frontal lobe

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What is Lewy body dementia?

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Progressive protein deposits in the brain, Robin Williams had this

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what is creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

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a neurodegenerative disease that is rapid & fatal. 1 year to live after diagnosed and is pretty rare

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What is Wernick encephalopathy?

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lack of vitamin B1 (alcohol abuse, malnutrition) that has acute and chronic stages and affects usually alcoholics. Bruce Willis had this.

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What is Parkinson’s disease?

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when nerves selves in ganglia die, affect dopamine production that call causes uncontrolled movement. Treatment include increase of dopamine levels in the brain. Muhammad Ali had this

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what is aids?

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damaged immune system that causes death within three years, Abraham Lincoln had this 

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How do you insure a patient safety with dementia 

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Use items to trigger memory such as colors/pictures

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What are CAM therapies?

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nutritional supplements such as vitamins and herbs

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What is dyspareunia?

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painful intercourse

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what is menopause

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the permanent cessation of menses for at-least 1 year

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what is perimenopause

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several years prior to the onset of menopause

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what is postmenopause

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time beginning 12 months after the last menstrual cycle

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What is a popular menopause and hormone therapy

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women’s health initiative: estrogen and progestin increased heart risks. estrogen alone less risk

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what happens if women take longer to take estrogen during menopause

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longer the wait, greater the chance of heart attack

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what is andropause

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testosterone levels decline in men

24
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does andropause occur in all men?

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no

25
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what are causes of erectile dysfunction

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artherosclerosis, DIABETES, hypertension, thyroid dysfunction, alcoholism, renal failure

26
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what is hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

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replacement of estrogen and/or progestin hormone that is no longer being made by the body

27
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What is dysphagja?

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difficulty swallowing

28
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what is transfer dysphasia?

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difficulty moving food from the mouth to the esophagus

29
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what is transport dysphagia?

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difficultly moving food from mouth down the esophagus

30
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what is delivery dysphagia?

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difficulty moving food from the esophagus into the stomach

31
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define anorexia

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loss of appetite

32
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True or false: older adults have reduced need for calories

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True

33
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What percentage of calories should a dietary fat intake be

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30%

34
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What macro nutrient is most important in the nutrition pyramid?

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Soluble, fiber

35
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what disease presents itself when there is a deficiency in calcium

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Osteoporosis

36
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what factor is utilized to determine caloric intake for older adults using the Harris Benedict equation

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Age, height, weight, and gender

37
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What is the minimal required fluid intake for older adults and why?

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1500 mL, to decrease chance of UTI

38
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what are older adult diapers called?

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Depends

39
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what can dysphasia lead to

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Gastroesophageal reflux disease, which starts at age 50

40
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What causes constipation?

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slower peristalsis, inactivity, medication, side effects, and decreases fiber and fluids

41
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 Define, insomnia

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Inability to fall asleep, difficulty, staying asleep, or premature waking

42
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define nocturnal myoclonus

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A condition characterized by at least five legged jerks or movement per hour during sleep

43
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define restless leg syndrome

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Neurological disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to move the legs when one lies down

44
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Define sleep apnea

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disorder in which at least five episodes of cessation of breathing lasting at least 10 seconds occur per hour sleep, accompanied by daytime sleepiness 

45
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define cessation of breathing

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Stop breathing

46
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in which people does sleep apnea, often happen in

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Obese people that usually have diabetes, or hypertension, or some sort of cardiac disorder

47
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Define sleep latency

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Delay in the onset of sleep

48
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define phase advance

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Find asleep earlier in the evening in awaking earlier in the morning

49
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What is the pattern of sleep stages in older adults?

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Older adults shift in and out of stage one and stage two sleep. They also have a decline in time spent in deeper stages such as three and four sleep.

50
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BUN levels for someone dehydrated

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> 24 mg/dl. Usually 35mg/dl

51
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How to dress someone with Alzheimer’s

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EXPLAIN what you are doing. Lay out clothes in the order in which they’ll be put on

52
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calcium levels in someone with emphysema

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increased

53
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how often do we take a person with dementia to the bathroom

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every 2 hours

54
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what is the temperature of the water when bathing someone who is immobile

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43.3c 110f

55
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when

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nenene

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