Functional Ability

Question 1

What is typically used for functional ability assessment?

Answer 1

Self-reporting and performance-based assessment tools.

Question 2

What is primary functional ability deficit?

Answer 2

Functional ability NEVER develops.

Question 3

What is secondary functional ability deficit?

Answer 3

Functional ability is LOST.

Question 4

What are examples of BADL’s?

Answer 4

Bathing, eating, dressing, toileting.

Question 5

What are examples of IADL’s?

Answer 5

Promote independence: shopping, meal prep, driving.

Question 6

Primary care for functional ability?

Answer 6

Prevention: Pt education on age factors, physical and psychosocial trauma, disease, decrease in cognitive function and depression.

Question 7

Secondary care for functional ability?

Answer 7

Assessment tools for functional ability.

Question 8

Tertiary care for functional ability?

Answer 8

Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, range of motion exercises.

Question 9

Caring for a patient with CVA (stroke).

Answer 9

Encourage rehab, assess FA, mobility, ADL’s elimination and communication. Set realistic goals, teach coping for pt and familie.

Question 10

Transferring a pt with CVA (stroke).

Answer 10

Remove obstacles, proper shoes, place wheelchair on UNAFFECTED side, bend knees and roll towards UNAFFECTED side, place gait belt.

Question 11

Nursing care for pt with stroke + dysphagia.

Answer 11

Swallowing test, assess for delayed cough, assess vital signs (temp with rise when aspirating and O2 will drop), refer to speech pathologist, thicken foods when eating.

Question 12

Unconcious patient care.

Answer 12

Safe environment, breathing, and maintain temp.

Question 13

Alzheimers care and interventions.

Answer 13

Maximize independence, maintain consistency and structure, reminiscence of memory and past events/people, remove hazards, speak in short sentences.

Question 14

What disease is characterized by a neurological movement disorder that leads to disability, is slow to progress, and is caused by the death of cells in the brain uncharge of making dopamine.

Answer 14

Parkinson’s.

Question 15

What disease is characterized by s/s of tremors, stiffness, shuffling gait, bradykinesia (slow movement), postural disability, depression and dementia?

Answer 15

Parkinson’s disease.

Question 16

What are the medications associated for Parkinson’s?

Answer 16

Levodopa (tremors)
Modafinil (anxiety)
Dopamine agonists (stimulate dopamine in brain)
Carbidopa-Levedopa

Question 17

What is multiple sclerosis? (MS)

Answer 17

Autoimmune disease where immune system attacks myelin sheaths found in CNS.

Question 18

What are the s/s of multiple sclerosis? (MS)

Answer 18

Fatigue, depression, dysarthria (speech problems) dysphagia, mood swings, trouble thinking, tremors, spasms, clumsiness, numbness/tingling, dizziness/vertigo, bladder and bowel problems.