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Intro To Patient Care Flashcards

1
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Resident

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Patient in long term care facility

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Acute

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Sudden

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Chronic

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Lingering/ Life long

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Decrease in functional performance could be caused by:

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  • Injury
  • Condition onset
  • Debilitating preexisting condition
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5
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ADL

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Activities of Daily Living/Life

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Atrophy

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Waste away

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Complication of immobility:

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  • Decubitus/ Pressure sores/ Pressure ulcer/ Bed sores
  • Muscle stiffness, tightness and atrophy, muscle contractions
  • Deep vein thrombosis (blood clot)
  • Osteoporosis
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DBT

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Deep vein thrombosis

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Risk factors of immobility:

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  • Arthritis
  • Fractures
  • Stroke
  • Heart disease
  • COPD
  • Dementia
  • Depression
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COPD

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Goals of patient care for residents:

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  • Promote mobility
  • Improve muscle strength
  • Prevent contracture and tightness
  • Improve quality of life
  • Improve self-care
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12
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Too much assistance causes ________, while too little assistance causes _______.

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Dependency; Discouragement

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Skills to be performed:

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  • Range of Motion (ROM)
  • Splint and brace assistance
  • Bed mobility/ transfer
  • Walking/ambulating
  • Bladder/bowel training (incontinence, inability to control)
  • Dressing/grooming
  • Eating/swallowing
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Passive ROM - PROM

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Person performing range of motion moves the patients joints through available range of motion

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Active ROM - AROM

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The patient is actively moving joints through range of motion

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Active - assistance ROM - AAROM

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Patient moves some with help in others

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Quality of life

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A facility must care for its residents in an environment to promote maintenance and enhancement of each residents quality of life

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Quality of life includes:

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  • Dignity - respect
  • Self determination and participation
  • Participate in resident / family group
  • Accommodation of needs
  • Social services
  • Environment
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Quality of care

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  • ADLs
  • Vision / hearing
  • Pressure sore
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Mental functioning
  • Nutrition / hydration
  • Immunizations
  • Medications
20
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Types of healthcare facilities:

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  • Long term care
  • Home health care
  • Assisted living facility
  • Adult day care
  • Acute (hospital) care
  • Sub-acute-nursing home / long term
  • Hospice
  • Palliative
  • Rehabilitation
21
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Long term care

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Supervised nursing care for 24 hrs. (convalescent care, skilled nursing facility, or extended care facilities)

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Home health care

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Come into the patients home and assist as a specialist

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Adult day care

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Patient can’t be left at home (similar to a child)

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Acute (hospital care)

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Short-term

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Hospice

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Terminally I’ll patients with less than six months or less of life expectancy

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Palliative

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Serious illness. Goal is to improve quality of life.

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Rehabilitation

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Restorative functions (physical, occupation, speech, and respiratory therapy)

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CMS

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Center for Medicare and Medicaid services

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Medicare

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Health insurance plan for people 65 years or older, also provided to younger people with disabilities and people with end stage renal disease

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Medicare part A

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Covers inpatient services (hospital surgery)

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Medicare part B

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Covers outpatient services (doctors office visits, pt clinic)

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Medicare part C

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Covers advantage plan

33
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Medicare part D

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Covers prescription

34
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Medicaid

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Health insurance for low income individuals and special circumstances (pregnancy)

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Patient care

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An ongoing process and it needs teams effort to achieve desired results

36
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Diaphoresis

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Sweating

37
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Syncope

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Fainting

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