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QUIZ 3 Flashcards

1
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ADLs

A

Activies of Daily Living
grooming, bathing, dressing, eating, drinking, eliminating etc

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2
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NAs role in ADLs

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ensure tasks are completed
Maintain resident self-esteem and dignity
Let them do as much as they can

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3
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Partial bed bath

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Morning and evening if no shower is give
includes: washing face, underarms, hands, abdomen and breast folds, genitals and perineum.

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4
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Complete bed bath

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1 to 2 times per week or as needed- or if bed-bound and unable to sit in bath chair
Wash face, under arms, hands, abdomen and breast folds, genitals, perineum, arms, legs, feet, back, fingernails, hair

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5
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Water protocol for bathing

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water temp 105-110 F
touch inside of wrist to test water
Ask resident to test water
uncover one body part at a time

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6
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Using washcloth

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use wash mitt or 4 square cloth
Change clean surface with every wipe
No soap on face
Whatever you wash, rinse.
Whatever you rinse, dry!!

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7
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Nails have bacteria so…

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wear gloves when doing nails

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8
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Order of wash

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Eyes, face, ears, neck
Arms, armpits, hands
Chest, torso, abdomen
legs, feet
back
perineum, buttocks

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9
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GI tract

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Continuous tube from mouth to anus

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10
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Ingestion

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taking in food

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Digestive

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break down food with acidic juices to a liquid slurry to be absorbed into the blood stream

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Absorption

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90% of food/fluid/nutrients are absorbed in small intestine
It is lined with little fingers(villi) to absorb food

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13
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elimination

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remaining solids are considered wasted and compacted into feces/stool to be expelled from the body(rectum/anus)

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14
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NAs job

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note and report stools to nurse

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15
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Abnormal feces/stool

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size-small or copious amounts
Color-white/yellow/green black/red(blood/mucus
Consisting of hard/pellets
Diarrhea
pain

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16
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Help with Bowels

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Encourage nutritious food
Encourage lots of fluids
Encourage physical activity

17
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Acid reflux/heartburn

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stomach acid moves up into esophagus
Often happens after meals
Acid reducers, antacid, sleeping upright may all help in treating this

18
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GERD

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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (chronic acid reflux)

19
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Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerataive colitis

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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

20
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Diverticula(small bulges in the large intestine)

A

If you have diverticula, and if they get inflamed it is diverticulitis
Swelling , can be very serious, even lead to death

21
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Constipation and fecal impaction

A

common issue to have constipation, but if it is not dealt with, it could become impacted.
Fecal impaction is serious condition. It can cause death to the intestine and even to the resident.

22
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Treatment for Fecal impaction

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laxatives, suppoitories, enemas, and digital disimpectic

23
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ostomy

A

surgical opening of the body

24
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stoma

A

the opening

25
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ileostomy

A

opening of the small intestine

26
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colostomy

A

opening of the colon in the large intestine

27
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Urinary system

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eliminate waste products from blood
Regulates levels of electrolytes.
more water=higher blood pressure

28
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incontinence

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unable to hold urine

29
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INDWELLING CATHETER(foley)

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inserted and remains in place

30
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integumentary system(skin)

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protect our organs
Protect against pathogens
Prevents fluid loss
Helps us produce Vitamin D

31
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Homeostasis

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a balance of human body to function properly

32
Q

1st degree burns

A

superficial but painful

33
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2nd degree burns

A

partial thickness, most painful.

34
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3rd degree

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down to the bone-often less pain since nerve receptors are destroyed

35
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4th degree

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charred and all the way to the bone.

36
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If you apply a hot or cold pack..

A

you are responsible for moving it in 20 min

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