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Quiz Four Flashcards

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What is Erikson’s stage for older adults?

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Integrity vs. Despair

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What is the age range for older adults?

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65 and older

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What are signs that Erikson’s stage for older adults is successful?

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Putting affairs in order, making peace, looking back and feeling resolved

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What is the fastest growing population?

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Nonwhite, 65 and older

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What is the most important thing in maintaining the health of an older adult?

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Motivation

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Why don’t older adults living at home get as many fruits or vegetables as those in nursing homes?

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They don’t know about government programs and don’t have access to them

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What should the nurse teach the older adult living at home?

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That government assistance programs are available and how to utilize them

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Incontinence due to physiological changes in older adults

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Overflow and stress incontinence

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Incontinence due to neurological problems in older adults

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Urge Incontinence

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Which type of incontinence occurs with laughter and sneezing?

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Overflow

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Which kind of incontinence occurs when there is an obstruction?

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Neurological

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If a patient is incontinent, what should the nurse be watchful of?

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Hydration status and skin breakdown

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When is dementia normal?

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Never

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How can dementia be assessed?

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With a Mini-Mental exam at each doctor visit

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On the Mini-Mental exam, what score indicate cognitive impairment?

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Below 23

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On the Mini-Mental exam, which score indicates that the patient is at risk for dementia?

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Below 27

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What is important to do before an older adult starts an exercise program?

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Pre-exercise health evaluation

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What sleep disorders are prevalent in older adults?

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Nocturnal awakenings, shorter periods of sleep, decrease in slow-wave activity

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What should nurses teach older adults about sex?

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Condoms, STDs and AIDS still prevalent

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What senses dull in older adults?

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All of them

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Which age group is suicide highest in?

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Older Adults

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What is the key factor of Integrity vs. Despair?

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Ability to cope

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What is the leading cause of morbidity/mortality in older adults?

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Falls

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How can adults regain the art of defensive driving?

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Take classes

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What are the requirement for hospice?

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Less than six months to live and seeking palliative care

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Who will Medicare or Medicaid provide hospice for?

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Anyone over 65 who meets the requirements

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What is the purpose of hospice?

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Assist the patient in meeting end-of-life goals

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What is the priority of a hospice patient?

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Physical comfort

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Use of sedation to provide relief of refractory and intolerable symptoms at the end of life when there is no other option for relief

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Palliative Sedation

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Patient’s decision before time of death what heroic measures they do and do not want

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Living Will

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How can a nurse help the family cope with the patient’s imminent death?

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Education, information, preparation, participation in care giving if they want to

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What is the purpose of hospice?

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To provide the patient with a comfortable death and the family coaching on the dying process

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What is grief coaching?

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Communication, saying goodbye, providing resources

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The ultimate intervention to ensure that the death goes well

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Grieving

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What are the leading causes of death in the US?

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Heart disease, cancer, Lower respiratory distress, stroke, and accidents

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To live and die according to one’s own desires and beliefs

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Death with Dignity

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What is the role of the Advocate in forensic nursing?

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Be there for the patient

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Who should be in the room when the SANE nursing is collecting evidence?

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Only the advocate and the patient

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For patients who don’t speak English, how should the interpreter be documented?

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Include their name in your charting

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What is the role of the SANE nurse?

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Collect evidence at the crime scene, refer the patient for follow up care, and provide testimony in court

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What kind of follow up care should the SANE nurse provide for victims of sexual violence?

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Antibiotics

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What should always be included in part of the documentation?

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Forensic photography

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What are the types of trace evidence of a sexual assault?

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Hair, blood, skin under the nails, saliva, body fluids, clothing

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What is the mot important part of clothing of the sexual assault victim?

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Underwear

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How should all sexual assault evidence be labeled?

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Patient’s name, date, nurse’s initials and taped so it can’t be tampered with

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How long does a forensic kit collect take?

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1 hour

46
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A registered nurse who has specialized training to conduct medical forensic sexual assault evaluations

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SANE

47
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Specially trained volunteer who has completed a specialized Rape Crisis Center Training program to include crisis intervention, after care support, court system advocacy, community resources and protecting the patient’s rights

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Rape Advocacy

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What types of tactics do rapists use?

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“Stalking” their “prey”, holding the victim across the neck, getting the victim drunk

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