Unit 4 Flashcards
Computers can be found at the bedside, in nurses’ pockets, and in strategic
locations around the unit. Nurses are given passwords that may be more
important than their name tags. Bar codes and even fingerprints are scanned
both for access to records, the administration of treatment and medications
and the identification of patients
Electronic Medical Record
▪ involves formal symptom assessment and treatment, aid with
decision making and establishing goals of care
▪ practical support for patients and their caregivers, mobilization of
community support and resources to ensure secure and safe living
environments
▪ collaborative and seamless models of care (hospital, home, nursing
homes, and hospice).
Palliative Care
When a thiazide or loop diuretic
therapy is prescribed, electrolytes
should be checked within 1 week
after initiation and at least
annually.
Monitoring diuretic
therapy
a.k.a., health care proxy
* A document that designates a surrogate (also called an “agent,” “proxy,” or
“attorney-in-fact”) to make medical decisions on a person’s behalf should
that person become unable to make a decision.
Durable power of attorney (DPA)
sequential, with each discipline applying their assessment and intervention
within their own silo
Multidisciplinary teams
An act to maximize the contribution of senior citizens to nation building, grant
benefits and special privileges and for other purposes.
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The patient is assessed (usually with a checklist); problems are identified and
care plans of interventions are developed.
Problem-oriented notes
include such basic functions as
eating, bathing, dressing, getting into and out of bed or a chair, and using
the toilet.
Activities of daily living (ADLs)
Words backed by actions help develop trust. A relationship built on trust and
concern for the welfare of others is critical to optimal health outcomes.
Follow up and follow through
s a tool that empowers the family of the dying patient to
provide the best care possible
- Based from the GSF, patients are identified based on this premise
that they have at most 6 months to live
Gold Standard Framework
Assesses and treats functional, sensory, and perceptual deficits
that impact ADLs. Assesses need for assistive devices. Assesses
and treats cognitive deficits. Provides rehabilitative services in
geropsychiatric services.
Occupational
Therapist
Allows identification and
elimination of duplicate
therapies, corrects drug
interactions, and streamlines the
drug regimen to improve
adherence.
Medication list
the concept that each person has a right to make independent choices and
decisions. It is reflected in guidelines and laws regarding patient rights and
self-determination.
Autonomy
- An act granting additional benefits and privileges to senior citizens amending for
the purpose Republic Act 9257.
.Republic Act 9994
Gerontological nurses are responsible for assessing the older person and
the environment for hazards that threaten safety, as well as planning and
intervening appropriately to maintain a safe environment. Gerontological nurses
collaborate with the older person and care partners in acknowledgement of their
right to live at risk and need for autonomy
STANDARD V: SAFE CARE
are additional tasks
necessary to maintain independence, such as preparing meals, managing
medications, shopping for groceries, and using transportation.
Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)
Provides primary care including history and physical, and
chronic disease management
Advanced
gerontological
nurse practitioner
function as a group (multiple) of professionals who work loosely in the same
area or with the same client.
Multidisciplinary teams
If older adult does require the
therapy for control of seizures, do
not use barbiturates.
Avoid barbiturates
also provides the communication needed to ensure that a person
continues to receive continuity of care—from one shift to another and one caregiver to
another and across settings.
Documentation
Assists with coping and problem solving as individuals and
families adjust to and face changes with aging and chronic
illness.
Provides counseling and psychotherapy.
Social worker
- A document describing a patient’s preferences for the initiation, continuation,
or discontinuation of particular forms of treatment
Living will
Skills and Techniques
S is for SIMPLIFY
A is for ASSURE
G is for GIVE information
E is for EASE into it.
A is for ACKNOWLEDGE. In
D is for DISCOVERY
V is for VALUE
I is for INDIVIDUALIZE
C is for COMMUNICATE
E is for EMPATHIZE
general care generated from assessment, ACP
discussions and any recorded wishes/choices
Plan
.Republic Act 9994
Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010.
the personal quest for understanding answers to ultimate questions about life, about
meaning, and about relationships that are sacred or transcendent
Spirituality
Every new drug prescribed on an
ongoing basis (e.g., for a chronic
condition) should have
documentation of response of
therapy within 6 months.
Response to therapy
Risk of hypokalemia because of
diuretic therapy
Monitoring diuretic
therapy
When warfarin is prescribed,
international normalized ratio
(INR) should be evaluated within
4 days and at least every 6 weeks
Monitoring warfarin
therapy
This therapy is associated with an
increased risk for delirium and
may be associated with the
development of seizures.
Avoid meperidine as an
opioid analgesic
Geropsychiatry. Evaluates, treats, and manages mental health
issues faced by the elderly. Includes pharmacotherapy,
evaluation of cognition, and psychotherapy.
Psychiatrist
is a system-focused approach formalizing best practice for
individuals in their last year of life.
▪ It provide tools and resources that can be used by professionals to
identify, assess and plan care in more coordinated and
communicated way
Gold Standard Framework
the foundation of a humanistic approach to
provide high-quality care for older people and their care partners and is dependent
upon empathy and understanding
. Relationship-centered care
Assesses, plans, provides, coordinates, and evaluates care,
which
focuses on health, optimal wellness, disease prevention, and advocacy
Registered nurse
Gerontological nurses develop and preserve relationship care.
Gerontological nurses understand that reciprocal communication and respectful
interactions are central to the central human enterprise of nursing
STANDARD I: HUMANISTIC AND RELATIONAL CARE
is a tool encompassing assessment and care plan for patients
identified as dying
Liverpool Care Pathway
the last year of life (6-12 months) and list those
identified patients for the MDT to proactively plan care.
The care plan is based on the stage of the disease that is
predicted using the needs Based Coding:
✓ All from diagnosis; stable; years plus prognosis
✓ benefits; unstable/advanced disease; months
prognosis
✓ continuous care; deterioration; needs prognosis
✓ days/final days; terminal care; days prognosis “After
Care”
Identify
We must be open minded and provide opportunities for the individual to
share their thoughts with us. It means allowing time to communicate and
focusing attention on the person at the time of the conversation.
Maximize understanding
Long-term care supports older adults in two distinct realms:
Activities of daily living (ADLs)
Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)
When prescribing a new drug, the
patient or caregiver should be
educated about the optimal use
of the therapy and the
anticipated adverse events
Patient Education
The GSF comprises:
One aim
to deliver a “gold” standard of care for all patients nearing
the end of life
Health care professionals have an ethical obligation to good stewardship of both
the patient’s and the organization’s funds—fiduciary responsibility. This refers to
using both fiscal reserves and caregiving resources wisely, potentially requiring a
cost-benefit analysis to facilitate decision making
Fiduciary Responsibility
s distinct from acute or episodic medical interventions because care must be
integrated into an individual’s daily life over an extended time period.
Long-term care
basic principles of Communicating with Older Adults
invite, arrange environment, maximize communication, maximize understanding and follow
through
has become a new phenomenon encompassing all aspects of care at the
end of individuals life. It is now a preferred term when identifying a person who is in
the final stages of life which may last years, months, weeks or days.
End-of life Care
refers to the use of facial gestures, body
posture, eye contact, and touch as a means of communication.
Nonvocal nonverbal communication
refers to the tone, pitch, speech rate, or fluency
of verbal communication.
Vocal nonverbal communication
gerontological nurses seek
to connect to the human experience of sickness, suffering, recovery, transitioning
and death through provision of care that is artful, person-centred, and grounded in
evidence-informed, ecopsychosocial practices. Gerontological nurses understand
that environmental strategies are effective in supporting the delivery of
person-centered care and can have a strong potential in making positive impact on
aging experiences. Gerontological nurses understand that the ‘experience’ of care is
highly influenced by the social and physical environment within which care is
delivered.
STANDARD IV: AESTHETIC/ARTFUL CARE
Provides a rationale for
continuation of the therapy if
effective, or change or
discontinuation if ineffective.
Response to therapy