VN 42 CLO 1-3 FINAL Flashcards
- Florence Nightingale is most well-known for what (PG.2)?
- Known for setting the standard of a clean environment
- Know the common defense mechanisms and be able to identify examples (PG.98).
- Denial
- Repression
- Disassociation
- Rationalization
- Compensation
- Reaction Formation (overcompensation)
- Regression
- Sublimation
- Projection
- Displacement
- Restitution (undoing)
- Isolation
- Conversion Reaction
- Avoidance
- Scapegoating
- Know psych medication adverse reactions. Which med is the most likely to cause adverse reactions?
Lithium for bipolar depression toxicity (greater than 1.5mEq/L):
Toxicity sx:
-severe diarrhea
-Persistent N/V
-Muscle weakness, tremors
-blurred vision
-Slurred speech
-Seizures
-coma & death
- Reflexology is based on the massage of this body part (pg.136):
- Feet
- A sign of suicide is _____ in a person with depression?
a sudden lift of depression
- Antisocial personality disorder characteristics are (PG.209):
(OSHHRUGS)
*Often in trouble with the law
*Seldom feels affection, loyalty, guilt, or remorse
*Has difficulty handling frustration and anger
*High risk for substance abuse
*Requires immediate self-gratification
*Usually gregarious, charming, intelligent, and likable
Good at manipulating others for personal gain *Shows very little concern for the rights or feelings of others
- List positive signs of schizophrenia (see pp week 11)
(CHADBAD)
*Concrete thinking
*Hostility
*Agitation
*Delusions, thought disorders, hallucinations
*Bizarre behaviors
*Association Disturbances
*Disorganized speech
- dementia meds (PG.236)
- Donepezil
- Rivastigmine
- Galantamine
- What is chlordiazepoxide used for (PG.158)?
*Anxiety caused by ETOH withdrawal
- Signs of anorexia (PG.270)?
(FPOREPAIRED)
*Frequent use of laxatives
*Physical signs can include slow pulse rate, electrolyte imbalances, fatigue, dry skin, and lanugo (fine body hair)
*Obsessive thoughts
*Restricting food intake often to only 200–300
*Excessive weight loss, usually more than 25% of body weight prior to dieting
*Perfectionism
*Absence of menstrual cycle (women)
*Intense fear of being fat
*Refusal to maintain normal weight
*Excessive exercise
calories per day
*Distorted body image
- Bipolar Manic Phase manifestations
*Being easily distracted
*little need for sleep (may feel rested after 3 hours of sleep)
*Poor temper control, easily becoming agitated and irritable
*Reckless behavior and lack of self-control, including:
-Drinking and/or drug use, binge eating
-Poor judgment
-Sex with many partners (promiscuity)
-Spending sprees
*Very elevated mood:
-Excess activity (hyperactivity)
-Increased energy
-Racing thoughts, flight of ideas
-Talking a lot
-Very high self-esteem, grandiosity (false beliefs about self or abilities)
*Very involved in activities
- Depressed Phase bipolar disorder
*Low mood or sadness
*Difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions
*Eating problems:
-Loss of appetite and weight loss
-Overeating and weight gain
*Fatigue or lack of energy
*Feeling worthless, hopeless, or guilty
*Loss of pleasure in activities once enjoyed
*Loss of self-esteem
*Thoughts of death and suicide
*Trouble getting to sleep or sleeping too much
*Pulling away from friends or activities that were once enjoyed
- Risks for osteoporosis (PG.880)
Small, slim framed women
* Non-Hispanic, White or European descent, Asian
* Postmenopausal
* Family hx
* Aging
* Inactivity (long periods of immobility)
* Excessive caffein intake, tobacco
* Medications: loop diuretics, corticosteroids, thyroid meds, anticonvulsants
* Hx of malabsorption disorders: anorexia, celiac, bariatric surgery)
- Major complication of osteoporosis?
Fractures
- Risks for osteomyelitis(PG.878)?
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococci & enterococci
- Pseudomonas
- Bone contamination directly by trauma (wounds/compound fxs)
- Vascular insufficiency
- PVD
- Infection of pin sites
- Long term dialysis
- Chemotherapy, corticosteroid therapy, immunosuppressant meds
