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Decks in this class (73)

Unit 1: Introduction to Health and Wellness
When is someone old or what is no...,
What is chronological aging,
What are the age ranges associate...
21  cards
Unit 1: Attributes of functional abilities
What are attributes 2,
What are antecedents,
What are 2 examples of antecedents
17  cards
Unit 1: Institutional Ageism and Culture + ADLs/IADLs
What is institutional ageism,
What are some examples of institu...,
What is culture
16  cards
Unit 1: Collecting Information on ADLs and IADLs
What are the 4 ways to collect in...,
Use the 4 ways to collect info on...,
The katz and barthel index measur...
19  cards
Unit 2 - Mobility Introduction
What range of attributes contribu...,
What is impaired physical mobility,
What is the scope of mobility ie ...
9  cards
Unit 2 - Age-Related Changes to MS System
How do muscle change with age 3,
Why is the musculoskeletal system...,
What are some age related changes...
11  cards
Unit 2 - Parkinson's Disease
What is the pathology of parkinso...,
Why is dopamine important to the ...,
There is no cure to parkinson s b...
15  cards
Unit 2 - Consequences of immobility
International classification of f...,
Why can environment and health im...,
What is disuse syndrome
15  cards
Unit 2 - Physical Activity for Older Adults
What does the physical activity g...,
Physical activity guidelines chart,
What does the guideline for physi...
14  cards
Unit 2 - Fall Risk
What is the definition of a fall,
What percentage of older adults f...,
What percentage of injury related...
21  cards
Unit 2 - Fall Risk Assessment Tools
What assessment tools are used fo...,
How many risk factors are assesse...,
What risk factors are assessed wi...
9  cards
Unit 2 - Hazards
What are some environmental hazar...,
What are some hazards in the home 7,
How can we decrease hazards in th...
12  cards
Unit 3 - Age Related Changes to the Ear
Age related changes affect all of...,
What are age related changes in t...,
What are age related changes to t...
14  cards
Unit 3 - Hearing Impairment
What is the effect of sensorineur...,
What is the effect of conductive ...,
What percentage of older adults e...
12  cards
Unit 3 - Hearing Loss Interventions
How do hearing aids work,
What percentage of people who hav...,
How should you care for a hearing...
27  cards
*Unit 3 - Sensory Perception
What is perception,
What is sensation,
What is sensory perception
14  cards
Unit 3 - Age Related Changes in Smell, Taste, and Tactile Threshold + vision
When does reduced sense of smell ...,
What is tactile threshold,
Does tactile threshold increase o...
12  cards
Unit 3 - ARC in Visual Function
What are arc to the visual field,
What is diminished depth percepti...,
What are arc to colour vision
11  cards
Unit 3 - Presbyopia. Glaucoma
How does presbyopia occur 2,
What does presbyopia cause,
Glaucoma is also an ar disease wh...
12  cards
Unit 3 - Cataracts and and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
What are the risk factors of cata...,
What occurs to eye structure in c...,
How do you assess for cataracts 6
12  cards
Unit 3 - Recognize and Detect Visual Impairment
What are observations you can mak...,
How can you interview for visual ...,
How can you assess for eye comfort 4
17  cards
Unit 4 - Mental Health
One in __ canadians have a mental...,
___ is associated with help seeking,
Can mental health problems exacer...
19  cards
Unit 4 - Factors Contributing to Mental Wellness in later Life
What is the life course theory 3,
What factors contribute to mental...,
Why are psychosocial challenges t...
11  cards
Unit 4 - Depression
What is depression,
What is the biopsychosocial frame...,
What are the four occurrences in ...
18  cards
Unit 4 - Melancholy and Depression
What are the symptoms persistent ...,
What is functional impairment 2,
What is disturbed vegetative func...
15  cards
Unit 4 - Interventions to Improve Function
What are some interventions for d...,
What are the goals of care in red...,
How can we use pharmacotherapy as...
9  cards
Unit 5 - Cognition
What is cognition 2,
What are the domains of cognitive...,
What domains are included in the ...
15  cards
Unit 5 - Assessing Cognition
What triggers an assessment of co...,
What is a cognitive assessment 5,
What are the components of cognit...
12  cards
Unit 5 - Dementia and Delirium
How can we distinguish the sympto...,
What is the onset of dementia,
What are the common types of deme...
15  cards
Unit 5 - Diagnosing AD
Why do we distinguish ad from mil...,
Why can culture impact the sympto...,
Why should we have culturally sen...
15  cards
Unit 5 - Delirium
What is delirium 2,
What are the symptoms of delirium 3,
Why is delirium often missed with...
12  cards
Unit 5 - Assessing Delirium
How can we recognize changes in c...,
Delirium is indicated in the pres...,
What assessment method do we use ...
9  cards
Unit 5 - Factors of Delirium
What are predisposing factors to ...,
What are precipitating factors od...,
What are risk factors for deliriu...
7  cards
Unit 6 - Personhood
for the purpose of this deck, LWD = living with Dementia
10  cards
Week 6 - Communication with Persons LWD
What should you recognize when co...,
What can persons lwd experience i...,
What does the nurse need to do wh...
15  cards
Week 6 - Shifting Perspective on Persons LWD
How can the spm of chronic care f...,
What is partnership in the shifti...,
What is a holistic perspective in...
13  cards
Week 6 - Nursing Models that guide PWLD
How do nursing models guide the c...,
What are 4 nursing models that gu...,
Why do pwld experience a progress...
10  cards
Week 7 - Pharmacokinetics Intro + Absorption of Drugs
Why are known therapeutic respons...,
What are adverse drug reactions a...,
What 3 sectors does pharmacokinet...
10  cards
Week 7 - DIstribution, Metabolism + Ecretion
Key notes: - Age-related changes in absorption can delay maximum concentration of drug • Age-related changes in distribution are related to change in body composition • The most significant age related changes that impact pharmacokinetic properties are related to changes in the blood flow to the liver and kidney • Prolonged illness, malnutrition and hydration can compound age related effects that can contribute to changes in pharmocokinetics
20  cards
Week 7 - Polypharmacy
What percentage of canadians seni...,
What is polypharmacy 3,
What are adverse drug reactions adr
16  cards
Week 7 - Polypharmacy and Misuse
What are three reasons on why pol...,
What is medication administration,
What are the risks of medication ...
11  cards
Week 7 - Psychosocial Factors
What are the 5 psychosocial facto...,
What 3 factors affect medication ...,
What are the factors affecting ap...
8  cards
Week 7 - Prescribing Cascade
What is an iatrogenic prescribing...,
Give an example of an iatrogenic ...,
Why can health care providers ini...
5  cards
Week 7 - Antipsychotics
What are antipsychotics 2,
When are antipsychotics prescribe...,
What are first line antipsychotics 4
10  cards
Week 7 - Deprescribing
What is deprescribing,
What is the goal of deprescribing,
Which persons does deprescribing ...
7  cards
Week 9 - Stress
What are the sympathetic nervous ...,
What are the anterior and posteri...,
What is the order for stress to o...
12  cards
Week 9 - Appraisal
What is appraisal,
Why is an event perceived and app...,
What is the purpose of appraisal 3
19  cards
Week 9 - Stressors
What are some social stressors 4,
What are the psychological stressors,
What are some physiolgical physic...
16  cards
Week 9 - Anxiety
How do people with an anxiety dis...,
What are the different types of a...,
What type is the most common type...
16  cards
Week 9 - Frailty
What is frailty 2,
What is frailty linked to 3,
What are signs of frailty 5
9  cards
Week 9 - Spirituality
What is spirituality,
What are the 4 categories of spir...,
What is spiritual distress
7  cards
Week 10: Tissue Integrity - ARC
Young vs old skin image,
What are the age related changes ...,
What are the consequences if the ...
11  cards
Week 10: Risk Factors to the Individual
What is arterial insufficiency an...,
What is venous insufficiency and ...,
What are 3 skin problems that are...
17  cards
Week 10 - Interventions
How can we maintain healthy skin 3,
What are personal care practices ...,
How can we prevent sun damage
17  cards
Week 10 - Pressure Injury
What is a pressure injury 2,
What is a pressure ulcer,
How can we reduce the risk of pre...
13  cards
Week 10 - Staging Pressure Ulcers
What do stage 1 pressure ulcers l...,
What do stage 2 pressure ulcers l...,
What do
10  cards
Week 10 - Oral Health
Why is oral health associated wit...,
If oral care is missed in the hos...,
Diagram of oral health flow map
13  cards
Week 10 - Risk Factors Related to Oral Health Problems
What does xerostomia or dry mouth...,
What is xerostomia caused by,
What is periodontitis caused by 4
12  cards
Week 11 - Elimination
What is elimination 2,
What is urinary elimination,
What is bowel elimination
16  cards
Week 11 - Age-Related Changes
What are the age related changes ...,
What does creatine clearance reflect,
What are arc in the bladder and u...
12  cards
Week 11 - Risk Factors
What are the risk factors for uri...,
What are the risk factors for bow...,
What are 3 risk factors of medica...
14  cards
Week 11 - Gender Specific Factors
True or false over 50 of men over...,
Is bph a normal part of aging,
What are the symptoms of bph 4
9  cards
Week 11 - Urinary Incontinence
What is urinary incontinence,
Which medical conditions is ui mo...,
How much does urinary incontinenc...
11  cards
Week 11 - Types of Urinary Incontinence
What is urge incontinence 2,
What occurs in urge incontinence ...,
What is post residual urine
13  cards
Week 11 - Bowel Incontinence
What is bowel incontinence 2,
When can bowel incontinence be as...,
What percentage of older adults e...
15  cards
Week 11 - Assessments
How should we discuss ui with the...,
In order to find the underlying c...,
What lab tests can we order to de...
8  cards
Week 11 - Interventions to Promote Continence
One intervention to promote conti...,
What is the nursing role in ui 3,
What assessments interventions ca...
11  cards
Week 11 - Interventions to Constipation
What is an assessment of constipa...,
What should we consider when doin...,
What are the causes of constipati...
15  cards
Week 11 - Nutrition on Elimination
What do the kidneys do for water ...,
What can a change in electrolyte ...,
What can a lack of mobility do to...
4  cards
Week 12 - Thermoregulation
How does thermoregulation impact ...,
What is thermoregulation,
What is the temperature that the ...
11  cards
Week 12 - Altered Thermoregulation
Range of altered thermoregulation...,
What is teh hypothalamic set point,
Why are fever and hyperthermia di...
13  cards
Week 12 - ARC that Affect Thermoregulation
What are 2 age related changes th...,
What causes a decline in conserva...,
What occurs to total body fat in ...
13  cards
Week 12 - Interventions to Prevent Altered Thermoregulation
What are some interventions to pr...,
What fluid and nutrition measures...,
What are interventions to prevent...
16  cards

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