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18-24 Flashcards

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Acute illness

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Illness has severe symptoms, short term, treated immediately

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Chronic illness

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Short term or long lasting. Managed

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Scabies

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Skin infections n caused by a tiny mites. Contagious and spread through direct contact

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Wound

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Type of injury to the skin

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Dermatitis

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Inflammation of the skin. Eczema and stasis dermatitis

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Atopic dermatitis

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Not contagious

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Stasis dermatitis

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Is a skin condition that commonly affects the lower legs and ankles

Due to build up of fluid under the skin

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Early signs of dermatitis

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include rash, scaly red area and itching

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Arthritis

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Inflammation or swelling of joints.

Decreased mobility

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Autoimmune illness

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Causes body’s immune system to attack normal tissue

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Osteoarthritis

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Hips and knees which are weight bearing joints are usually affected

Stiffness, cold or damp

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Auto immune disease

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Osteoporosis

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Causes bone to become porous and brittle

Low back pain, stoooped posture

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Closed fracture bone

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Broken bone that does not break the skin

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Open fracture

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Compound fracture; penetrates the skin

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To help stop swelling

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Elevate the extremity

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17
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Partial weight bearing

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Is able to support some body weight on one or both legs

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None weight bearing

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Resident is unable to touch the floor or support any weight on one or both legs

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Read and remember

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Residents should not sit with legs crossed

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Phantom sensation

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When a person feels the body part is still there. Warmth, tingling or itching

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Phantom limb pain

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Person feels pain that’s been amputated. Remaining damaged nerve ending

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Read

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Herbs and other dietary supplements may be taken for prevention as well as treatment

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Read

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When helping resident transfer, support the weaker side while leading with stronger side

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Parkinson’s disease

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Progressive, incurable, causes brain to degenerate
Progressive: worse over time
Affects muscles to become stiff
Pillrolling: rolling a pill bug

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Myocardial infarction

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Heart attack

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When one or both sides of the heart stop pumping blood

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Congestive heart failure

Apply elastic stockings to reduce swelling in feet and ankle

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Bronchitis

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Irrational and inflammations of the lining of the bronchi

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If resident is breathing differently

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Help residents sit upright or lean forward

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Asthma

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Chronic inflammatory disease that occurs when the respiratory system is hyperactive
Bronchi becomes irritated

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Bronchiectasis

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Condition in which the bronchial tubes are abnormally enlarged

Abnormal state of the tubes is permanent

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Lung cancer

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Growth of abnormal cells or tumors in lungs

32
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Tuberculosis

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Lung disease

33
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Type 2 diabetes

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Called adult onset diabetes, most common form.
Body does not produce enough insulin/ fails to use
Insulin resistance

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Diabetes symptoms

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Sores that are slow to heal

35
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Changes in the circulatory system can cause

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Heart attack and stroke. Poor wound healing

May cause foot ulcers

36
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Proper foot care is important for people with diabetes

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Read

37
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Never trim residents toenails, especially diabetics

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Read

38
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Aids: read

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As the infection worsens, the immune system overreacts and attacks not only virus but normal tissue

39
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Read:

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Residents who have mild diarrhea may have small frequent meals that are low in fat, fiber and milk products (T)

40
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Neuropathy

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Numbness in feet: a bed cradle can keep sheets and blankets from resting on legs and feet

41
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Malignant Timor’s

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Cancerous

42
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Front line defense for most cancer

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Surgery

43
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Chemotherapy

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Medications given usually intravenously to fight cancer

44
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Radiation therapy

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Directions radiation treatment a limited area to kill cancer cells
Area expose: may become sore irritated and sometimes burned

45
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Residents may want to talk or may avoid talking

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Read

46
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Cancer causes great pain

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Help with repositioning and providing distractions

47
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When applying lotion

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Do not: apply to areas receiving radiation

48
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Read

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When a person ages some ability to think and talk clearly may be lost

49
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Cognition

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Ability to think logically

Cognition impairment

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Confusion

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Inability to think clearly. Interferes with the ability to make decisions

51
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Causes of confusion

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Dehydration and fever

52
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Delirium

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Severe confusion

Temporary

53
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Dementia

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General term that refers to a serious loss of mental abilities
Not normal part of aging

54
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Alzheimer’s disease

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Causes tangled nerves fibers and protein deposits to form in the brain

55
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Read

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Don’t take things personally, person with AD cannot control what they’re saying

56
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Best plan is to work with the behaviors that are seen on any particular day

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Read

57
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Preservation

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Repeating words, phrases, actions, questions

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Intervention

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A way to change an action or development

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Agitation

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Excited, restless for troubled

60
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Situations that lead to agitations are

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Triggers

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Subdowning

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When a person is restless and agitated late afternoon evening or night

62
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Catastrophic reactions

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Person with AD reacts to something

63
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Mental illness

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A disease

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Situation response

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Signs and symptoms are temporary

65
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Defense mechanism

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Unconscious behavior to cope with stress

66
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Regression

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Going back to old habits

67
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Apathy

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Lack of interest in activities

68
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Atrophy

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Muscle wastes away

Occurs when people are bedridden

69
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Never soak glass eye in rubbing alcohol

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Read

70
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Subacute people require more treatment

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Read

71
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Pulse oximeter

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Noninvasive device that uses light to determine the amount of oxygen in blood

72
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Intubation

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Involved the passage of a plastic tube through the mouth nose orchestrated to bing in the neck intoctrachea

73
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Tracheostomy

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Surgically created opening through the neck into trachea

74
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Respiratory distress

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Gurgling, difficulty breathing, elevated respiratory rate

75
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Palliative Care

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Goals are the comfort and dignity of resident

CNA (3 decks)

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