Flashcards in Age Specific Nursing Care Deck (14):
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No matter the age all patients have the same 7 rights for:
1. Safety
2. Confidentiality
3. Pain management
4. Control-the ability to say yes or no to treatment
5. Comfort
6. Involvement of family members
7.Privacy
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Age Group 1-12
The top 2 nursing concerns are:
1. Medication errors
Pediatric patients are _________ more likely to have a medication error.
2.complications from a ____
1. Medication errors
Pediatric patients are ___3times______ more likely to have a medication error.
2.complications from a IV
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Age Group 1-12
Before admisitering medication ask client for:
If patient too young?
Name and birth date
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Age Group 1-12
Position properly before oral medications and feeding due to risk for aspiration.
#1 fear of children________________________________
#1 fear of adults__________________________________
#1 fear of children___separation from care giver
#1 fear of adults___public speaking
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Age Group 1-12
ReMar Tip: When kids this age get sick they tend to ____!
ReMar Tip: When kids this age get sick they tend to regress!
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Age Group: 13-18
Goals:
1. _________________relationships with the _____________ ______.
2. ___________________ with body _______________
Age Group: 13-18
Goals: develop relationships with the opposite sex
1. _develop relationships with the _opposite sex
2. _____cope with body __changes they will be experiencing
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Age13-18
The need to establish independence from primary care giver
Patient Priority concerns
Female:
Male:
1.The need to establish independence from primary care giver
Patient Priority concerns
1.Female: the beginning of menstruation
2.Male: acne
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NCLEX acne medications
Medication Isostritonen (Accutane)
eye-so-TRET-noid
What the 4patient teaching ?
1.) Will elevated triglyceride(fats found in the blood and food)
2.) patients need to be on two forms of birth control because this medication because severe birth defects
3.) contain vitamin A so do not take additional vitamin A
4.)it causes inflammation lips, mouth but this is normal Side effect and they must continue to take the medication
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Age 13-18Psych Priority:
Depression- ___________________is a prevalent cause of death in this age group
Psych Priority:
Depression- ____ suicide___is a prevalent cause of death in this age group
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Age Group: 19-40
1.
2.
Psych Priority: Overcome barriers to learning
Age Group: 19-40
1. To resolve issues that are still present from their adolescence
2. Concern over who is going to fulfill their responsibility when they're sick
Psych Priority: Overcome barriers to learning
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Age Group: 40-60
#1 Concern is to identify ________________early on.
The best way to anticipate disease is to look at ______________ ___________.
Community health nursing-There are 3 levels of prevention
Primary Prevention -DO NOT ADD SCREENING TO THIS
Secondary Prevention-
early recognition
Tertiary Prevention
DO NOT ADD SCREENING TO THIS
Psych concerns:
Caring for _____________and ;; ________________at the same time
Age Group: 40-60
#1 Concern is to identify _ diseases early on.
The best way to anticipate disease is to look at ___risk factors
Community health nursing-There are 3 levels of prevention
1.)Primary Prevention -the healthy pt that your trying stop from getting sick
Example
1.Immunization
2.Clean environment
Sanitation
2.)Secondary Prevention-recognizing the disease early and treating it
Example
1.Medications
2.Screening\exams-Iike screening for breast cancer
Prostate exam, HIV testing
3.)Tertiary Prevention -containing the disease or containing the damage that will be done to your patient
Example
1.Physical therapy after a stroke
2.Dietary measures/education
Psych concerns:
Caring for ____children _and parents at the same time
This is called the sandwich generation because they are stuck in between those two generation
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Age Group 60-up
Goals
1. _____________________ physical abilities
2. _____________________ cognitive____________________
3. ____________________ grieve the loss of __________ or ______________.
Age Group 60-up
Goals
1. __________ maintain physical abilities
2. ____________prevent cognitive ___decline____
3. _________ positively grieve the loss of _____spouse or _________job.
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Age 60-up
There are three major concerns with This group
1.) medication safety-in terms of adverse effects to medication. The elderly have a lower metabolism ,they have a higher percentage of body fat and lack muscle mass which allow to hold on to medication longer than some one younger
2.) falls prevention
fall prevention
-Communication
-address pain
-prevention - no skid socks, bed in then
Lowest position , bowel/bladder programs in place
3.) skin breakdown - related to Poor nutritional status, immobility, restraints
Th Braden scale
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