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DNR

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Do not resuscitate

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Withdrawal

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Stopping extracurricular activities

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Thrombus

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A blood clot

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Verbal Communication

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use of the spoken word, written, or sound. Actually only fifteen percent of communication

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Non-Verbal

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Facial expressions, body language, hand gestures, movements, and eye contact. Actually eight five percent of communication

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Causes of Alzheimer’s

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Genetic mutation, genetics, trauma to the brain, strokes, slow growing viruses, and just because you are getting older

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Anorexia Nervosa

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Emotional disorder in where the person refuses to eat because of an obsessed desire to become smaller

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Bulimia

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A emotional medical condiditon in where the patient eats as much as they can so they can purge it out later, these patients have bad body images

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Hoarding

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When a patient stacks a large amount of items in secrecy

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Levels of communication (3)

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1.Intraperosnal “self-talk” 2.Interpersonal - between someone 3.Public

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Factors influencing communication

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Perceptions, values, emotions, sociocultural, knowledge, roles and relationships, environment setting

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Factors interfere with communication

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Giving opinions, offering false reassurance, defensive, giving approval/disapproval, open ended questions, changing the subject, too cold, too hot, too noisy, too quiet, too crowded,

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Communication

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Is an ongoing dynamic series of events in which meaning is greeted and transmitted

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Communication barriers

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too cold, too noisy, to crowded

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Non-verbal behavior

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Appearance, posture, gait, hand gestures, facial expressions, touch, and space

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Signs of abuse

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Fractures that are old and have healed without medication, welts, bruises, abrasions, anti-social towards staff, answer with a yes or a no, and they like the door open all the time

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Growth and Development

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Implies a change in the organization of behavior from simple to complex, from small group of behavior to a big grow of behavior, you go from a fixed response to a wide variation of responses; the process of being fully grown

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Development Characteristics of Infancy

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rapid changes physically, body weight should triple in this stage, start learning the reflexes, respond to discomfort, needs need to be met for them, speech starts, anger will start to show, fear of separation, they don’t understand anyone else

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Moro Reflex

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Startle reflex

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Rooting Reflex

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Rub their cheeck and they will open their mouth and turns that way

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Sucking Reflex

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Triggered by something lightly touching the lips

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Grasping Reflex

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Able to grasp something but not yet hold it

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Development Characteristics of Early Childhood

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Shouldn’t weigh more than 45 pounds, musculature skeletal systems start developing, no fine motor skills yet, verbal growth will expand rapidly, no reasoning ability, ask why or what a lot, start school, temper tantrums, have to have a schedule, right from wrong is known, very social, they need routine, order, and consistency.

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Development Characteristics of Late Childhood/Preadolescence

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Physical development slows way down, muscles are toned, their eyes are the best they ever will be, life is centered around school, speech,writing, and reading are developed, memory becomes more complex, pleasing parents, don’t like being alone, awareness of other people around them, they want parental approval, reassurances, and peer acceptance

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Development Characteristics of Adolescence
Girls are done growing in this stage, puberty starts, increase in cognitive skills, worried about appearance, respond better to peers than adults, getting ready to move away from family, self-confidence, and you are more mature about the way you approach problems
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Emotional Development
Your feelings
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Development Characteristics of Early Childhood
Shouldn't weigh more than 45 pounds, musculature skeletal systems start developing, no fine motor skills yet, verbal growth will expand rapidly, no reasoning ability, ask why or what a lot, start school, temper tantrums, have to have a schedule, right from wrong is known, very social, they need routine, order, and consistency.
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Development Characteristics of Late Childhood/Preadolescence
Physical development slows way down, muscles are toned, their eyes are the best they ever will be, life is centered around school, speech,writing, and reading are developed, memory becomes more complex, pleasing parents, don't like being alone, awareness of other people around them, they want parental approval, reassurances, and peer acceptance
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Development Characteristics of Late Childhood/Preadolescence
Physical development slows way down, muscles are toned, their eyes are the best they ever will be, life is centered around school, speech,writing, and reading are developed, memory becomes more complex, pleasing parents, don't like being alone, awareness of other people around them, they want parental approval, reassurances, and peer acceptance
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Development Characteristics of Adolescence
Girls are done growing in this stage, puberty starts, increase in cognitive skills, worried about appearance, respond better to peers than adults, getting ready to move away from family, self-confidence, and you are more mature about the way you approach problems
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Development Characteristics of Adolescence
Girls are done growing in this stage, puberty starts, increase in cognitive skills, worried about appearance, respond better to peers than adults, getting ready to move away from family, self-confidence, and you are more mature about the way you approach problems
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Emotional Development
Your feelings
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Emotional Development
Your feelings
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Signs of Suicide
Preoccupation with death, giving away prize possessions, changes in sleep pattern, sudden and extreme changes in eating habits, withdrawal from family, friends, and other social networks, be content with being by themselves, changes in school performance, major personality switches, use of drugs or alcohol, their expectation is faillure, suicide attempts, and recent suicides in the community or school.
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Causes of Suicide
Depression, greif over a los or love affair, failure in school, inability to met expectations, influence of suicidal friends or parents, lack of self esteem, and bullying
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Development Characteristics of Early Adulthood
Physically complete at this stage, prime child bearing years, you start making big mental developments with choices, has huge amount of satisfaction with achievements, you start to move away from family, peer groups and establish a relationship pattern
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Development Characteristics of Middle Adulthood
Weight gain, eye sight worsens, gray hair slowly starts to develop, you are either extremely happy or extremely sad in life, pretty stable relationships, and have problem solving skills, dependent on their life
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Development Characterstics of Late Adulthood
Gray hair, wrinkles, shorter, retirement, feel for belonging
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Abuse
Any physical or verbal thing that causes harm
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Five Stages of Death
1. Denial 2.Anger 3.Bargaining 4.Depression 5.Acceptance
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Seven Year Old Children Characteristics
Short attention span, very social, needs met by the family, vocabulary grows rapidly, ask why or what a lot, aware of other kids around the, want to be more independent, no reasoning ability, and they need routine and order
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Arthritis
acute or chronic inflammation of a joint, often accompanied by pain and structural changes and having diverse causes, as infection, crystal deposition, or injury.
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Behavior of Older Adults
Mental ability increases, increase in education, very able to make decisions, have problem solving skills, physical development is normally complete but aging of the body starts to happen,
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Cataracts
an abnormality of the eye, characterized by opacity of the lens.
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Care of Alzheimer's
There is no cure
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Alzheimer's
Form of dementia in which there is a gradual decline in intellectual capacities that leads to changes in personalities and in ability to preform activities of daily living
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Causes of Cognitive Impairment
Depression, anxiety, suspiciousness, delusions, paranoia, schizophrenia, dementia, closed head injuries, mental retardation, and aneurysms
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Diagnosis of Alzheimer's
The brain becomes a third of the size it normally is, aluminum plague builds up in the brain, the neurons look like a tangled ball of thread (neurons shouldn't touch each other), and they are missing a neuro-transmitter (ACTH) which stops the synapse form occurring
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Disease
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
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Domestic Violence
acts of violence or abuse against a person living in one's household, especially a member of one's immediate family.
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Dysphagia
Difficult to swallow
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Dysuria
Painful urination
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Glaucoma
abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains
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Incontinence
Lacking self control, unable to keep urine and feces
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Independence vs Dependence
Independence is the freedom of being in control and not needing help from others while Dependence is having to rely on someone
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Loneliness with Elderly
Many elderly get lonely when they live in a long-term facility because they feel like the family has ditched them and don't want them anymore
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Trust vs Mistrust
Trust is the ability to put your faith in some one. Mistrust is when you can't do that
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Living Will
A living will is a will someone has that says what the doctors can and can't do when they are living
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Psychological care of dying
60% of your time will be spend with the family while only 40% will be spend with the patient. Get to know the family, you have to respect their decision, and after death clean the patient. Also control give them all the information about the disease, let them set the tone, deal with their fears, and sit their death in there terms
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Compensation
Helping people by giving them equal stuff
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Confidential Care
Care that you can not speak publicly about. Only to the patient and your boss
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Sun downing
When the sun goes down the patients get worse because they start to not know what to do
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Mental Development
Mental development is mind development
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Memory Changes of Elderly
In elderly most of their memory starts to diminish while they still are mentally acceptable
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Ombudsman
a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
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osteoporosis
a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components, sometimes resulting in pain, decreased height, and skeletal deformities: common in older persons, primarily postmenopausal women, but also associated with long-term steroid therapy and certain endocrine disorders.
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Pacing
Something most elderly people with a form of dementia do because they need to move their bodies
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Osteomyelitis
an inflammation of the bone and bone marrow, usually caused by bacterial infection.
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Patient Advocate
Someone who advocates for the patient
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Puberty
the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
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Pillaging
Something elderly patients with dementia do, they try to look for something and tear a room apart
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Percent of People living in long-term facilities
5 %
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Patient Advocate
Someone who advocates for the patient
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Puberty
the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
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Pillaging
Something elderly patients with dementia do, they try to look for something and tear a room apart
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Percent of People living in long-term facilites
5 %

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