Exan 1: Study Guide Flashcards
(44 cards)
Baby Boomers
-Born between 1946 to 1964.
Functional Assessment and Wellness
-Evaluation of person’s ability to carry out basic tasks for self-care and tasks needed to support independent living.
What are primary prevention strategies in older adults?
Strategies that can and are used to prevent illness before it occurs (i.e exercise, diet, smoking cessation).
Wellness Based Model
Incorporates all aspects of one’s being within the context of culture including
- Functional
- Environmental
- Intellectual
- Psychological
- Spiritual
- Social
- Biological
Gerontological Nursing
Can use the wellness-based model to promote healthy aging across the continuum of wellness and care settings.
Biological Theories of Aging: Wear and Tear Theory
- Cellular errors a result of “wearing out” over time from continued use.
- Associated with internal and external stressors (associated with free radicals)
- Causes a progressive decline in cellular function or increased cellular death.
Activity Theory of Aging
Attempted to predict and explain how individuals adjusted to age-related changes by looking at one’s level of activity and productivity.
Continuity Theory
Suggests that individual tends to develop and maintain consistent pattern of behavior substituting one role for similar one as one matures.
Physical Wellness
Is enhanced through regular physical activity, diet/nutrition and avoidance of tobacco, drugs and excessive alcohol consumption.
Emotional Wellness
- Awareness and acceptance of one’s feelings.
- Ability to form relationships based on mutual commitment, trust and respect.
- Positive self image and enthusiastic about life.
- Ability to cope effectively with stress.
Spiritual Wellness
- Recognizes the search for meaning and purpose in their lives.
- Taking time to reflect and connect with the universe.
Intellectual Wellness
- Expanding one’s knowledge and skills throughout life.
- Discovering new skills and interests.
- Challenging oneself through creative stimulating mental activities.
Occupational Wellness
- Doing what you love.
- Contributing your unique gifts, skills, and talents to work that is personally meaningful and rewarding.
- Balancing work with leisure time.
Nursing Assessment for Activity Theory
- Current level of activity and satisfaction with such activity.
- Effect of changes in health on usual roles and activities.
- Cultural beliefs and expectations related to roles, activity as well as both engagement and disengagement related to these.
Ethnocentrism
Belief that one’s ethnic/cultural group is superior to another.
Cultural Assessment Tools
- Leininger’s Sunshine Model
- Transcultural Assessment Model
- Heritage Assessment Tool
- Explanatory Model
LEARN Model
- Guides nurse in clinical setting while interacting with elders of any ethnicity.
- Based on a negotiated plan of care that includes identification of availability of culturally appropriate and sensitive community resources.
Ageism
Stereotyping and discriminating against people due to age.
Communicating with older adults: Coherent versus cognitively impaired
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Elderspeak
A form of ageism where speech patterns are changed based on assumption that older people have difficulty communicating and understanding.
FANCAPES Assessment Tool
Fluids Aeration Nutrition Communication Activity Pain Elimination Socialization and social skills
SPICES Tool
Sleep disorders Problems eating Incontinence Confusion Evidence of falls Skin breakdown
Mini Mental Status Exam
General test of cognitive status that helps identify mental status impairment.
Health Assessment of Older Adults
More complex.
May require a team of professionals.
