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DETERMINE Acronym
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Diseases
Eating Poorly Toothless Economic Status Reduced Social Multiple Medications Involuntary Weight Gain/Loss Needs Assistance Elder Abuse |
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3 Main reasons people admitted to nursing home...
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1-Confusion
2- Incontinence 3- Falls |
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T/F All 5 senses decline with aging
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True
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Vascular damage is associated with what disease?
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Scarlet fever
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Depression in elderly can be from?
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Death of loved ones
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Childhood illness can lead to current health problems..
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Loss of central vision is what disease?
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Macular Degeneration
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Elders have increased or decreased vital capacity
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decreased
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Why does systolic increase with age?
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Because the stiffness of the vessels.
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Why is a pelvic exam painful for some elderly women?
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Because they have a loss of pelvic muscle tone
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Vaginal bleeding is a sign of what?
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Cancer
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T/F The vertebral column shortens with age
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True
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T/F Elders have a loss of half moon on nails?
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True
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T/F The Babinski reflex is not hard to detect in elders?
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False- it is hard to because arthritis in some.
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When doing the vibratory sensation on elders you must go up higher or lower on the hands?
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Higher because decreased sensation.
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T/F There is a decrease in fat around the middle.
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False
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acrochordons
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skin tags
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presbycusis
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loss of high tone hearing
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xerosis
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dealing with dry skin
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xerostomia
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dry mouth
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kyphosis
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curving of spine- humpback
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actinic keratosis
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oval black/brown lesions on the head- can be precancerous
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arcus senilis
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white or gray ring around corneal margin
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T/F: Elders have a longer story to tell so the nurse should allow more time?
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True
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Nocturia
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Waking up in the middle of the night to urinate.
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