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32 Cards in this Set
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Advancing Diet |
food that is gradually reintroduced to the resident due to surgery in preparation for a procedure or illness |
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Aspiration |
accidental breathing in food, fluid, vomit, or other object into lungs |
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Dysphagia |
difficulty swallowing |
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Fat Soluble Vitamins |
A,D,E,K |
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Fluid Balance |
when fluids taken in equal the fluids eliminated |
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Force Fluids |
medical order for person to drink more fluids |
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Graduate |
measuring device for fluids |
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NPO |
Nothing by Mouth |
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Output |
amount of fluids eliminated each day |
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Water Soluble Vitamins |
B & C |
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Fowler's Position |
resident reclined in sitting up almost straight at 45 to 60 degrees |
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High Fowler's Position |
resident sitting up almost straight at 60 to 90 degrees |
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Lateral Position |
resident position on the right or left |
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Prone Position |
resident position on abdomen |
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Sims position |
resident positioned in left side lying position |
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Supine Position |
resident positioned flat on back |
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Chemical Restriant |
drug used to control actions of a resident for convenience of staff |
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Pelvic Support |
physical restrain used between the thighs to keep a resident's hips from slipping forward |
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Person-Centered Care |
practice of basing resident care on individual resident needs, preferences and expectations
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Cognition |
manner in which messages from the five senses are changed, stored in memory, recovered from memory, and later used to answer questions, respond to requests, and perform tasks |
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Pacing |
the awareness and adjustment of nursing care based on how slow or how fast person is functioning |
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) |
major legislation passed nationally to protect residents in nursing homes and assure they have quality of care and quality of life |
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psychological effects of aging |
exploration of feelings, emotional stress, physical, and psycho social and psychological adjustments that are part of the aging process |
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Alzheimer's Disease |
progressive disease characterized by a gradual decline in memory, thinking, and physical ability over several years |
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Delusion |
False Belief |
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Dementia |
progressive condition marked by development of multiple cognitive deficits, such as memory impairment, aphasia, and inability to plan and initiate complex behavior |
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Onset |
time when signs and symptoms of a disease begins |
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Mental Illness |
disturbance in the ability to cope or adjust to stress; behavior and function are impaired; mental disorder, emotional illness, psychiatric disorder |
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Pain |
anything the patient says it is, occurring whenever the patient says it does |
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Bargaining |
third stage of grief when person tries to arrange for more time to live to take care of unfinished business; bargains with the doctors or god |
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Cheyne-Strokes Breathing |
resident takes several shallow breaths followed by periods of no breathing for 5, 30, or even 60 seconds, does not cause the resident discomfort |
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Mottling |
changes in skin color (pale/bluish) of the hands, arms, feet, and legs when death is near |