INP FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Adjunct - Answers - A supplementary part of a treatment or drug regime.
Ex, other medications given with pain medication
Endorphins - Answers - Hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system that
activate the body's opiate receptors causing an analgesic reaction
Limbic system - Answers - A complex system of nerves and networks in the brain,
involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood. It
controls basic emotions and drives
Neuropathic - Answers - Disease of dysfunction of one or more peripheral nerves,
typically causing numbness or weakness
Neurotransmitters - Answers - A chemical substance that is released at the end of a
nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse and, by diffusing across the synapse or
junction, causes the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fiber, a muscle fiber, or
some other structure
Nociceptive - Answers - Of, relating to, or denoting pain arising from the stimulation of
nerve cells
Somatic - Answers - Of or relating to the outer wall of the body
Somatosensory - Answers - Relating to or denoting a sensation that can occur
anywhere in the body, in contrast to one localized at a sense organ
Tolerance - Answers - Resistance to, resilience to, endurance of
Visceral - Answers - Localized pain
Pathological influences on mobility - Answers - -Postural abnormalities
-Impaired muscle development
-Central nervous system drainage
-Musculoskeletal trauma
Systemic effects of immobility - Answers - -Metabolic/ GI system
-Respiratory system
-Cardiovascular system
-Muscoskelatal system
-Urinary system
-Integumentary system
-Nervous system
, Physical assessment - Answers - -ROM
-Gait
-Exercise and activity tolerance
-Body alignment: lying, sitting, standing
-Balance
Psychosocial assessment - Answers - -Client expectations
-Reactions to mobility limitations
Before performing a transfer or repositioning task, the care worker must assess what -
Answers - -The clients current physical state
-The clients current mental state
Mobility criteria for transfers - Answers - -Client is cooperative
-Client can follow directions and/or physical cueing
-Client can boost up in bed with no/minimal assistance
-Client can roll onto side and maintain side lying
-Client can move from lying to sitting with no/minimal assistance
-Client can maintain/correct sitting balance with no/minimal assistance
Different types of mobility aids - Answers - -Splints/ braces
-Prosthetic limbs
-Cane
-Crutches
-Walker
-Wheelchair
Reasons why people become immobile - Answers - -extreme illness
-fractures
-traumas
-strokes
-Parkinson's disease
-multiple sclerosis
-sedation secondary to medication
-fear
-Physical restraints
-CNS injury
Deconditioning - Answers - A process of physiological change following a period of
inactivity or bedrest that results in a decrease in muscle mass, weakness, functional
decline, and the inability to perform daily living activities. It is observed in increasing
frequency as a consequence of hospitalization for older adults
What is range of motion - Answers - The measurement of movement around a specific
joint or body part
Adjunct - Answers - A supplementary part of a treatment or drug regime.
Ex, other medications given with pain medication
Endorphins - Answers - Hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system that
activate the body's opiate receptors causing an analgesic reaction
Limbic system - Answers - A complex system of nerves and networks in the brain,
involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood. It
controls basic emotions and drives
Neuropathic - Answers - Disease of dysfunction of one or more peripheral nerves,
typically causing numbness or weakness
Neurotransmitters - Answers - A chemical substance that is released at the end of a
nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse and, by diffusing across the synapse or
junction, causes the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fiber, a muscle fiber, or
some other structure
Nociceptive - Answers - Of, relating to, or denoting pain arising from the stimulation of
nerve cells
Somatic - Answers - Of or relating to the outer wall of the body
Somatosensory - Answers - Relating to or denoting a sensation that can occur
anywhere in the body, in contrast to one localized at a sense organ
Tolerance - Answers - Resistance to, resilience to, endurance of
Visceral - Answers - Localized pain
Pathological influences on mobility - Answers - -Postural abnormalities
-Impaired muscle development
-Central nervous system drainage
-Musculoskeletal trauma
Systemic effects of immobility - Answers - -Metabolic/ GI system
-Respiratory system
-Cardiovascular system
-Muscoskelatal system
-Urinary system
-Integumentary system
-Nervous system
, Physical assessment - Answers - -ROM
-Gait
-Exercise and activity tolerance
-Body alignment: lying, sitting, standing
-Balance
Psychosocial assessment - Answers - -Client expectations
-Reactions to mobility limitations
Before performing a transfer or repositioning task, the care worker must assess what -
Answers - -The clients current physical state
-The clients current mental state
Mobility criteria for transfers - Answers - -Client is cooperative
-Client can follow directions and/or physical cueing
-Client can boost up in bed with no/minimal assistance
-Client can roll onto side and maintain side lying
-Client can move from lying to sitting with no/minimal assistance
-Client can maintain/correct sitting balance with no/minimal assistance
Different types of mobility aids - Answers - -Splints/ braces
-Prosthetic limbs
-Cane
-Crutches
-Walker
-Wheelchair
Reasons why people become immobile - Answers - -extreme illness
-fractures
-traumas
-strokes
-Parkinson's disease
-multiple sclerosis
-sedation secondary to medication
-fear
-Physical restraints
-CNS injury
Deconditioning - Answers - A process of physiological change following a period of
inactivity or bedrest that results in a decrease in muscle mass, weakness, functional
decline, and the inability to perform daily living activities. It is observed in increasing
frequency as a consequence of hospitalization for older adults
What is range of motion - Answers - The measurement of movement around a specific
joint or body part
