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PCC 1 Exam 2 UNMC Nursing Student
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Discuss the concept of mobility across the life span. -
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correct answer✔ ✔ Infants -
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Straight spine, them crawling tends to curve their spine. The
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y have a large head keepin gthem at risk of head injury. Mus
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cle and training is used. Any child born with an anomaly, ov
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ertime their bones gradually get stronger and harder. Infancy
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have flexible bones. Muscle continues to beef up throughout
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growth of childhood. One puberty hits with both boys, their
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muscle growth occurs. g8 g8 g8




Aging - g8


Does impact musculoskeletal, you get dryer, weaker, slower.
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People lose elasticity and height becomes reduced leading to
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kyphosis which is humpback. More fragile vessels due to the
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lack of superficial fat layers.
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Explain the strategies for primary prevention in promoting we
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ll-being and activity across the life course. - correct answer✔
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Primary prevention includes education patients on how to e
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at proper portions, stay hydrated, and exercise. Doing ROM a
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,nd ADL's can assist, even breathing exercises play a role wit
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hin the respiratory system.
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Identify population and individual risk factors related to mobi
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lity. - correct answer✔ ✔
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Risk factors include tramautic injury: brain, spinal cord, bo
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nes, joints, muscles. Neurological conditions. Chronic conditio
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ns (and/or treatment interventions, pain meds, nutritional defic
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iencies, cancer treatments, corticoid steroids.) Older adults are
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at greater risk for immobility.
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Discuss the physiological and patholigical influences on mobi
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lity. - correct answer✔ ✔
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Pathological influences on mobility include, postural abnor
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malities, muscle abnormalities, damage to the CNS, musculos
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keletal trauma. Physiological effects are emotional and behavi
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oral responses, sensory alterations, and changes in coping.
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Describe the consequences of immobility. - correct answer✔
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Skin breakdown, muscle weakness, thombophlebitis, constip
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ation, pneumonia, depression, and pressure ulcers.
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,Explain why the pathophysiology and common complications
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associated with a fracture and fracture healing. -
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correct answer✔ ✔
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Fractures can affect mobility; pain pain impairs it along wit
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h the prescriptive and balance issues. Fracture complications i
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nclude: Shock, fast embolism syndrome (FES), compartment
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syndrome, venous thrombosis embolism. With fracture healin
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g, you want to control the pain, wiggle fingers and toes, elev
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ate, ice, antibiotics may be indicated if the bone beccomes in
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fected. Make sure that you are careful with cast placement or
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8else you cause a pressure within it.
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Apply the nursing process to patients with immobility, and fr
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actures. - correct answer✔ ✔ Patient's with pre-
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existing mobility impairments and those who are at risk for i
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mmobility will greatly benefit from a care plan that improves
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the patient's functional status, promotes self-
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care, maintains psychological well-
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being, and reduces the hazards of immobility.
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Describe the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations
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and nursing care of the patient with osteoporosis. -
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correct answer✔ ✔
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Etilogy: Osteoporosis occurs when there is an imbalance be
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tween new bone formation and old bone resportion. The body
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, may fail to form enough new bone, or too much old bone m
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ay be reabsorbed, or both.
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Pathophysiology: Risk factors, postmenopausal, family history g8 g8 g8 g8 g8


, diet low in calcium, excessive use of alcohol, certain drugs,
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Clinical manifestations: Back pain, caused by a fractured or c
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ollapsed vertebra, loss of height overtime, a stooped posutre,
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a bone that breaks much more easily than expected.
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Nursing care: Get the proper amount of calcium and Vitamin
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8D. Calcium intake is essential to prevent bone loss and impo
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rtant. Prevent falls by providing a safe environment. Medicati
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ons to avoid more bone loss, limit salt, caffeine, soda, alcoho
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Describe critical thinking. - correct answer✔ ✔
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The ability to think in a systematic an logical manner with
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openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process.
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