C475 WGU COTOA JEOPARDY GAMES WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.

What is the Mini-Cog? This consists of 3-item recall and Clock-Drawing Test. What is the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)? This tool helps the nurse quickly identify delirium. What is the Braden scale? This tool assesses sensory perception, moisture, activity, mobility, nutrition & friction. What is the Beer's List? This list includes commonly prescribed medications which may cause increased risk to elderly patients. What is the SPICES tool? This tool assesses sleep, problems with eating, incontinence, confusion, evidence of falls, and skin breakdown. What is primary prevention? Aims to prevent disease or injury before it ever occurs. An example of this type of prevention includes getting an annual flu shot. What are extrinsic risk factors for falls? Throw rugs, poor lighting, stairs & side rails. What is frailty? A general decline in physical function, with unintentional weight loss, weak grip strength, and slow walking speed. What are instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)? Cleaning, cooking, shopping, paying bills. What is Healthy People 2010? This health-oriented initiative has a major goal of eliminating healthcare disparity between cultural groups. Who qualifies for Medicare? People who are 65 years old & have paid in to Social Security, patients with ESRD, disabled, retired from the railroad. What does Medicare Part D cover? Prescription drugs. What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? It eliminates lifetime insurance caps, provides free preventive care, provides insurance plans for patients with pre-existing conditions. What are Social Security benefits? Payments made to qualified retires and disabled people and to their spouse, children, and survivors. These benefits are reduced if a person retires early. What are the Triple Aim goals? Improve patient quality/satisfaction, improve population health, and reduce healthcare costs. What is an interdisciplinary team? It brings together diverse expertise to provide better coordinated, better quality care. What is care transitions? The movement of pts between HC practioners, settings, and home as their conditions and care needs change. What is the goal of care transitions? To reduce avoidable re-admissions. What is the Discharge Preparation Checklist? A tool that ensures the patient understands medications, who to contact if problems arise, and when to follow up. What is a healthcare power of attorney? A person appointed by the pt who makes healthcare decisions for them when they're unable to do so for themselves. What is hospice? It's provided to a person with a terminal illness whose doctor believes he/she has six months or less to live. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering. What is palliative care? It's provided to a person who doesn't want to stop treatment to cure a serious illness. Palliative care involves comprehensive management of the pt's psychological, social and spiritual needs. What is visceral nocioceptive pain? The pain you feel from your internal organs such as your stomach, bladder, uterus, or rectum. This pain usually responds well to opioid therapy. What are Five Wishes questions? The person I want to make care decisions for me when I can't (HCPOA) The kind of medical treatment I want or don't want. How comfortable I want to be. How I want people to treat me. What I want my loved ones to know. Which physiologic changes in the elderly patient affects medication dosing? A reduced hepatic & renal blood flow, lower total body water, higher percent of body fat. What types of Augmentative & Alternative communication are there? Unaided, meaning NO tools needed and NO physical aids. Such as sign language, gestures/movements, and facial expressions. Aided, meaning tools ARE needed. Such as pictures/photos, technology, communication boards, object/symbols, and written words/letters. What is behind-the-ear (BTE)? This is the most commonly used type of hearing aid.