Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: The Basic Chapter 5, 6, & 7

Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: The Basic Chapter 5, 6, & 7 Alzheimer Disease - Correct Answer-tangled nerve fibers and protein deposits to form in the brain catastrophic reaction - Correct Answer-when a person with AD overreacts to something sundowning - Correct Answer-when a person gets restless and agitated in the late afternoon, evening, or night elopes - Correct Answer-if a resident wanders away from the protected area perseverating - Correct Answer-repeats a word, phrase, question, or activity over and over Pillaging - Correct Answer-taking things that belong to someone else Validating - Correct Answer-giving value to or approving Validation therapy - Correct Answer-letting residents believe they live in the past to in imaginer circumstances and not arguing or correcting them Pressure Points - Correct Answer-areas of the body that bear much if it weight located at bony prominences Body Prominences - Correct Answer-areas of the body where the bone lies close to the skin these areas are at a much higher risk for skin breakdown every 2 hours - Correct Answer-how often should you reposition immobile residents every 15 minutes - Correct Answer-how often should you reposition residents in a wheelchair Foot Drop - Correct Answer-a weakness of muscles in the feet and ankles that causes problems with the ability to flex the ankles and walk normally from the inner aspect to outer aspect - Correct Answer-how should you wash the eye always wash distal to the body - Correct Answer-how should you wash/wipe/clean the resident's body from front to back - Correct Answer-how should a staff cl