Adult Care 2 Geriatric – Questions With Complete
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Give medications exactly on time, promote exercise and autonomy, use fall and
aspiration precautions, allow extra time, and involve PT, OT, and speech
therapy.
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Why is clinical decision-making
1 2 Parkinson's nursing interventions
complex in older adults?
3 Ataxic gait 4 Expected normal aging changes
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Terms in this set (80)
Why is clinical decision-making Reduced physiologic reserve, multiple diseases and
complex in older adults? medications, atypical symptoms,
functional/cognitive changes, social factors, and
competing goals make causes and treatments
interact.
ADLs Basic self-care: bathing, dressing, toileting,
transferring, feeding, and continence.
IADLs Complex independent-living tasks: shopping,
cooking, housekeeping, transportation,
communication, medication management, and
finances.
Loss of IADLs versus ADLs IADLs usually decline first and may indicate need for
supervision; ADL loss indicates need for direct
hands-on care and may change placement.
Expected normal aging changes Slower movement and recall, shorter stride,
reduced bladder capacity, and reduced physiologic
reserve while attention and basic function remain
intact.
Abnormal aging changes Acute confusion, sudden inability to walk, repeated
falls, incontinence, urinary retention, focal weakness,
or progressive functional loss require assessment.
Intrinsic fall-risk factors Weakness, poor balance, sensory deficits,
neuropathy, arthritis, neurologic disease, cognitive
impairment, infection, hypoxia, hypoglycemia,
anemia, and electrolyte problems.
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Give medications exactly on time, promote exercise and autonomy, use fall and
aspiration precautions, allow extra time, and involve PT, OT, and speech
therapy.
Choose an answer
Why is clinical decision-making
1 2 Parkinson's nursing interventions
complex in older adults?
3 Ataxic gait 4 Expected normal aging changes
, Don't know?
Terms in this set (80)
Why is clinical decision-making Reduced physiologic reserve, multiple diseases and
complex in older adults? medications, atypical symptoms,
functional/cognitive changes, social factors, and
competing goals make causes and treatments
interact.
ADLs Basic self-care: bathing, dressing, toileting,
transferring, feeding, and continence.
IADLs Complex independent-living tasks: shopping,
cooking, housekeeping, transportation,
communication, medication management, and
finances.
Loss of IADLs versus ADLs IADLs usually decline first and may indicate need for
supervision; ADL loss indicates need for direct
hands-on care and may change placement.
Expected normal aging changes Slower movement and recall, shorter stride,
reduced bladder capacity, and reduced physiologic
reserve while attention and basic function remain
intact.
Abnormal aging changes Acute confusion, sudden inability to walk, repeated
falls, incontinence, urinary retention, focal weakness,
or progressive functional loss require assessment.
Intrinsic fall-risk factors Weakness, poor balance, sensory deficits,
neuropathy, arthritis, neurologic disease, cognitive
impairment, infection, hypoxia, hypoglycemia,
anemia, and electrolyte problems.
