Across the Lifespan

Promote healthy behaviors and healthy lifestyles throughout the life cycle! Growth and Development Across the Lifespan, 3rd Edition helps you plan and implement appropriate care for patients at each age and stage of life. Explaining concepts of physical, cognitive, social, and personality development, this text provides strategies for improving patient health and quality of life for each age group. Healthy People 2030 objectives are used to set a framework for positive health behaviors. From not...

Clinical Reasoning Cycle - Consider patient situation Collect cues/ information Process information Identify problems/ issues Establish goals Take action Evaluate outcomes Reflect on process and new learning Failure to rescue - HARM = associated morbidity or associated mortality. Assessment - initial and ongoing (admission) data collected about a person / family which is directed at finding out information in order to work up a plan of care

Potency - The relative dose required to achieve certain effects Term is generally applied to 1st generation antipsychotics to describe the relationship between therapeutic dose and side effects More potent antipsychotics - Lower dosage Tend to have higher risk of EPS Less potent antipsychotics - Tend to be more sedating and have more anticholinergic effects Therapeutic index - Relative measure of the toxicity or safety of a drug Ratio of the median toxic dose to the median effective dose ...

ACROSS THE LIFESPAN EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND EXPERT VALIDATED ANSWERS 2023

With which sex has the focus of prevention and treatment been on historically? - Men What did women's health focus on in the early 1900s? - Reproduction Motherhood What expansions were made to women's health in the 1920s? - Family planning Reproductive health What caused an expansion to women's health in the 1920s? - The beginning of the birth control movement How did women's role in healthcare expand in the 1980s? - Women were included in biomedical research and federally-sponsored ...

demographic trends in the U.S. - -the U.S. population is aging global aging italy, japan and greece -aging in place naturally occurring retirement communities in NORC's (communities aged 65+ aged in place, high concentration of elderly communities -27% of older adults live alone ethnic and racial diversity - -will increase from 24 to 34% of older adult population by 2040 -the latino/a older adult population is expected to grow the fastest

High risk pregnancy - is one in which a concurrent disorder, pregnancy-related complication, or external factor jeopardizes the health of the woman, the fetus, or both a. age <15 and >35 y/o b. nutrition habits c. stature <5ft. d. abuse of tobaccos, alcohol, drugs e. hostile environment at home or at work with exposure to teratogen - A. FACTORS ARISING FROM THE WOMAN'S CHARACTERISTICS AND LIFESTYLE

CARE OF THE CLIENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN WITH MOTHER, CHILD AND FAMILY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Scope of practice - -Nurses promote and maintain optimal health for their patients -You coordinate care, educate, advocate, and are a caregiver for the patient AND their family -You manage actual problems and potential problems that people might have (anticipate) Priority focus - SAFETY -expert clinical judgement to ensure patient safety Main goal - prevent death and accidents and improve safety in healthcare The Joint Commission - one of several national organizations that offer peer eval...

Performance and Development Across the Lifespan (Adult) Final Questions And Answers