NURSE-UN 1241 - Final Exam Study Guide.

NURSE-UN 1241 - Final Exam Study Guide/NURSE-UN 1241 - Final Exam Study Guide. 3-4 Questions Intro to Care of Older Adults Read Ignativicius and Workman (I&W) Chapter 2 and Potter and Perry 8th ed. (P&P) Chapter 14 to address the first four lecture outcomes Read only Chapters 15 and 16 in P&P 8th ed. Under Unit III Lecture Outcomes demographic and health-related data pertaining to older adults, common physiologic changes related to aging and its implications, common health care issues among community-dwelling and hospitalized older adults, concept of frailty and its implications in the care of older adults, importance of critical thinking and its relationship to nursing process in caring for older adults Assessment Tools Katz Index of Independence in ADLs- bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, feeding Fulmer SPICES- assesses for evidence of sleep disorders, problems eating/feeding, incontinence, confusion, evidence of falls, skin breakdown