N212 gero exam 2 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

N212 GERO EXAM 02 HIGHLIGHTABLE MOMENTS CHAPTER 14 PAIN Understanding Pain  Pain is individual and can be very different for different persons with the same disease or injury  “Whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he or she says it does”  “A subjective**, personal, unpleasant experience involving sensations and perceptions that may or may not relate to bodily or tissue damage” Aronoff (2002) Pain Classification  Acute pain: rapid onset**, re...

CHAPTER 14 PAIN Understanding Pain  Pain is individual and can be very different for different persons with the same disease or injury  “Whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he or she says it does”  “A subjective**, personal, unpleasant experience involving sensations and perceptions that may or may not relate to bodily or tissue damage” Aronoff (2002) Pain Classification  Acute pain: rapid onset**, relatively short duration** and a sign of a ...

N212 GERO EXAM 02 HIGHLIGHTABLE MOMENTS CHAPTER 14 PAIN Understanding Pain  Pain is individual and can be very different for different persons with the same disease or injury  “Whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he or she says it does”  “A subjective**, personal, unpleasant experience involving sensations and perceptions that may or may not relate to bodily or tissue damage” Aronoff (2002) Pain Classification  Acute pain: rapid onset**, re...

ATI Comprehensive Predictor Exam 1. A nurse working in a long-term care facility is caring for an older adult client has dementia. The clients often agitated and frequently wanders the halls. Which of the following intervention should the nurse include in the plan of care? a) Give the client several choices when scheduling activities. b) Confront the client regarding unacceptable behavior c) Maintain Nutritional requirements by offering finger foods d) Stimulate the client by leaving the televis...

A nurse is completing medication reconciliation for an older adult client who is receiving multiple medications. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? A- Clarify the client list of medications with the pharmacist B- compare the current list against the new medication prescriptions C- investigate any discrepancies on that list D- ask the client about over the counter medications she is taking Answer- D The nurse should apply the nursing process priority-setting framework. Th...

ATI Gerontology Final Quiz (Detail Solutions and Resource for the test) A nurse is completing medication reconciliation for an older adult client who is receiving multiple medications. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? A- Clarify the client list of medications with the pharmacist B- compare the current list against the new medication prescriptions C- investigate any discrepancies on that list D- ask the client about over the counter medications she is taking Answer- D T...

ATI Mental Health Proctored Exam A nurse is caring for a client who has borderline personality disorder. The client says, "The nurse on the evening shift is always nice! You are the meanest nurse ever!" The nurse should recognize the client's statement as an example of which of the following defense mechanisms? A. Regression B. Splitting C. Undoing D. Identification A nurse is assisting with a court-ordered evaluation of a client who has antisocial personality disorder. Which of the following...

ATI Gerontology Final Quiz (Detail Solutions and Resource for the test) A nurse is completing medication reconciliation for an older adult client who is receiving multiple medications. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? A- Clarify the client list of medications with the pharmacist B- compare the current list against the new medication prescriptions C- investigate any discrepancies on that list D- ask the client about over the counter medications she is taking Answer- D T...

A nurse is completing medication reconciliation for an older adult client who is receiving multiple medications. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? A- Clarify the client list of medications with the pharmacist B- compare the current list against the new medication prescriptions C- investigate any discrepancies on that list D- ask the client about over the counter medications she is taking Answer- D The nurse should apply the nursing process priority-setting framework. Th...

EXAM 1 – LEGAL ETHICAL & GERO ASSESSMENT + COGNITIVE & NEURO FUNCTION Chapter 3, 4, 27 The Joint Commission (TJC)  Standards established and used by TJC to review healthcare facilites  considered the industry standard  JOINT COMMISSION** – COVERS HOSPITALS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) • Medicare pays only skilled care: • nursing, physical therapy, occupatonal therapy, and speech therapy—for Medicareinsured persons in long-term care facilites • Me...