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NR 110 Final Exam Review
- hospice
Answer a home providing care for the sick, especially the terminally ill
- assisted living facility
Answer a residence complex that provides personal and medical services for the elderly
3. HIPAA
Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996/protects a patient's right to privacy
- abuse
Answer intentional act that causes harm to another person
- nonverbal communication
Answer communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech
- empathy
Answer the ability to imagine what it would feel like to be in another person's situation
- sympathy
Answer feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
- subjective
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Answer based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
- objective
Answer not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts
- Holistic approach to health
Answer Emphasizes the integration and balance of mind, body, and spirit
- hypotension
Answer low blood pressure
- dementia
Answer the permanent and progressive loss of the ability to think and remem- ber
- degenerative
Answer of or causing a decline in quality or strength
- delusions
Answer false ideas or beliefs, especially about oneself
- catastrophic reaction
Answer an extreme reaction to a situation that would normally cause minimal or no stress; often seen in people with dementia
- Alzheimer's disease
Answer
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the most common type of dementia; characterized by the permanent and progressive loss of the ability to think and remember caused by damage to the brain
- ABCs of good body mechanics
Answer Alignment, Balance, Coordinated Movement
- entrapment
Answer occurs when a person becomes trapped in the side rail, or between the side rail and the mattress
- restraint
Answer a physical or chemical way to restrict voluntary movement or behavior
- dyspnea
Answer labored or difficult breathing
- sleep apnea
Answer a disorder that causes the person to stop breathing for varying periods of time during sleep
- acute pain
Answer sharp, sudden pain
- chronic pain
Answer slow, diffuse, constant pain
- rheumatoid arthritis
Answer a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the joints and some organs of other body systems
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are attacked
- ambulate
Answer to walk
- sodium restricted diet
Answer diet low in sodium-rich foods and seasonings
- 1 cup =
Answer
- oz or 240 ml
- fluid intake
Answer The fluid taken into the body from all sources
- palliative care
Answer care that focuses on relieving uncomfortable symptoms, not on curing the problem that is causing the symptoms
30. DNR
Answer do not resuscitate order
- terminal illness
Answer an illness or injury for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery
- Nursing assistants should...
Answer ... listen to their patients without judging them.
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