PN2004 - health with Questions and
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Non-specific and preliminary in nature ✔️✔️screening tests
maintain or improve self-care capacity, mange disease effectively, boost the body healing
abilities, prevent complications, delay deterioration and decline, achieve the highest quality of
life, and die with comfort and dignity ✔️✔️goals of chronic care
aimed at restoring a patient to his original state of health, services include physical therapy,
occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, and psychiatric rehabilitation
✔️✔️rehabilitation care
maintain their current level of function, improve functional ability, preventing decline and
complications, and promoting the highest possible of quality of life ✔️✔️Restorative Care
increase self care capacity, eliminate or minimize self care limitations,m act for or do for when a
person is unable to take action for themselves ✔️✔️principles in rehabilitative nursing
skills that the patient possesses to meet basic needs - eating, washing, dressing, toileting, and
moving ✔️✔️ADLs
skills beyond the basis that enable the individual to function independently in the community -
preparing meals, shopping, managing finances ✔️✔️IADLs
free from outside control; not depending on another's authority. ✔️✔️independent
facilitating proper positioning, assisting with ROM exercises, assisting with mobility aids and
assistive technology, teaching about bowel and bladder training, maintaining and promoting
, mental function - games and puzzles, and using community resources ✔️✔️interventions to
improve life of patient
consulted for problem-solving ✔️✔️decision maker
provides direct services, personal care & home management ✔️✔️caregiver
depends on other members for assistance ✔️✔️dependent
the problem child or nonconformist, this may be a scapegoat or gives purpose to a family
member (need to rescue) ✔️✔️deviant
forfeits rights and may be physically, emotionally, socially, or economically abuse by family
✔️✔️victim
find resources, listen, self-care strategies, advocate, and educate them about scams
guide the family to view the situation realistically, provide information that can assist in
anticipating needs, assess and monitor the impact of caregiving on the total family unit, and
introduce and promote (review) options of care ✔️✔️ways to support the families
beliefs/perspectives vary about life, death and dying, cultural end of life ceremonies and rituals,
and don't assume a person has any traditions and or cultures ✔️✔️cultural considerations with
palliative care
programmed (predictable cell death), errors (random), calorie restriction (cal reduction increases
life span) ✔️✔️biological theories of aging
aging is the result of predictable cellular death; 3 theories: 1. immunity theory 2. neuroendocrine
control theory 3. gene theory ✔️✔️programmed theories of aging
