NURSING 212 (NURSING 212)

Chapter 20 Pharmacologic Management Learning Objectives  Describe the characteristics of medication use in older adults.  List medications that are best avoided in older adults.  Identify potential risk factors for adverse drug reactions.  Describe the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes associated with aging and the implications for drug therapy.  Recognize significant drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-disease interactions, giving specific examples of each.  Stat...

Chapter 3, 4, 27 The Joint Commission ( TJC )  Standards established and used by TJC to review healthcare facilities  considered the industry standard  JOINT COMMISSION** – COVERS HOSPITALS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS ) • Medicare pays only skilled care : • nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy—for Medicareinsured persons in long-term care facilities • Medicaid pays for both intermediate and skilled care for indigent...

Structural Age-Related Changes of the Neurologic System  Cellular and Structural Changes O Neuron O Neurotransmitters O Neuroglia and Schwann cells O Cerebrospinal fluid and ventricular system O Hippocampus and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis O Changes in the ability to consciously learn and retain new information easily O Specific aspects altered by the aging process are the explicit memory (e.g., delayed recall), the ability to learn new information quickly, memory stor...

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 ...

Chapter 15 - Infection Learning Objectives  Describe alterations in the immune system related to aging.  Describe nutritional factors that influence immune status.  Describe psychosocial factors that influence immune status.  Describe the effect of lifestyle factors on immune status.  Describe the effect of medications and drugs on immune status.  Identify strategies to prevent nosocomial or community-acquired infections.  Incorporate nutritional, psychosocial, and l...

The Joint Commission ( TJC )  Standards established and used by TJC to review healthcare facilities  considered the industry standard  JOINT COMMISSION** – COVERS HOSPITALS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS ) • Medicare pays only skilled care : • nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy—for Medicareinsured persons in long-term care facilities • Medicaid pays for both intermediate and skilled care for indigent persons Older Am...

Chapter 20 Pharmacologic Management Learning Objectives  Describe the characteristics of medication use in older adults.  List medications that are best avoided in older adults.  Identify potential risk factors for adverse drug reactions.  Describe the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes associated with aging and the implications for drug therapy.  Recognize significant drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-disease interactions, giving specific examples of each.  Stat...

Structural Age-Related Changes of the Neurologic System  Cellular and Structural Changes O Neuron O Neurotransmitters O Neuroglia and Schwann cells O Cerebrospinal fluid and ventricular system O Hippocampus and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis O Changes in the ability to consciously learn and retain new information easily O Specific aspects altered by the aging process are the explicit memory (e.g., delayed recall), the ability to learn new information quickly, memory stor...

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...

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 facilities  considered the industry standard  JOINT COMMISSION** – COVERS HOSPITALS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS ) • Medicare pays only skilled care : • nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy—for Medicareinsured persons in long-term care faciliti...