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Gerontological Nursing Already Passed The nurse is performing an assessment on an older adult client. What assessment data would indicate a potential complication associated with the skin of this client?- Crusting, Wrinkling, or thinning/loss of elasticity of skin The nurse who volunteers at a senior citizens' center is planning activities for the members. What activity would best promote health and maintenance? The home health nurse is visiting a client for the first time. While assessing t...

What should All suspected stroke patients be admitted directly and what does this allow?o Specialist acute stroke unit: o Early recognition and treatment of complications o MDT working o Co-ordinated and organised in-patient care with weekly MDT meetings o Programmes of education and training for staff, patients, carers o Involvement of carers in rehabilitation o Staff interest and expertise Define aphasialoss of ability to understand or express speech due to brain dysfunction What i...

Which of the following is a requirement for drivers with a diabetes exemption? A) Possess a rapidly absorbable form of glucose while driving B) Self—monitor blood glucose one hour before driving and at least once every 2 hours while driving C) Plan to submit blood glucose monitoring logs every 6 months D) Maintain a Hemoglobin A1C value less than 7 - ANSWER-A. Drivers with diabetes should self monitor blood glucose before driving and every 4 hours while driving. Blood glucose monitoring lo...

CLTM Wernicke's - correct answer Receptive Speech. Posterior part of Superior Temporal gyrus. Broadman 22 Broca's - correct answer Expressive Speech. Posterior part of Inferior frontal gyrus. Broadman 44 & 45 Auditory - correct answer Herschel's gyrus Broadman ? Multiple Subipal Transection - correct answer LKS Sturge Weber Syndrome Hemispherectomy - correct answer Rassmusens Multilobular resection - correct answer Sturge weber Syndrome Corpus Callostomy - correct an...

NURS 550 Final All Answers Correct Attention definitions: Alert, lethargic, obtunded, Stuporous, coma ️Alert - pt is awake and aware Lethargic - you have to speak to pt in a loud and forceful manner to get a response Obtunded - you must shake pt to get a response Stuporous - arousable except by painful stimuli (sternal rub) Coma - pt is completely unarousabe Memory ️Short term memory - covers events or memories that occurred minutes to days before Long term memory - covers even...

What ion is found predominantly in extracellular fluid during the resting state of a neuron? correct answers sodium What ion is found predominantly in intracellular fluid during the resting state of a neuron? correct answers potassium A neuron depolarizes only when excitatory influences reach a correct answers threshold The chemical structure of a neuron is dependent upon what three major ions? correct answers sodium, potassium and chloride When a nerve is stimulated, the electrical ...

What should All suspected stroke patients be admitted directly and what does this allow? - ANSWER-o Specialist acute stroke unit: o Early recognition and treatment of complications o MDT working o Co-ordinated and organized in-patient care with weekly MDT meetings o Programmes of education and training for staff, patients, carers o Involvement of carers in rehabilitation o Staff interest and expertise Define aphasia - ANSWER-loss of ability to understand or express speech due to brain d...

How do cholinesterase inhibitors improve cortical function in dementia patients? - By making acetylcholine more available. Characterize psychomotor seizures (AKA partial seizure) - These can occur at any age. Characterized by sudden change in awareness associated with complex distortion of feeling and thinking and partially coordinated motor activity and last longer than absence seizures Are the hormones effected by ICR? - Yes. Hormonal regulation is dependent on normal intracranial regula...

CRRN Review Exam 145 Questions with Verified Answers Lydia Hall's three interrelated components include: - CORRECT ANSWER Care, core, and cure K. Warner Schaie - CORRECT ANSWER suggests that adults' thinking follows a set pattern of stages goodness of fit (consonance) vs poorness of fit (dissonance) Martha Rogers Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Science of Unitary Human Beings Energetic being manifested as frequencies or energy waves Jean Piaget's theory states a child passes through...

CVA Questions and Answers with Certified Solutions Define the term infarction An infarction is. alone of tissue that is deprived of its blood supply Explain the difference between the two types of stroke and ischemic infarction and a hemorrhagic infarction Ischemic: Occlusion of a cerebral artery by either a thrombus or emboli Hemorrhagic: occurs from interrupted vessel integrity and bleeding occurs into the brain tissue Name 4 risk factors that contributed to Mrs. Kahn having a s...