disturbances—e.g.‚ mood or paranoid disorders N: Neurological disorders—e.g.‚ multiinfarct dementia T: Tumors and trauma I: Infections—e.g.‚ urinary tract or upper respiratory tract A: Arteriosclerosis—leading to heart failure‚ insufficient blood supply to heart and brain‚ and confusion Hypernatremia: Think of “SALT” -Skin flushed -Agitation -Low-grade fever -Thirst Chvostek’s and Trousseau’s signs; Tetany‚ irritability‚ and seizures: Hypocalcemia Hypomagnesemia Hyperphosphatemia
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the day room as well with the techs and they had group. Goals My goal was to be more relaxed and use better active listening techniques and to formulate questions to help the client relax and build trust. My patient goal was to get the client to explain the reason why she was here and what her plans were for discharge. Nursing Diagnosis Low self-esteem related to depression as evidenced by withdrawal from school and other activities. DSM IV Diagnosis Axis I: Anxiety Axis II: Deferred Axis III: Asthma
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These signs include‚ memory loss‚ challenges solving problems‚ difficulty completing a familiar task‚ problems speaking and writing‚ poor judgement‚ social withdrawal and changes in mood. Neurologists specialize in diseases of the brain and can determine if a
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Challenges for professional care of advanced dementia The research purpose of this study was clear‚ as it was intended to report on the challenges for health professionals in caring for people with advanced dementia living in long term care facilities. This study used a qualitative methodology based on action research. “Action research collects information from key stakeholders and provides ongoing feedback to participants‚ thereby facilitating change that improves practice.” (Chang et al.‚ 2009
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P2- Outline possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and quality of life This assignment is going to outline possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and quality of life. There are many different factors that having dementia will effect. As stated above some will affect the health of the person and others will affect the quality of life that the person will have. Depression is a common mental disorder‚ characterized by sadness‚ loss of interest or pleasure‚ feelings of
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Sound recording techniquesl Microphone techniques In order to have a good mic technique you’ll need to understand how the microphones diaphragm work’s depending on sensitivity to your vocal performance you’ll need to adjust your body/ or object according to the dynamics of your delivery. In order to have a high quality recording. Recording drums Some microphones are used for the testing of speakers and checking noise levels etc. These are known as calibrated transducers and will usually
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Understand the role of communication and interactions with individuals who have dementia (DEM 308) Outcome 1 Understand that individuals with dementia may communicate in different ways 1. explain how individuals with dementia may communicate through their behaviour Dementia sufferers communicate in many different ways. They may not be able to speak but they can communicate non-verbally with positive or negative behaviour. They can also communicate using body language and through posture
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cystitis. Symptoms are: feeling the urge to urinate more‚ pain while urinating‚ and blood in the urine (hematuria). To treat a bladder infection: antibiotic will help for the bacteria‚ drinking lots of fluid and medication for the pain. Surgery is needed if kidney stones or tumor are cause for the bladder infection. Wilms tumor is a type of cancer that is located in one of the kidney or both of them. This type of kidney cancer mainly effects younger children below 5 years old. Symptoms can include
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JjohnReal JjohnReal RECORDING DEVICES / TOOLS Recording devices provide various means of organizing the recordings of information about student achievement. 1. 2. Anecdotal Record 3. Checklist 4. Rating Scale 5. Rubrics 6. Learning Log Anecdotal Record A written record kept in a positive tone of a child’s progress based on milestones particular to that child’s social‚ emotional‚ physical‚ aesthetic‚ and cognitive development. * * are objective observations
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Outcome 1 1.1Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells and in many ways‚ from alcoholism‚ brain injury‚ drug abuse‚ side effects to medications‚ depression‚ age‚ thyroid function abnormalities‚ and vitamin B12 deficiency. Alzheimer’s Dementia is caused by a build-up of proteins which the body no longer breaks down and this affects the transmission of signals. 1.2Memory loss can be defines in different ways. Memory loss can be the inability to retrieve information from the long-term memory
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