needs of adult patients with co-morbid conditions using a comprehensive database. (UGNUR 3‚ ANA 1‚ AACN 2‚ QSEN 1‚2‚6). 3. Use critical thinking skills to identify nursing diagnoses for elderly patients and their families. (UGNUR 2‚ ANA 2‚ AACN 4‚ QSEN 3‚4‚7). 4. Deliver a plan of nursing care for elderly adults supported by evidence-based interventions and illness‚ aging‚ and nursing theories with an emphasis on frailty and vulnerability. (UGNUR 4‚ 5‚ ANA 4‚ AACN3‚ QSEN 1‚7). 5. Communicate
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Antihistamines‚ Decongestants‚ Antitussive‚ and Expectorants Antihistamines: Substances capable of reducing the physiologic and pharmacologic effects of histamine‚ including a wide variety of drugs that block histamine receptors. Indications: Management of: nasal allergies‚ seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis (hay fever)‚ allergic reactions‚ motion sickness‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ sleep disorders. Also used to relieve symptoms associated with the common cold‚ Sneezing‚ runny nose‚ Palliative
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Stroke 1 Stroke Strokes have been around for thousands of years. Hippocrates recognized and described what we now call strokes as the onset of sudden paralysis. In ancient times stroke was called apoplexy and this term was applied to anyone who suddenly became struck down with paralysis. Physicians during that time knew very little about stroke and the only thing that could be done for the condition was to feed and care for the patient. "The first person to investigate apoplexy was a Swiss scientist
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The risk factors BHF (BHF) are mainly hypertension and diabetes. Both these conditions affect cardiac health by placing extra stress on the heart and causing accumulation of plaque artery walls. High blood pressure is a risk factor for atherosclerosis because high pressure in the arteries damages
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Daniel Levinson depicts the late adulthood period as those years that encompass age 65 and beyond. Other developmental psychologists further divide later adulthood into young-old (ages 65–85) and old-old (ages 85 and beyond) stages. Today‚ 13 percent of the population is over the age of 65‚ compared with 3 percent at the beginning of this century. This dramatic increase in the demographics of older adulthood has given rise to the discipline of gerontology‚ or the study of old age and aging. Gerontologists
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The elderly also live in “retirement homes”‚ especially if they are physically or mentally impaired. Women usually retire earlier than men. After retirement‚ individuals devote their time to leisure activities and hobbies (such as knitting‚ gardening‚ etc.)‚
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BACKGROUND: Super-utilizers are individuals with disproportionately high inpatient and emergency department (ED) use‚ and mostly have multiple chronic conditions and use multiple concurrent medications. They place a substantial burden on the U.S. healthcare system and have become the focus of policy initiatives aimed at reducing their disproportionate inpatient and ED use. Medication management is critical for these patients since nonadherence to essential chronic medications is associated with poor
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osclerosis‚ a largely preventable cardiovascular disease. CAD can lead to chest pain and heart attack. Cardiovascular disease is a sub term for a number of diseases that can affect the heart and blood vessel system. If people have diabetes mellitus‚ hypertension and hyper cholesterolemia they are more settable to this kind of disease. Congestive heart failure is where the muscles or valves in your heart become weak or fail. This means it will not function correctly. The kidney notice that it is not
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Introduction Aging is an inevitable and natural part of life. Having to deal with a multitude of different patients‚ nurses should understand that each age group will have different needs that must be fulfilled. For example‚ one would require a different mindset working with a geriatric population versus the pediatric population. It is important to know about the natural changes that come with aging‚ and how it can affect a person socially‚ physically‚ and cognitively. Developmental Tasks
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coronary blood flow; • review the causes of and possible treatments for angina; • describe the mechanisms of action of the following anti-anginal drugs: nitrates‚ beta-adrenoceptor antagonists and calcium channel blockers. Part 1 Annie is an elderly lady who lives with a one-eyed cat and a budgie. She is rather overweight and sometimes out of breath. Annie is very involved in the community‚ helps with many voluntary activities organized by
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