NR 601 Week 8 Final Exam Study-Guide
| Institution |
Chamberlain |
| Contributor |
K. Lauren |
- How to conduct Mini-Cog
- Causes of delirium in elderly
- Agnosia
- ADA criteria for diagnosing DM
- • Urinary incontinence-
- Differentials as cause for erectile dysfunction-
- Elder abuse
- Differentials as cause for hematuria
- Terazosin use(s)
- UTIs in men and women
- UTI treatment guidelines
- BPH
- Progressive, benign hyperplasia of prostate gland tissue
- Etiology/incidence
- Symptoms are attributed to mechanical obstruction of the urethra by the enlarged prostate gland
- Signs/Symptoms
- Diff Dx
- Physical findings
- Differentiation from BPH and CA needs biopsy
- Tests/Findings
- Treatment/Management
- Management
- Medication Treatments
- Surgery has the best chance for relief of symptoms, but greater risks
- Follow up:
- Acanthosis nigricans
- Delirium treatment
- Essential tremor vs. Parkinson’s Disease
- Seizure causes
- Hospice & palliative care
- Hospice:
- Palliative Care:
- Pain-
- Pain assessment tools:
- Types of pain:
- Framework for pharmacological interventions for pain:
- The WHO Step Ladder
- Adjuvant meds:
- Pain management in elderly
- Delirium vs. dementia
- Steps of the grieving process
- Grief is the emotional response to loss, Mourning is the outward social expression of loss
- Types of grief:
- Stages of Grief:
- Tasks of grieving:
- Kennedy p. 631
- Alzheimer’s treatment
- Signs and symptoms
- First line pharmacological treatment
- Kennedy p 567-568
- Sexuality
- sundowning
- metformin side effects
- GI side effects take with supper.
- Biguanides (Metformin)
- Mechanism of Action.
- Preparations.
- Dosing.
- Efficacy.
- Adverse Effects.
- Patient Selection.
- ACC 2017 Guideline for High Blood Pressure in Adults
- Acute prostatitis kennedy 380.
- Beta blocker side effects in diabetics-
- How to diagnosis HF and COPD via CXR findings
- OA
- HF stages
- ACCF/AHA STAGES:
- New York Heart Association classes
- Causes for insomnia
- Prescription for insomnia
- GOLD criteria
- Arrhythmia evaluation
- SIG-E-CAPS-
- DEXA scan results findings
- Anxiety treatment
| Instituition / Term |
| Term |
Fall 2018 |
| Institution |
Chamberlain |
| Contributor |
K. Lauren |
