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Module 7 PSW
Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the steps of the care plan? | Identifying needs, Determining goals, Select resources and Setting deadlines. |
| A careplan is based on the clients needs and provides: | consistency and continuity |
| How does a PSW contribute to the care plan? | observe, report, record and basic assessment. |
| What is the purpose of patient care conferences? | To meet needs, review needs and goals, care and diagnosis in order to create or update care plan. |
| Identify participants in a care conference? | Client, Family, Doctor, Nurse, Social Worker, Physiotherapy, PSW and Dietician. |
| Is the care plan a legal contract? | Yes it is between a Client and their Healthcare team. |
| When should rehabilitation start? | When a person seeks medical attention or at time of diagnosis. |
| What is a prosthesis? | An artificial replacement for missing body parts. |
| How should self-esteem and independence be promoted? | DIPPS- Dignity, Independence, Individualized care, Preferences, Privacy and Safety. |
| Prevention | Action of stopping something from happening such as a lifestyle change, exercising or quitting smoking or drinking. |
| Rehabilitation | Broad range of interventions designed to address clients medical, therapeutic, psychosocial, needs or a combination of them. It is part of the client care plan. Can happen in LTC, community care, hospital, and home. |
| Learning | |
| Motivation | |
| Developmental task | Physical or cognitive skill that must be acquired at different stages of life. Stages of development: infancy, child age, puberty etc |
| RDL | Routines of Daily Living |
| Development | Maturing towards adulthood through changes in psychological and social functioning. |
| What is a normal amount of heartbeats per minute? | 60-100 |
| What is considered a regular temperature? | 36.1-37.5 |
| What is normal blood pressure? | 120/80 |
| What Blood pressure is considered hypertensive? | 140/90 |
| How many breaths per minute is normal? | 12-20 |
| What are symptoms of a CVA or stroke? | Facial drooping, Arm weakening, Speech difficulty and Time |
| What is the purpose of a clients chart? | It has all of the clients information such as: ADLs, clients condition, treatments, mental health, response to treatment, data forms, assessment forms, progress notes, graphic sheets, task sheets, flow sheets, allergies, family status. It is used to keep |
| What type of organizations would you expect to find a care plan? | Anywhere a client resides. |
| What can happen when a client gets up too quickly? | Orthostatic hypotension, can feel faint or pass out. |
| What gives more support, a cane or a crutch? | A walker gives more support, it is more structurally sound. Helps with independence and with moving things. It also helps with standing up. |
| Passive Range of motion | The caregiver performs all of the movement for the client. |
| Active Range of Motion | The client is able to do all of the movements themselves. |
| Active Assist Range of Motion | Both the client and the caregiver perform the movements. |
| Footboard | Placed at foot of bed to prevent plantar flexion, can also be used as a cradle to keep linens off feet. |
| Muscle Atrophy | Decrease in size or wasting away of muscle. |
| Holistic Approach | Taking care of the clients physical, spiritual, psychosocial and intellectual needs. |
| What kind of care is designed to prevent deterioration? | Restorative care. |
| Describe the care planning process? | Assess and collect information, Plan and establish priorities and goals, Developing measures and actions to meet needs and determine intervention, Implement and carry out actions outlined on care plan, Evaluation to measure and assess progress and if goal |
| What are the complications of a client who is bedridden? | pressure ulcers, constipation, UTI, pneumonia, renal calculi, blood clots, muscle atrophy, contracture, fecal impaction. |
| In what area of the care plan would you find info about the clients bladder and bowels? | CCL- Continence Care Level and sometimes just labelled toileting needs |
| In what area of the care plan do you find out about a persons mental status? | Mental Status, memory and orientation |
| What is the purpose of a flow sheet? | It provides a record of daily care. |
| What is the purpose of a graphic sheet? | Vitals and measurements |
| Restorative care | Preventing health deterioration, maintaining or improving clients quality of life, and restoring the client to their previous functional level as much as possible. |
| Rehabilitate care | The process of restoring a person to the highest possible level of functioning through the use of therapy, exercise, and other methods to maintain or slow the decline of functioning in order to maintain the clients quality of life and independence. |
| What type of data is a symptom? | Subjective |
| What type of data is a sign? | Objective |
| Acute Care | Healthcare that is provided for a relatively short amount of time, usually under 3 months. It is intended to diagnose and treat an immediate health issue. |
| Sub acute care | Healthcare or rehabilitation provided for people recovering from surgery or injury or being stabilized after a serious illness or health challenge. Eventually they are released to another level of care. |
| Long Term Care | Health and Support services provided over the course of months or years to people that need long term care and are living with chronic illness. They are unable to care for themselves. |
| Chronic Illness | Is an ongoing illness, slow or gradual onset that may or may not worsen over time. They cannot be cured and the focus is on preventing complications. |
| Respite Care | Temporary care of a person who requires a high level of support. Respite care gives the caregivers a break. |
| Rehabilitation services and restorative care | Therapies and educational services designed to improve or restore clients independence and function. These services are for ill, injured, or disabled people. |
| Indigenous or First Nations services | Services designed to support and empower indigenous people to independently improve access too and deliver services and address the socioeconomic conditions in their community. |
| Palliative Care | Services provided for the client and their family living with an illness that cannot be cured, with a goal of improving quality of life. Focuses on relief of pain and suffering. |
| End of Life Care | The physical, spiritual, emotional and social care to people who have stopped treatment to cure or control their disease. Also offers support to my family, Can also include hospice and palliative care. |
| Hospice | A type of care that provides home, live in or inpatient care to a client with a terminal illness that is no longer seeking life prolonging care. |
| Mental Health Services | Services provided for people with mental health disorders. |
| Retirement Residences | Clients have their own bedrooms and bathrooms but share common areas. They are still able to do ADLS. They need help with housekeeping, limited supervision and limited help with personal care. These are not funded by the government generally. |
| Community Day Programs | A daytime program provided for people living with mental and physical disabilities. They are aimed at meeting the clients needs as well as offering care givers a break. |
| What are ways to promote comfort and well being? | Comfortable temperature, Good ventilation, be sensitive with odours and smells, Noise(less), lighting(gentle or none), and make sure they feel safe and reassured. |
| Acute Pain | Comes on suddenly, generally lasts less then 6 months. |
| Chronic Pain | Lasts longer then 6 months, Pain is constant and can occur off and on. |
| Radiating Pain | Is felt at the site of tissue damage and beyond this site. |
| Referred Pain | Is a pain that can be felt at a different site from the source of the pain. |
| Phantom Limb Pain | Is the pain felt in a body part that is no longer there. |
| Why is a PSW important in recognizing pain? | The PSW is constantly observing and assessing, they spend alot of time with the client and are able to easily notice non verbal pain cues as well as listen to the client if they complain of pain. |
| Measures to Relieve Pain besides medication: | Distraction, Guided Imagery, and relaxation. |
| Factors that effect sleep: | Nocturia, Illness, Nutrition, Exercise, Environment, Medication, Alcohal, Change and Stress and Emotional Problems. |
| Facility Care Planning Process: | Assessement, Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation. |
| A Chart | Is a permanent and legal document required to record a clients condition, signs and symptoms of any illness, care and treatment given to the client, clients responses to care, This record documents the care provided from admission to discharge or death an |
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