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CNA Unit 47
Expanded role of NA
11
Nursing
Not Applicable
11/23/2012

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Term
Mechanisms cell growth are disturbed
Definition

Cancer

 

  • Benign: grow slowly (good CA)
  • Metastasis: spreading of CA to other part of body (eventually grow in another area)
  • Malignant: bad cancer (spread to other parts of the body)
  • Carcinogenic: substances that causes cancer
Term
S&S CA
Definition

Change in bowel/bladder habits

A sore doesn't heal

Unusual bleeding or discharge

Thickening or lump in the breast, testicles

Indegestion or difficulty swallowing

Obvious change in a wart, mole or skin codition

Nagging cough

Term
CA treatment
Definition
  • Surgery; biopsy is minor surgery that is sometimes done to diagnose a cancer
  • Chemotherapy; uses medications or drugs to destroy the cancer
  • Radiation Therapy; using high-energy, ionizing beams at the site of the cancer
  • Brachytherapy; radiation therapy in which tiny radioactive seeds or pellets are implanted directly inside the body (tumor)
  • Immunotherapy; alter the patient's immune response and eliminate the cancer

 

 

 

Term
Side effect of chemotherapy
Definition
  • Alopecia (hair loss)
  • Anorexia (loss of appetite)Anemia
  • Fatigue
  • Low white blood cell count
  • A reduction in the number of platelets in the blood
  • Destruction of mucus membrane of the mouth
Term
Palliative care
Definition
Care designed to treat the symptoms of discomfort, but not the disease.
Term
Rehabilitation
Definition

Pts is assisted to reach optimal level of ability

provided in a general acute care hospital, rehabilitation center, a skilled care facility.

Term
Restorative
Definition

Prevents pts condition from getting worse

skilled care facility or in the patient's home

Term
The goals of both rehabilitation and restorative care are to 
Definition
Increase patient's physical abilities (include mobility skills)
Term
The person has an impairment that affects the ability to perform an activity that a person of that age would normally be able to do
Definition
disability
Term
The disability limits or prevents the person from fulfilling a role that is normal for that person
Definition
handicap
Term
The role of the nursing assistant in rehabilitation and restorative care
Definition
  • procedures to prevent complication; PROM & positioning
  • mobility skilss; transfer and ambulating
  • bathing and personal care procedures
  • bowel and bladder mgmt programs
  • maintaining the patient's nutritional status
  • programs to increase the patient's independence
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