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| concerned with independence |
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| setting up and managing a household |
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| establishing a social group |
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| forming a meaningful philosophy of life |
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| physical development of early adulthood |
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| complete growth, reach a peak of health and ability |
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| phycosocial development of early adulthood |
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| intamacy vs isolation (Erikson 20-40); (Levinson 22-40) 22-28 is structure building, 28-33 is transition (Where am I going? What am I doing? Do I need to change?),33-40 back to structure building (settling down, living life) |
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| cognitive development of early adulthood |
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| focus on work and career development |
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| building a meaningful life |
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| accepting and adjusting to physical changes |
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| reviewing and redirecting career goals |
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| developing hobby and leisure activities |
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| dealing with aging parents |
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| coping with adolescents and empty nest |
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| physical development of middle adulthood |
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| aging begins to affect the body in negative ways |
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| psycosocial development of middle adulthood |
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| generavity vs stagnation (Erikson); (Levinson) 40-45 |
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| increase in chronic disease |
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| cognitive development of middle adulthood |
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| IQ is complememnted by experience and knowledge |
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| adjusting to changes in physical strength and health |
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| forming new roles as in-laws and grandparents |
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| adjusting to retirement and reduced income |
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| affiliating with own age group |
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| physical development of late adulthood |
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| a range of physical decline |
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| psychosocial development of late adulthood |
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| ego integrity vs despair (Erikson); (Levinson) task is to make peace with self and life |
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| cognitive development of late adulthood |
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| some decline in speed of reactions and the ability to make complex decisions |
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| leading causes of death in middle adulthood |
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| cancer, heart disease, accidents, HIV, suicide and homicide |
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| leading causes of death in late adulthood |
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| heart disease, cancer (lung, colorectal, breast), cerebrovascular disease, COPD, pneumonia, influenza |
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| Screening for general population |
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| BP, height, weight, total blood cholesterol, Pap test, vision and hearing, fecal occult blood test and/or sigmoidoscopy, mammogram, assess for problem drinking, vaccination history |
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| discrimination based on age |
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| how often should you check BP? |
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| how often should you check cholesterol? |
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| every five years after you turn 20 |
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| how often should you get a papsmear? |
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| if you're sexually active or 21, you should have one every three years once you have had 3 normal checkups |
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| how often should you have vision checked? |
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| every 2 years after you're 40 |
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| how often should you have a fecal occult blood test? |
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| what does a fecal occult blood test check for? |
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| how often should you have a colonoscopy? |
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| every ten years after you're 50 |
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| how often should you have a sigmoidoscopy? |
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| every 5 years after you're 50 |
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| what does a sigmoid oscopy check? |
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| how often should you have a mammogram? |
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| start when you're 35, and yearly after 40 |
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| developmental screening tests |
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| the Denver devlopmental screening test and the hassles and uplifts scale (self administered test to assess day-to-day stress because stress is found to correlate with negative health status) |
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| components of "the contract" |
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| time and place, introduction and explanantion, purpose, length, expectations, presence of others, confidentiality, costs |
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| process of sending communication |
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| sending and recieving verbal and non-verbal |
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| internal factors of the examiner |
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| liking others, empathy, ability to listen |
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| external factors of the examiner |
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| ensure privacy, refuse interuptions, physical environment, dress, note-taking, recording |
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| physical environment of interview |
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| temperature, light, noise, distracting equipment, distance, equal status seating |
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| challenges of note taking |
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| impedes eye contact, attention shifting, interruption of patient's narrative flow, impedes observations of non-verbal communication, can be threatening to the patient |
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| introduction, working, closing |
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| open-ended and closed or direct questions (both used for introduction) |
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| particularly important for open-ended questions |
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| repeating part of the patient's statement |
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| naming a patients feeling and encouraging discussion |
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| summarizing the patients statement to be sure you understand correctly |
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| focusing the patients attention on an inconsistency or observation |
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| implying cause and effect |
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| sharing info with the patient |
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| final review of the patients statements by the interviewer |
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| emotional and cognitive functioning |
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| apparent when a persons response is much greater than the expected reaction to a traumatic life event |
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| a significant behavioral or psychological pattern that is associated with distress or disability and has a significant risk of pain disability or death or a loss of freedom |
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| mental disorder due to brain disease of known specific organic cause |
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| when organic eitiology has not yet been established in a mental disorder is called a |
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| psychiatric mental illness |
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| who normally has higher pulse? |
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| when to perform a full mental status exam |
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| behavior changes, brain lesions, aphasia (caused by brain damage), symptoms of psychiatric mental illness |
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| main components of a mental status exam |
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| Appearance, Behavior, Cognition, Thought processes |
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| things to check with appearance in mental exam |
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| posture, body movement, dress, grooming and hygiene |
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| things to check with behavior in mental exam |
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| conciousness, facial expression, speech, mood and affect |
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| things to check with cognition in mental exam |
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| orientation, attention span, memory, ne wlearning, judgement |
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| things to check with though processes in mental exam |
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| processes, content, perceptions, sucidal thoughts |
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| alert, lethargic, obtunded, stupor or semicoma, coma, acute confusional state (delirium) |
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| violence between spouses, nonmarital partners, or former spouses or partners |
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| initimate partner violence |
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| failure to provide basic services |
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| failure to provide stimulation |
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| intentional misuse of resources |
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| health effects of violence |
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| injury, chronic health problems, more visits = more costs |
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| mental health effects of violence |
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| dperession, suicide, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse |
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| reproductive health effect sof violence |
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| chronic pelvic pain, unintended pregnancy, STDs, urinary tract infections |
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| universal violence screening |
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| every woman is supposed to be asked at every health care encounter if she has been abused |
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| who should be screened for violence |
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| all women over the age of 14 |
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| what to check for in a physical assessment for violence |
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| bruises, lacerations, burns, abrasions, incisions, stab wounds, hematoma |
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| steps of violence screening |
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| assessment, history, physical exam, documentation |
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