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CNA Unit 30,31
Special care procedure
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Nursing
Not Applicable
09/16/2012

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Situation, feelings, or conditions that cause a person to be anxious about his or her physical or emotional well-being
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Stress
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Fear,apprehension or a sense of empending danger
Definition
Anxiety
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Inappropriate verbal, vocal, or motor activity due to causes other than disorientation or real need
Definition
Agitation
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The person usually feels that he is in danger, but has no specific cause or basis for the fear. These are bouts of overwhelming fear
Definition
Panic Disorder
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An anxiety disorder in which the patient has recurrent obsessions, frequent thougt, ideas, impulses or compulsions. It results in repeated ritualistic activity over which the person has no control
Definition

Obsessis Compulsive Disorder

obsession is a frequent idea, impulse, or thougt that is usually unrelated to current conditions and does not have any sense

compulsion is purposeful, repetitive behavior that is done many times each day and that is problematic enough to cause distress, bed time consuming, or interfere with the person's normal routine, occupation, social activities or relationship.

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The development of unusual symptoms after a psychologically traumatic event
Definition
Posttraumatic stress disorder
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Unfounded, recurring fear that causes the person to feel panic
Definition
Phobias
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Group of mental disorders characterized by a disturbance in mood
Definition
Affective disorders (mood disorders)
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Mood disorder in which the person has marked mood swings beyond what most people experience
Definition
Bipolar affective disorder/bipolar depression/manic depression
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Believed to be a combination of schizophrenia and a mood disorder
Definition
Schizoaffectibe disorder
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A depression that recurs each year at the same time, usually starting in fall or winter and ending in spring or early summer
Definition
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
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Often impulsive, fear abandonment, and are prone to self-injurious behavior.
Definition
Border Personality Disorder
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Morbid sadness or melancholy, most common functional disorder in older people, but young person may experience it too

  • preoccupation secretiveness
  • limited conversation 
  • crying spells
Definition
Depression
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Abnormal concern about one's health
Definition
Hypochondriasis
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Group or disorders characterized by disturbances in appetite or food intake
Definition

Anorexia nervosa an eating disorder in which the patient has a disturbed body image, despite appearing skeletal, he or she wiews the body as being fat

Bulimia nervosa a condition in which patients usually binge-eat  in huge amounts, then vomit (purge) to undo the binge. The binge eating causes feelings of guilt, depression and self condemnation.

Term
Lack of loss of appetite for food
Definition
anorexia
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When any person feels unable to cope with stress and the sitation threatens self-esteem, the person tends to act in protective ways. These ways are called 
Definition

defense mechanisms

  • Repression
  • suppression
  • projection
  • denial
  • reaction formation
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The involuntary exclusion from awarness of a painful or conflict-creating thought, memory, feeling or impulse
Definition

Repression

Examples : a woman has a lump in her breast, but refuses to go to a physician for examination and diagnosis. She has recently lost her husband, her house and her job.

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The person is aware of the unacceptable feelings and thoughts but deliberately refuses to acknowledge them
Definition

Suppression

Examples : a man becomes immobilized by the fear of rejection by his wife if he tells her he has a diagnosis of AIDS.

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A person's own unacceptable feelings and thoughts are attributed to others
Definition

Projection

Examples : a person blames his wife or family for his alcoholism and loss of jobs.

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Blocking out painful or anxiety-producing events or feelings
Definition

Denial

Example : a patient with high blood pressure refuses to stop smoking.

Term
A person using this defense mechanism represses the reality of a situation and then behaves in a manner that is the exact opposite of the real feelings
Definition

Reaction Formation

Example a woman dislikes one nurseing assistant but is feaful that if she expresses that feeling, the assistant will be less caring. This patient may be overly friendly and coorperative with that assitant.

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Subtituting  an object or person for another and behaving as if it were the original object or person
Definition

Displacement

 

Exam : being angry with the nursing assistant because another patient is annoying

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Behaving like another person whom one holds as an ideal
Definition

Identification

Examp : speaking to coworkers with the same tone the supervisor uses with you

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Excelling in one area to make up for feelings of failure in another
Definition

Compensation

 

Examp : The nursing assistant who overachieves in the skill area because her ability to read written directions is poor.

Term
Offering a socially  acceptable reason to avoid an unpleasant situation
Definition

Conversion

 

The nursing assistant who calls saying she cannot report for duty because she has flu, when she is just tired from staying up too late

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The use of imagination to solve problems
Definition

Fantasy

 Examp : The supervisor criticizes the nursing assistant, who then daydreams of a time when she is the head of nursing and can fire the supervisor

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A method of reversing something wrong that was done
Definition

Undoing

 

The person who used his hands to hurt another may wash his hands repeatedly to try to undo the deed.

Term
Occurs when behaviors and responses disrupt the person's ability to function smoothly within the family, environment, or community.
Definition
Mental illness or maladaptive behavior
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Condition in which a person shows a lack of reality awareness with regard to time, person, or place
Definition
Disorientation (disordered consciousness)
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Unspoken limits on the physical and emotional relationship with patients
Definition
Boundaries
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Behavior is reacting to a patient in manner that shields the person from experiencing the full impact or consequences of his or her actions or behavior.
Definition
Enabling
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________ and _______ plays an important role in the distribution of body fat, metabolism and regulatin of the appetite.
Definition
Genetic and  heredity
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Definition of obesity usually considered being
Definition
overweight by 20 to 30 % of the ideal body weight
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NEw field of medicine that focuses on the treatment and control of obesity adn medical conditions and diseases associated with obesity
Definition
Bariatrics
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The device used for lifting, moving and transferring bariatric patients
Definition

The HoverMatt®

(Lateral Transfer and repositioning system)

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Body Mass  Index (BMI)
Definition

Dividing a person's weight (kg) by his or her height (meter)

 

  • Ideal weight BMI <26
  • Obesity BMI 30-39
  • Morbid obesity >40
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Hanging flap of skin usually seen in the abdomen of a person who has recently lost a significant amount of weight
Definition
panniculus or pannus
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The narrowing of a passageway in the body, which is often caused by inflammation or scar tisue
Definition
stricture or stenosis
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Delusions
Definition

False belief about oneself, other people and events

(exam: Thinking CIA are watching him/her)

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Hallucinations
Definition

Seeing thing that is not real

 

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Behaviors that reflect a persons' adaptation or adjustment to the multiple stresses of life
Definition

Mental Health

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