Exam 4: NUR257/ NUR 257 (New 2024/ 2025 Update) Aging and Chronic Illness in Nursing |Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A
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QUESTION
Pressure Ulcers-
Most often occur on the?
Those with peripheral arterial disease are at high risk for?
other areas may include?
Answer:
•sacrum, heels, and greater trochanters
•heel ulcers
• the lateral condyles of the knees and the ankles, the pinna of the ears, occiput, elbows, and scapulae
QUESTION
Deep Tissue Pressure Injury (DTPI)
Answer:
Persistent Non blanchable Deep Red, Maroon, or Purple Discoloration
QUESTION
STAGE 1: pressure ulcer
Answer:
Intact skin with a localized area of nonblanchable erythema
QUESTION
STAGE 2: pressure ulcer
Answer:
•Partial-thickness loss of skin with exposed dermis. The wound bed is viable, pink or red, and moist, and may also present as an intact or ruptured serum-filled blister.
QUESTION
STAGE 3: pressure ulcer
Answer:
•Full-thickness loss of skin, in which adipose (fat) is visible in the ulcer and granulation tissue and epibole (rolled wound edges) are often present.
QUESTION
STAGE 4: pressure ulcer
Answer:
•Full-thickness skin and tissue loss with exposed or directly palpable fascia, muscle, tendon, ligament, cartilage, or bone in the ulcer.
QUESTION
Unstageable
Answer:
Obscured Full-thickness skin and tissue loss
QUESTION
Skin Changes at Life's End
Occur in the?
Considered unavoidable as skin and underlying tissues caused by? Presents as a?
Answer:
last days or weeks of life
hypoperfusion
red, yellow, or purple lesion shaped like a pear, butterfly, or horseshoe on the coccyx or sacrum; the lesion will darken deeply and progress to a full-thickness ulcer in a few days
QUESTION
Braden Scale- Assesses risk of pressure ulcers on the basis of a numerical scoring system of six risk factors
Answer:
sensory perception, moisture, activity, mobil- ity, nutrit:ion, and friction or shear
QUESTION
Osteoporosis what is it?
Primary osteoporosis:
Secondary osteoporosis:
Answer:
•Loss of bone density
• Believed to be part of normal aging
• Caused by another disease state, such as Paget disease
QUESTION
osteoporosis is diagnosed by:
is the diagnosis invasive or noninvasive?
how often will Medicare pay?
this is Presumed to be present in older adults with?
Causes fractures of the?
Answer:
•dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)
•DEXA scan is a non-invasive test that measure bone mineral density.
•Medicare will pay for a D [Show Less]