NURS 3120- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 12 pages long!)
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The older patient: aging is a normal developmental process, everyone ages at different rates, young-old: 65-74, middle-old: 75-84, older-old: 85 + # of years one is expected to live based on year of birth or current age. # of years that a human being is capable of living: aging itself is not a disease, chronic health problems increase with aging, htn, pain, urinary incontinence & memory loss are not part of normal aging. Important to understand differences between normal aging & disease processes. It is never too late to educate the older adult on healthy lifestyle behaviors. Health history: as we age there are gradual changes in every body system, understand the expected anatomical changes in older age groups, seek data from patient themselves whenever possible, observe for vision/hearing deficits that affect data collection. Personal and psychosocial history: similar to all adult patients, shift your focus to address .
