NURS2006 Study Guide - Final Guide: Salbutamol, Indometacin, Troponin

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Nursing and Midwifery
• Course: NURS2006
• Professor: Tebbin Koo

Document Summary

Wk 1: overview of current age: ageing process of growing, ageing refers to the biological process of growing older in a deleterious sense, dimensions of age: Decrease in number of brain cells; cerebral blood flow; vital lung capacity & cardiac output. Decrease connective tissue = reduced elasticity = thinning & wrinkling skin. Loss of acuity of special senses sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing. Hearing alteration in balance (gait) & body orientations. Sight confusion, disorientation, increased risk of falls. Frailty cumulative effects of diminished physiological reserve, poor nutrition, physical inactivity & psychosocial problems. Risk of falls, hospitalisation, increased likelihood of death. Falls results in loss of confidence, decreased mobility, reduced functional decline, depression, social isolation, decreased qol, at risk of more falls. Pain pqrstu provoke the pain, quality of the pain, region or radiation, severity of the pain, time of the pain, understanding, the patient(cid:1685)s understanding of the pain.