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Matthew 28:20

I am with you always, to


the close of the age.

NURSING FACTS IN BRIEF

Health Teaching

The teaching process consists of four basic


steps: PREPARATION, PRESENTATION,
APPLICATION, REVIEW AND EVALUATION

Gerontics is the branch in care for the elderly


which emphasizes the nursing aspect of taking care
an elder person.

Principles of patient teaching always will start


with the decision of the priority needs of the patient.

Gerogogy/Geragogy
is
the
method
communicating and teaching an elder person.

Narrative discourse is to recount events, usually


in the past.

Gerontology is the branch of study wherein the


focus is more of the process of aging.

Hortatory discourse is to command, suggest or


propose.

Geriatrics is the branch in medicine wherein it


deals with the conditions and treatment of the
diseases common in elderly.

A case study is a type of teaching strategy which


it utilizes a controlled representation of a piece of
reality that learners can manipulate to better
understand the corresponding real situation.

In teaching an elder person, always use a


medium to low tone of voice.

Avoiding monopolies, encouraging quiet


members to talk, and tolerating some silence
should be the focus of the teacher to empower
students.
Role playing is a form of drama in which learners
spontaneously act out roles in an interaction
involving problems or challenges in human
relations.
Vitamin D is the most toxic vitamin.
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a condition
wherein the patient has vitamin B1 deficiency
secondary to alcohol consumption.
The RYB color code for dressing stands for RED,
YELLOW, BLACK.
The red means its inflamed, the yellow signifies
pus infection while the black tells you of the
necrotic tissues.
The best exercise for an osteoporotic woman is
the ISOKINETIC EXERCISE.
Ideally, health teachings should be given a day
prior to surgery.
Demerol is an opioid analgesic which also
causes vasoconstriction, thus, the nurse should
take first the blood pressure.
Diuretics should not be given before bedtime to
prevent nocturia episodes and frequent urinating
especially early morning.

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In teaching a senile dementia, communicate in


simple words, short sentences, and a calm tone of
voice.
The nurse should instruct a patient having blood
transfusion to report chills, itching or rashes
immediately.
To prevent malnutrition, the daily recommended
milk consumption of Filipinos is 2-3 servings.
In oral glucose tolerance test, the nurse should
instruct the patient to avoid eating or drinking 8
hours prior to the diagnostic exam.
Osteoarthritis is a form of arthritis wherein it is a
degenerative disease of the joints evidenced by
heberdens and bouchards nodules.
Turnips are contraindicated for patients with
goiter.
the patient should report cold sweats, body
weakness and trembling immediately if taking oral
hypoglycemic drugs.
The primary nursing focus of a patient with
Alzheimers disease is safety.
Traditional signs of death include: cessation of
apical pulse, biots respiration, diminished reflexes.
Brown spots or liver spots are considered to be
normal
in
elder
persons
secondary
to
hyperpigmentation.
Make progress one time and it makes you happy.
Make progress day after day, week after week and it
makes you a champion.

DR. CARL E. BALITA REVIEW CENTER TEL. NO. 735-4098/410-0250

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