WGU C475 COTOA Jeopardy games
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What is the Mini-Cog? ✔✔This consists of 3-item recall and Clock-Drawing Test (CDT)
What is the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) ✔✔This tool helps the nurse quickly identi
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WGU C475 COTOA Jeopardy games
already passed
What is the Mini-Cog? ✔✔This consists of 3-item recall and Clock-Drawing Test (CDT)
What is the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) ✔✔This tool helps the nurse quickly identify
delirium.
What is the Braden scale? (Pressure Ulcer risk) ✔✔This tool assesses sensory perception,
moisture, activity, mobility, nutrition & friction
What is the Beer's List? (also called Beer's Criteria) ✔✔This list includes commonly prescribed
medications which may cause increased risk to elderly patients.
What is the SPICES tool? ✔✔This tool assesses sleep, problems with eating, incontinence,
confusion, evidence of falls, and skin breakdown.
What is primary prevention? ✔✔An example of this type of prevention includes getting an annual
flu shot.
What are extrinsic risk factors for falls? ✔✔Factors include throw rugs, poor lighting, stairs & side
rails.
What is frailty? ✔✔This is a general decline in physical function, with unintentional weight loss,
weak grip strength and slow walking speed.
What are instrumental activities of daily living? ✔✔Examples include cleaning, cooking,
shopping, paying bills.
What is Healthy People 2010? ✔✔This health-oriented initiative has a major goal of eliminating
healthcare disparity between cultural groups.
Who qualifies for Medicare? ✔✔People who are 65 years old & have paid in to Social Security,
patients with ESRD, disabled, retired from the railroad.
What is Medicare Part D? ✔✔This part of Medicare covers prescription drugs.
What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? ✔✔It eliminates lifetime insurance caps,
provides free preventive care, provides insurance plans for patients with pre-existing conditions.
What are Social Security benefits? ✔✔These benefits are reduced if a person retires early.
What are the IHI Triple Aim goals? ✔✔Improve patient quality/ satisfaction, improve population
health and reduce healthcare costs.
What is an interdisciplinary team? ✔✔It brings together diverse expertise to provide better
coordinated, better quality care.
What is care transitions? ✔✔A major goal is to reduce avoidable re-admissions.
What is the Discharge Preparation Checklist? ✔✔This tool ensures that a patient understands
medications, who to contact if problems arise, and when to follow up.
What is delegation? ✔✔This is giving authority to a specific person for a specific task.
What is absent medication reconciliation? ✔✔This is a common, preventable error that occurs
during transition of care.
What is a healthcare power of attorney? ✔✔This person makes healthcare decisions for a patient
who is unable to do so for himself.
What is hospice? ✔✔This is an appropriate referral when a patient has a life expectancy of 6
months or less.
What is palliative care? ✔✔This is comprehensive management of physical, psychological, social
& spiritual needs of patients with incurable illnesses.
What is visceral nocioceptive pain? ✔✔This type of pain usually responds well to opioid therapy.
What are Five Wishes? ✔✔Includes healthcare power of attorney, the kind of treatment they want,
how comfortable they want to be, how they want to be treated by others, & what they want loved
ones to know.
Which physiologic changes in the elderly patient affects medication dosing? ✔✔Reduced hepatic
& renal blood flow, lower total body water, higher percent of body fat.
What is AAC? (Augmentative & alternative communication) ✔✔This is an integrated group of
components used by individuals to enhance communication.
What is behind-the-ear (BTE)? ✔✔This is the most commonly used type of hearing aid.
What are high-pitched sounds? ✔✔These tones become more difficult to hear as one ages.
What are normal changes in cognitive function in the older adult? ✔✔Decline in information
processing speed, short-term memory, and ability to perform visuospatial tasks.
Who are African-Americans? ✔✔This ethnic group may distrust the healthcare system and believe
they have less control over their own health.
What is the Modified Caregiver Strain Index tool? ✔✔This tool is useful for assessing how well a
family caregiver is coping.
What are the numeric pain scale and FACES? ✔✔These two pain assessment tools are considered
valid and reliable in the older population.
What is the MMSE (Mini Mental Status Exam)? ✔✔This is the most extensively used cognitive
assessment tool.
What are Katz Index and Barthel Index? ✔✔These 2 tools are commonly used to assess ADLs.
What is functional assessment? ✔✔This type of assessment focuses on the patient's abilities.
What are exercise and nutrition? ✔✔These 2 components of health promotion are the most widely
encouraged.
What are falls? ✔✔This is the leading cause of unintentional injury deaths.
What are possible signs of elder abuse? ✔✔This can include delays in seeking treatment,
withdrawal, malnutrition, or frequent changes in healthcare providers.
What is the pneumococcal vaccine? ✔✔This is recommended to be given once at age 65, and at
age 75 if not given for 5 years.
What is health screening? ✔✔This is a form of secondary prevention, where the goal is to detect
disease at an early stage.
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