Chapter 33 Acute Care

3. The hospitalized older adult requires nursing interventions to prevent complications and to promote a return to ____________.
4. ___________________ have unique care needs while hospitalized.
7. urine, decreased or excessive urine output, weight loss, and output exceeding intake are all signs of________________.
8. Acute confusion/delirium, dyspnea, reduced blood pressure, pale skin and weakness are all signs of ___________________________.
12. ___________________ infection, is a hospital-acquired infection.
13. Older adults may demonstrate restlessness as the primary symptom of ______________after surgery.
16. Effective discharge planning is particularly important due to abbreviated hospital stays, the patient goes home sicker or more ________________.
17. Emergencies in older adults are particularly problematic because they occur ______________.
18. Whenever there is a question regarding the existence of a true emergency, the nurse should err on the side of caution and obtain an ______________.

1. Lower body _________________ can cause a fever to appear atypical.
2. _____________ is an herbal medication that effects blood clotting and must be documented in the medical record prior to any surgical procedure.
5. What is one major complication for older adults intraoperatively and post operatively?
6. A complication, inadvertently, caused by practitioner or by a medical treatment or procedure is called a ______________________.
9. Nurses should assess and _____________ postdischarge needs as early as possible.
10. Older adults face ____________________ due to cool temperature of operating rooms and the use of medications that slow metabolism.
11. The patients routine medications may need to be administered despite _____________?
14. Falls, pressure sores, _____________, dehydration and incontinence are some types of iatrogenic complications.
15. What is the most common infection in the older population?