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| Mechanisms cell growth are disturbed |
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Cancer
- Benign: grow slowly (good CA)
- Metastasis: spreading of CA to other part of body (eventually grow in another area)
- Malignant: bad cancer (spread to other parts of the body)
- Carcinogenic: substances that causes cancer
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Change in bowel/bladder habits
A sore doesn't heal
Unusual bleeding or discharge
Thickening or lump in the breast, testicles
Indegestion or difficulty swallowing
Obvious change in a wart, mole or skin codition
Nagging cough
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- Surgery; biopsy is minor surgery that is sometimes done to diagnose a cancer
- Chemotherapy; uses medications or drugs to destroy the cancer
- Radiation Therapy; using high-energy, ionizing beams at the site of the cancer
- Brachytherapy; radiation therapy in which tiny radioactive seeds or pellets are implanted directly inside the body (tumor)
- Immunotherapy; alter the patient's immune response and eliminate the cancer
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| Side effect of chemotherapy |
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- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Anorexia (loss of appetite)Anemia
- Fatigue
- Low white blood cell count
- A reduction in the number of platelets in the blood
- Destruction of mucus membrane of the mouth
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| Care designed to treat the symptoms of discomfort, but not the disease. |
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Pts is assisted to reach optimal level of ability
provided in a general acute care hospital, rehabilitation center, a skilled care facility. |
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Prevents pts condition from getting worse
skilled care facility or in the patient's home |
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| The goals of both rehabilitation and restorative care are to |
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Definition
| Increase patient's physical abilities (include mobility skills) |
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| The person has an impairment that affects the ability to perform an activity that a person of that age would normally be able to do |
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| The disability limits or prevents the person from fulfilling a role that is normal for that person |
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| The role of the nursing assistant in rehabilitation and restorative care |
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Definition
- procedures to prevent complication; PROM & positioning
- mobility skilss; transfer and ambulating
- bathing and personal care procedures
- bowel and bladder mgmt programs
- maintaining the patient's nutritional status
- programs to increase the patient's independence
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