Question

Q1: Describe the following terms: (7 marks, each one mark)

Activities of Daily Living:

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Palliative Care:

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Respite Care

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Skilled Care

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Subacute Care

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Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Q2: The manual and electronic patient record has many purposes, but one goal: documentation of patient care. Regardless of the type of care provided, a health care facility’s patient records contain similar content (e.g., consent forms) and format features (e.g., all records contain patient identification information). Distinguish among patient record formats. (10 marks, each one 2 marks)

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Answer 1

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• Activities of daily living- It is often termed as physical ADLs or basic ASLs,include the fundamental skills typically needed to manage basic physical needs including grooming,personal hygeine,dressing,toileting and eating.
• Curative care -It refers to the health care practices that treat patients with the intent of curing them,not just reducing their pain or stress.,for instance chemotherapy
• Palliative care- It is an approch that improves the quality of life patients and their families facing the problem assosiated with life threatening illness,through the prevention and releif of suffering by means of early identification and implecable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems.
• Respite care -Respite care is planned or emergency temprory care provided to caregivers of a child or adult.It provides temprory releif for primary caregiver,enabling to take much needed break from the demands of caregiving a sick,ageing or disabled family member.
• Skilled care -It refers to skilled nursing or rehablitation services provided by licenced health proffessionals like nurses and physical therapist orderd by a doctor.
• Subacute care - Subacute care is healthcare for people who are not severely ill but need support to regain their to carry out activities of dailylife after an episode of illness,helps to manage new or changing health conditions.
• Total parentral nutrition.-It is a method of feeding that bypassess the gastrointestinal tract.Fluids are given into a vein to provide most of the nutrients tha body needs.The method is used when a person canot receive feeding by mouth.

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