NURS 4700 NURSING CONCEPTS AND INTERVENTIONS FOR THE CARE OF OLDER ADULTS II FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

Monoclonal antibodies: action, types, sx
✔✔-Action: inhibits T cell proliferation
-Example: Basiliximab, Muromonab-CD3
-Sx: flu like sx for first few days
What are long-term effects of transplantation?
✔✔-HTN, renal insufficiency
-Hyperlipidemia, diabetes, osteoporosis
-Malignancy: skin cancer, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease,
other tumors
What is osteoarthritis?
✔✔-A non-systemic, non-autoimmune, slow progressive condition that
gets worse overtime with gradual loss of cartilage
-Cartilage becomes: dull, yellow, granular; soft and elastic; less able to
resist wear with heavy use
-Predisposed: age, obesity, genetics, overuse of joints, lack of exercise,
repetitive activities, trauma, women after menopause
What are the symptoms of osteoarthritis?
✔✔1. Early changes show articular cartilage degeneration; later shows
bone thickening, heberden's and Bouchard's nodes
2. Pain: mild to disabling and worsens with joint use
-Early: rest relieves pain
-Late: pain with rest and sleep is disturbed
3. Stiffness: occurs with rest and early morning
4. Deformities: bow-legged, knocked-knees, can cause 1 leg to be shorter