Rest and Sleep
A patient reports difficulty falling asleep, intermittent sleep or early awakening from sleep is experiencing a sleep disorder known as _______
What is insomnia
This type of pain is rapid in onset, protective in nature and disappears when resolved
What is acute pain
The nurse uses philosophy and theory based practice that focuses on the body, mind and spirit of the individual patient in order to heal the entire patient.
What is holistic nursing?
A patient is in the hospital and asks for their spiritual guide
What is a shaman or medicine man/woman?
The nurse awakens a patient in the early morning hours. The patient reports having a vivid dream.
What is REM sleep
A patient experiencing a myocardial infarction reports neck and jaw pain. The nurse recognizes this as ______ pain
What is referred pain?
This type of practice believes that illness has separate entities, health is the absence of disease and that the main causes of illness are pathogens that need curing
What is allopathic medicine?
A nurse is using therapeutic touch when caring for a patient. What patient would the nurse use this type of care on
what is a patient in pain?
what is a patient who has a surgical wound?
A patient who is being prepared for a surgical procedure?
A patient reports having a creeping and tingling sensation and the need to move their legs constantly. Teach this patient
"What is try stretching your legs at bedtime?"
"What is anti-histamines can cause increased symptoms of restless leg syndrome?"
What is OLD CARTS? Onset, location, duration, character, alleviating and aggravating factors, Radiation, treatments, severity
PQRST Provoking factors, quality, region and radiation, severity, time
A patient is anxious regarding a surgical procedure. The patient reports not wanting to take any medications. How can the nurse help this patient
What is mind-body techniques? guided imagery?
What is meditation
Products that are derived from plants, minerals or animals
What is NREM
What are non-pharmacological interventions? Mindfulness, relaxation techniques, deep breathing, repositioning
Name three Mind-body practices
What is guided imagery, meditation, chiropractic care, aromatherapy, acupuncture
Complementary health approaches are used for three reasons
What is to improve health and well-being, relieve symptoms and through a philosophy of the patient wanting greater control over their own health?
The patient is not easily awakened, has a decrease in pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure, metabolic rate and temperature.
What is stage IV NREM sleep
What is low and slow? What is sedation, nausea, constipation, drowsiness dizziness?
A nurse is teaching a patient a holistic approach to food choices. What teaching points would the nurse include?
What is Eat foods that are in season?
What is consider adopting a vegetarian diet
What is reduce intake refined sugars
The nurse knows that there are four scientific premises of therapeutic touch. Name two of the four premises
What is human beings are an open energy system
What is human beings are bilaterally symmetrical
What is illness is an imbalance in an individual's energy field
What is human beings have a natural ability to transform and transcend their conditions of living