Cultural Diversity & Ethics
A nurse who is committed to protecting the right of a legal minor to refuse medical treatment is practicing patient
What is advocacy?
Health promotion and includes prenatal and well-baby care, family planning, nutrition counseling, and disease control.
What is Primary Health Care?
Discharge planning begins
What is upon admission?
Fire safety acronym
Rescue
Activate
Confine
Evacuate
Identify this term: Backward bending of the hand or foot
What is dorsiflexion?
A nurse believes that her patient care practices are better than those of other nurses. This idea that one’s own ideas, practices, and beliefs are superior to, or are preferred to, those of others is termed
What is ethnocentrism?
Diagnosis and treatment of acute illness and injury.
What is secondary health care?
What is required when a client is signing against medical advice (AMA)
What is Patient must sign a release form?
When applying restraints on a client, you must remember to
What is place a quick-release knot to bed
frame?
Identify this term: Turning in a circular motion, combines abduction, adduction, extension and flexion.
What is circumduction?
The moral rule of which principle of bioethics is to avoid causing harm
What is Nonmaleficence?
Give examples of care in the tertiary setting.
What is
Intensive care unit?
Oncology treatment?
Burn center?
A client has difficulty with feeding and getting dressed. A initial referral would go to
What is occupational therapist?
A client is experiencing a seizure. The nurses responsibility includes
What is
Stay with client, call for help
Maintain airway-suction prn
Administer meds
Note the duration, sequence and type of movements
Determine mental status after
Take Vital signs
Document, document document
Nursing Safety:
Principles of Body Mechanics
What is
Proper alignment
Wide base of support
Avoid bending and twisting
Squat to lift
Keep objects close when lifting
Raise beds
Push vs. Lift
Get help
A nurse assumes that all Native American patients use a shaman for healing practices. This is an example of
What is stereotyping?
Addresses long term or chronic health care needs over a period of time.
What is continuing health care?
Ex. End-of-life care, palliative care, hospice, adult day care, assisted living, and in- home respite care.
This team member assist with finding resources for the clients.
What is a social worker?
Modifications to improve home safety
What is
Remove rugs/loose carpets
Placement of electrical cords against the wall
Shower chair
Adequate lighting inside/outside home
Grab bars in showers
Nursing diagnosis related to activity
What is
Activity intolerance
Disturbed body image
Risk for injury
Impaired physical mobility
Acute/Chronic pain
Ineffective breathing pattern
Risk for disuse syndrome
Impaired skin integrity
Social isolation
Demonstrating understanding of the cultures, beliefs, and perspectives of others is an example of
What is Altruism?
Health care insurance programs that is most suitable for a client 68 years of age
What is medicare?
This team member provides and monitors medications.
What is a pharmacist?
Nurses should prevent falls by doing these activities.
What is
Complete fall-risk assessment
Call light within reach/understand how to use
Respond to call lights in a timely matter
Place clients at risk closer to the nursing station
Keep bed low, lock brakes on beds, wheelchairs
Place bed alarm, chairs alarms
Frequently use items near client
Identify this term: muscle contraction without shortening
What is isometric?