Oxygenation
Breathing techniques for COPD patients
Pursed lip or diaphragmatic breathing
Cultural Blindness
Ignores the differences and proceeds as if they did not exist.
Provides purpose, meaning, and strength
Spirituality
Nursing strategies to help older adults with potential oxygenation problems
Immunization, smoking cessation, deep breathing techniques, avoid opioids and sleeping pills
Chinese
Gastric cancer, HTN
Positioning to promote ventilation in ARDS
Prone
Assimilation
When a minority group lives with a majority and loses cultural distinctions
Religion that opposes "false teachings"
Jehovah's Witness
Changes to respiratory system
Decreased vital capacity, decreased respiratory muscle strength, alveoli lose elasticity
African American
HTN, Stroke, Sickle Cell Anemia
Site of gas exchange
alveoli
Psychological discomfort when displaced
Culture Shock
A belief in something for which there is no proof
Faith
Medication that has anticholinergic effects causing fall risk and risk of delirium to older adults
Benadryl
Hispanic
Diabetes, lactose intolerance
Allergic anaphylaxis can cause wheezing from
Bronchospasm
Nurses practice cultural awareness by
Assessing their own biases
Signs of Spiritual Distress
Anger, hopelessness, difficulty sleeping, feeling abandoned by God, questioning meaning of life
Nursing actions to help the aging adult
Safety measures to reduce falls, schedule medications to avoid sleep interruptions, encourage regular exercise, toileting schedule
Caucasian
Breast cancer, heart disease, HTN, obesity, diabetes
Conditions that impair gas exchange
Heart failure, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, COPD, asthma, ARDS
A nurse believing that they know what is best for the patient despite the patient being able to make their own choices.
Ethnocentrism
Jewish dietary restrictions
Pork, shellfish, milk/meat same plate
Depression and dementia are risks factors for this acute condition
Delirium
Eastern European
Cystic Fibrosis, Tay Sach's