Activity and Mobility
Provides structure, support, and mineral storage, and blood cell production
What is the skeletal system?
1900
What is military time, or 7pm?
A shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that provide social structure for daily living
What is culture?
A state of mental or emotional strain resulting from an adverse or very demanding circumstance
What is stress?
Journey of self-discovery and anything that pertains to a person's relationship with a non-material life force
What is spirituality?
Uneven weight bearing, hip joints uneven, shoulder joints not parallel, and increased stress on lower body
What is dysfunctional body alignment?
Do not discuss pt info on social media, cafeteria, in the hallway, elevator, and no charts to be left open.
What is HIPAA?
One assumes all members of a culture, ethnic group, or race act alike
What is stereotyping?
Pollution, family relationships, finances, death, illness, heat, deadlines, and overload
What are stressors?
Pyramid - basic physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of needs?
Activity intolerance related to skeletal damage AEB history of osteoporosis, ambulates with cane, and C/O pain in right leg 8/10
What is a nursing diagnosis?
HOB, OOB, BP, LLQ
What is head of bed, out of bed, blood pressure, and left lower quadrant?
A minority group lives within a dominant group and they take on the values of the dominant culture.
What is cultural assimilation?
Alarm reaction, stage of resistance, stage of exhaustion
What is general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?
Includes holidays, dietary and prayer rituals, marriage laws, and sexual practice laws.
What is religion?
Turn pt every two hours, heels off of the bed, assess pressure points, and avoid shearing and friction
What is assessment of integumentary?
Touch, eye contact, facial expression, posture, gait, and gestures
What is nonverbal communication?
A nurse is caring for a pt that has stroke, hypertension, and sickle cell.
What is an African American pt?
The mechanism that allows a person to have a balance
What is homeostasis?
In the records, the order reads: no cardiopulmonary resuscitation
What is DNR?
Count to three to coordinate moving, bed at hip level, and feet planted 2-3 feet apart before turning a pt.
What is proper body mechanics?
Writing styles - situation, background, assessment, and recommendation
What is SBAR?
Many ethnic groups have their own norms and acceptable patterns of behavior for psychological well-being. Example: Hispanic people deal with problems within the family.
What is mental health?
This person uses aggressive behavior, can attack with words, can run away or be in denial, and becomes mentally exhausted.
What is fight or flight?
Place body in anatomical position, remove tubes, clean, follow local law if pt died of communicable diseases.
What is postmortem care?