Perioperative Nursing Care/ Loss and Grief
Cataract, joint replacement and arthroscopic knee surgery belong to what category of surgery
What is Elective?
This tube is 10-12" long and extends from the kidney to the urinary bladder
What is the ureter?
Clients with an increased BMI who snore and have periods silence during sleep are likely to be diagnosed with this sleep disorder.
What is obstructive sleep apnea?
Touch, eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, posture and gait
What are examples of nonverbal communication?
Maintaining a sterile field, allowing only sterile items to touch other sterile items and holding sterile items above the level of the waist and in sight are all part of this aseptic practice
What is surgical asepsis?
Loss of youth, financial independence, environment and losses not seen by others but experienced by the person describe this kind of loss
What is perceived loss?
This is the testing that is done to determine if there is blood in the stool
What is occult blood test or guiac?
Poorly localized and originates in body organs
What is visceral pain?
This is the transferring of the authority to perform a nursing task in a selected situation to another competent individual
What is delegation?
This is the top of Maslov's heirarchy indicating achieving one's full potential and self-fulfillment.
What is self-actualization?
"I waited all these years to see my daughter get married and now I may not see her walk down the aisle" is an example of which stage of grief, according to Kubler-Ross?
What is depression in Kubler-Ross' Stages of Grief?
Stool released from the descending colon is usually assessed as this
What is formed stool?
Post-operative back pain that continues 9 months after surgery, pain from rheumatoid arthritis, and pain from sickle cell crisis that persists beyond that crisis and doesn't ever totally go away describes this type of painful condition
What is chronic pain?
This is the method of communication that begins with the patients situation and concludes with thoughts of what might be the next steps of care
What is SBAR?
Locking bed and wheelchair wheels, removing throw rugs, using assisted devices and activating bed alarms all describe this safety precaution.
What are ways to prevent falls?
Patient states in advance what their choices would be for health care should certain circumstances develop
What are Advanced Directives?
This is the term that describes what sometimes occurs when there is a delay in the return of bowel function following surgical manipulation of the bowel and after any surgery with general anesthesia
What is paralytic ileus?
Clients who have difficulty sleeping but do not want to take a prescriptive medication my be advised to try this natural sleep aid
What is melatonin?
Ambulation, bathing, grooming, positioning, transporting and ROM describe things which may be delegated to this type of health care provider.
What is an unlicensed personnel?
BP screenings, mammograms, testicular exams, pap smear
What are examples of Secondary Prevention?
Spinal, nerve block, epidural and caudal describe this type of anesthetic
What is regional anesthesia?
Several factors such as age, pregnancy and neuromuscular disorders influence urinary elimination. This is a common cause for nocturia in the older adult.
Decreased ability to concentrate urine?
Developing a night time routine, avoiding caffeine after 5pm, avoiding daytime naps, and avoiding blue screens in the evening are all part of this practice
What is sleep hygiene?
This describes the exchange of basic information, changes in patients conditions, pertinent vital signs, monitoring and assessment findings, changes in orders, and upcoming test/procedures and surgeries
What is a hand-off or change of shift report?
PICC line, Internal jugular line and implanted ports all describe this time of IV access
What is central venous access?