Who am I?
An individual’s view of self is called this.
What is self-concept?
Awareness of one’s inner self and connection to something greater than oneself is called this.
What is spirituality?
The body’s immediate reaction to stress involving increased hormones, heart rate, and blood glucose is called this.
What is the fight-or-flight response?
What are the 7 rights of medication?
Right dose, right patient, right route, right time, right documentation, right indication, right medication.
Non-blanchable redness of intact skin indicates this stage of pressure ulcer.
What is Stage I?
Feeling of self-worth, characterized by achievement, adequacy, self-confidence, and usefulness.
What is self-esteem?
This allows people to have firm beliefs despite a lack of physical evidence.
What is faith?
The stage where the body stabilizes and tries to compensate after the alarm reaction.
What is the resistance stage?
Restraints must allow enough space to fit this many fingers underneath.
What is two fingers?
Full-thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, tendon, or muscle describes this stage of pressure ulcer.
What is Stage IV?
The way a person views their ability to carry out significant roles is called this.
What is role performance?
Usually refers to an energizing source focused on future goals and outcomes.
What is hope?
PTSD often involves recurrent recollections of a traumatic event; these recollections are called this.
What are flashbacks?
This acronym helps nurses prioritize which patients to attend to first: high, intermediate, and low priority.
What is prioritization?
Red, moist tissue composed of new vessels indicating healing is called this.
What is granulation tissue?
This theory outlines eight psychosocial stages of development, from trust vs mistrust to integrity vs despair.
What is Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development?
Illness, whether acute, chronic, or terminal, can influence this aspect of a patient’s life.
What is spirituality?
Chronic exposure to stress hormones causing wear and tear on organs is known as this.
What is allostatic load?
Fire safety acronym for using a fire extinguisher.
What is PASS (pull, aim, squeeze, sweep)?
A shallow scrape or abrasion with partial thickness loss of the epidermis describes this.
What is a partial-thickness wound?
A change that threatens identity, body image, or role performance is referred to as this.
What is a self-concept stressor?
When a person experiences a disruption in life principles affecting their entire being, they have this.
What is spiritual distress?
Trauma experienced from witnessing others suffer, often seen in healthcare professionals, is called this.
What is secondary traumatic stress?
When a medical error causes significant harm to a patient and family, this syndrome may occur among healthcare providers.
What is second victim syndrome?
Surgical incision closed with sutures that heals without tissue loss is called this type of intention.
What is primary intention?