Catch some ZZZ's
This function restores homeostasis, regulates mood, and strengthens the immune system
What is sleep?
These are used as a substitute for more effective problem solving behaviors.
What are defense mechanisms?
Modern, science-based medicine. Also known as western Medicine.
What is allopathic medicine?
answering call lights promptly, bed alarms, and purposeful rounding are all examples of this.
What is Fall Prevention?
What is 6 months?
Physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle and can be affected by environment, social activities, and timing of routines
What are Circadian Rhythms?
Increased HR, Increased RR, muscle tension, emotional indicators: anxiety/fear/anger
What are indicators of stress?
CAM therapies that can be implemented by nurses without additional training.
What are nursing-accessible therapies?
This type of prevention slows the progress of a disease
What is secondary prevention/care?
When the heart is grieving but the person is unable to talk about the loss or share the pain
What is disenfranchised grief?
Pain, Nocturia, Respiratory Conditions
What are conditions that negatively impact sleep?
This leads to decreased immune response, and may impair mental health with anxiety or depression.
What is Chronic Stress?
Learning about different cultural groups- beliefs, values, care practices, diseases prevalence.
What is Cultural Knowledge
Motivation to learn, ability to learn, and learning environment are all types of this.
What are learning principles?
This type of care focuses on providing comfort measure for patients even if they are still receiving curative treatments.
What is Palliative Care?
Establishing a regular bedtime, limiting screentime before bed, creating a caffeine cutoff time are all examples of this.
What is sleep hygiene?
How a person interprets an event as stressful or threatening.
What is appraisal?
Wanting to become culturally aware vs. being forced to.
What is Cultural Desire?
Teach-back method, verbalizing understanding, and written validation are all examples of these.
What are ways to evaluate learning?
What are physical changes associated with the dying process?
Somnambulism, Night terrors, Nightmares, Nocturnal Enuresis
What are parasomnias?
Being angry at your boss but taking it out on your spouse instead
What is displacement? (defense mechanism)
A self-regulation technique through which patients learn voluntary control what were once thought to be involuntary body processes
What is Bio-Feedback?
The type of loss that your parents are experiencing since you went out of state for college!
What is Maturational Loss?