VITAL SIGNS
Processes of respiration
What is ventilation, diffusion, and perfusion?
Includes the 5 senses, gestures, personal appearance, eye contact, posture, gait, & everything that does not involve the spoken word.
What is Non-Verbal Communication?
The nurse is placed in a difficult situation where the actions taken are different from what the nurse feels is ethically correct
What is Moral Distress??
Components of the LEARN Assessment Tool
What is LISTEN, EXPLAIN, ACKNOWLEDGE, RECOMMEND, NEGOTIATE??
Preventive, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Restorative, Continuing
What is Levels of Health Care??
3 Factors that can cause tachycardia
What is heat exposure, exercise, fever, anemia, etc?
TECHNIQUES: Active listening, Open-ended questions, Clarifying, Closed-ended questions, Summarizing
What is therapeutic communication techniques?
1) Blood Pressure, O2 Saturation, Na+ 137, Petechiae, Edema = Objective Data
2) Nausea, Pain, Fatigue, Numbness = Subjective Data
1) True
2) True
5 Basic elements of general hygiene
What is bathing, eye & ear care, oral hygiene, foot care, perineal care??
Cultural awareness: Favor specific people/things
What is Implicit Bias??
Elements of vital signs
What is T - P - R - BP - Oxygen Saturation - Pain??
Physical Assessment Techniques
What is Auscultation, Palpation, Inspection, Percussion?
1. Support and defend clients' health, wellness, safety, rights, privacy
2. Obligation to answer for one's own actions
1. What is Advocacy?
2. What is Accountability?
Involves "being there" and "being with".
What is Presence?
Registered Nurses, Dentists, Hospitals, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, Medicare, Medicaid
What are members of Health Care Delivery Systems??
5 Rights of __________.
Person
Task
Circumstance
Supervision
Communication/Direction
What is Rights of Delegation?
A technique that encourages patients to share their thoughts, beliefs, fears, and concerns with the aim of changing their behavior
What is Motivational Interviewing??
1. Assault = Threatening to inflict injury
2. Battery = Intentional touching without consent
3. False imprisonment = Detaining someone against their will
1. True
2. True
3. True
An action in nursing practice that conveys many messages. Task-oriented __, Caring __, Protective __
What is Touch??
A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
What is Health Disparity??
A blood pressure that decreases when a client changes position from lying to sitting or standing
What is Orthostatic Hypotension?
1. Being self-directed and independent in accomplishing goals and advocating for others
1. What is Autonomy?
TRUE or FALSE
Breast Self Examination (BSE):
1) Inspect, Palpate
2) Perform at a recommended time
3) Varied positions recommended
True
True
True
Discrimination without realizing you are doing it
What is Unconscious Bias??
TRUE or FALSE:
1) To keep promises = Fidelity
2) Veracity = To tell the truth
3) Nonmaleficence = Do no harm
4) Be fair to all people = Justice
5) Ethical Dilemma = More than 1 choice can be made based on values & beliefs
True
True
True
True
True
True