Culture/Spirituality
A process by which a person gives up his/her original identity and develops a new one
What is assimilation?
Method of health prevention that involves screening tests to detect disease
What is secondary prevention?
Lentils, beans, quinoa, eggs, dairy, and low fat meats
What are protein rich foods?
Excessive exercise, poor diet, excessive alcohol, lack of sleep, history of working nights, lack of sleep
What are lifestyle choice risk factors for fatigue?
An adult patient with a BMI above 30
What is obesity?
In certain cultures, certain illnesses or behaviors are stigmatized and are often not revealed to healthcare providers
What are taboos?
The acronym PERRLA stands for what
What is pupils equal, round, reactive to light, accommodation?
Only foods that are transparent to light and liquid at body temperature
What is a clear liquid diet?
30 min/day exercise, managing the underlying disease, planned rest breaks, pharmacologic agents, and complimentary therapies
What are collaborative interventions to treat fatigue?
A laboratory test that shows average blood glucose levels over a period of time
What is Hemoglobin A1C?
In developing this, we must address: cultural desire, self-awareness, knowledge, and skill
What is cultural competence?
Adventitious breath sounds are what
What are abnormal lung sounds heard with auscultation?
Nasogastric (NG) tube, gastrostomy tube, and jejunostomy tube
What are enteral feeding methods (tube feeds)?
Nurses teaching patients how to avoid fatigue with things such as healthy lifestyle choices
What is primary prevention?
This diet might have deficiencies in energy, protein, B12, zinc, iron, calcium, omega-3, and vitamin D
What is a vegetarian diet?
The spiritual history tool, FICA, stands for
What is faith, importance, community, address in care?
The Mnemonic, ABCDE, in a skin assessment, stands for what
What is asymmetry, border irregularity, color, diameter, and evolving?
How to accurately assess a pressure ulcer that is unstageable due to eschar
What is wound debridement (pharmacological, mechanical, or surgical)?
Fatigue that occurs without an underlying medical condition causing it
What is physiological fatigue?
Health beliefs and practices, faith based influences, language, and dietary practices
What are some of the aspects of a cultural assessment?
Faith, hope, prayer, sacraments, and mindfulness
What are clinical exemplars of spirituality?
Info gathered from patient statements, the patient's feelings/perceptions, not verifiable info
What is subjective data?
A standardized assessment tool to predict pressure ulcer risk
What is the Braden Scale? (the lower the score, the higher the risk)
Fatigue that is associated with a mental or medical disease process
What is pathological fatigue?
Erik Erikson's stage of development for early childhood/toddler age, in which one learns self-control and independence
What is autonomy vs. shame and doubt?