Tell Me About Your Self-Concept
The way a person thinks about themselves
What is Self-concept?
Performs assessments before surgery and ensures teaching/diagnostic tests are completed
What is pre-operative nurse?
Tension-producing stimuli that acts on a person or system
What is a stressor?
A loss of one or more senses
What is a sensory deficit?
A cluster of emotions arising in response to significant loss
What is grief?
A patient with a large chest scar may have difficulty with this component of self-concept
What is body image?
Manages initial patient positioning, count of instruments/sponges, and calls the time out
What is the circulating nurse?
First stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome (Fight-or-flight)
What is alarm stage?
Too much sensory stimulation
What is sensory overload?
Type of grief experienced before the actual loss occurs
What is anticipatory?
A patient who lost their job during the pandemic might struggle with this component of self-concept
What is role performance?
Assesses patients immediately after surgery and prepares the patient for transition
What is recovery/PACU nurse?
Crying, sleeping, drinking, exercise, etc. in response to stress
What are coping mechanisms?
A patient in isolation may experience
What is sensory deprivation?
The outward expression of grief
What is mourning?
The way a person feels about themselves
What is self-esteem?
Promotes healthy healing, prevents complications, and provides discharge teaching
What is postoperative nurse?
Patients with this type of stress sometimes experience nightmares or emotional detachment
What is posttraumatic stress disorder?
Intervention for educational handouts given to a person with visual impairment
What is use large font/print?
Type of loss that is not obvious to others; loss of youth for example
What is a perceived loss?
Theoretical framework that describes developmental stages of achievements
What is Erikson's?
Role that requires additional education to handle instruments, cut tissue, and suture
What is registered nurse first assistant?
Type of crisis caused by natural or man-made disasters or acts of violence
What is adventitious?
The inability to communicate effectively
What is aphasia?
Theoretical framework of grief with 5 stages
What is Kubler-Ross?