Catch some ZZZ's
This function restores homeostasis, regulates mood, and strengthens the immune system
What is sleep?
An in-depth reflection on a nurse’s own cultural beliefs and practices related to healthcare
What is cultural awareness?
These are used as a substitute for more effective problem solving behaviors.
What are defense mechanisms?
answering call lights promptly, bed alarms, and purposeful rounding are all examples of this.
What are Fall Prevention techniques?
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?
What is minimally culturally competent care?
Increased HR, Increased RR, muscle tension, emotional indicators: anxiety/fear/anger
What are indicators of stress or Alarm Stage of GAS?
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?
Learning about different cultural groups- beliefs, values, care practices, diseases prevalence.
What is Cultural Knowledge
The patient may demonstrate decreased immune response, impaired mental health and high emotional reactivity.
What the Resistance Stage of General Adaptation Syndrome?
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?
Wanting to become culturally aware vs. being forced to.
What is Cultural Desire?
How a person interprets an event as stressful or threatening.
What is appraisal?
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?
Acute Illness, Chronic Illness, Terminal Illness, Near-death Experience
What are factors that may affect spirituality?
Prolonged stress overwhelms the body's defenses- body is more susceptible to disease.
What is the Exhaustive Stage of General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
The type of loss that your parents are experiencing since you went out of state for college!
What is Maturational Loss?