Nursing Theorists
This nursing theorist identified the importance of recognizing cultural preferences, and that changing behaviors may impact a patient’s cultural identity.
Who is Madeline Leininger
This assessment model gathers information about 6 components of a patient’s cultural background.
What is the Giger Transcultural Assessment (Bonus $100: name all 6 categories)
This is the preferred assessment tool to measure a report of pain in an alert/oriented patient
What is the numeric pain scale
This is a type of wound drainage that is yellow and thin
What is serous
This type of isolation is required for a patient with the measles
What is airborne precautions
This nursing theorist emphasized the presence of mind-body-spirit in both the patient and the nurse.
Who is Jean Watson
An example of this is when a nurse states, “Oh great - these millennial patients always come in here with their Google diagnoses and think they can tell me how to do my job. They are a pain!”
What is prejudice
This is included in a standardized plan of care for all patients of a certain medical diagnosis
What is the minimum standards of care not to be omitted
This is the length of time a bottle of tube feeding formula may hang up during an infusion
What is 24 hours
This type of isolation requires wearing a mask and remaining 3 feet away from the patient at all times when possible
What is droplet precautions
(Bonus $50: name an infection requiring droplet)
This nursing theorist promoted the importance of hand washing, cleanliness, and fresh air
Who is Florence Nightingale
One nursing student says to another nursing student, “Buddhists can't speak. Every Buddhist patient I’ve had has been a mute.”
What is a stereotype
This is the most reliable resource for assessment of the presence of pain
What is the patient
This is a scoring scale used to measure a patient’s risk for developing a pressure injury
What is the Braden scale
(Bonus $100: list the six categories)
A 46 year old patient is married and expecting a promotion at work that will define their career and increase their influence on the community. This describes which Erikson’s stage of development
What is generativity
An example of this nursing theorist’s contribution would be when the nurse calls the patient by their preferred name
Who is Sharon Dingman
This is the belief that your own culture is preferable or superior to others
What is ethnocentrism
This type of nursing note includes 5 pieces of data from the patient’s assessment and care plan
What is a SOAPIE note
(Bonus $100: list the terms for SOAPIE and include an example of data)
This type of wound drainage is pink and thin fluid
What is sero-sanguineous
A patient is confused and continually pulls out their NG tube. The nurse applies this type of restraints to facilitate the treatment plan
What are medical restraints
An example of this nursing theorist’s contribution would be when the nurse is authentically present and practices active listening
Who is Jean Watson
A nurse always looks up her patient’s insurance status, and makes sure that she answers the call lights of the patients with insurance more promptly than those who don’t have insurance
What is discrimination
The nurse should reassess a patient’s pain levels after giving pain medication in what time frame
What is one hour
This type of diet includes cranberry juice, popsicles, chicken broth, and coffee
What is clear liquids
Examples of this include providing a well-lit environment, using assistive devices, providing brightly colored non-skid slipper socks, bed alarms, and reviewing medication profiles for medications with problematic side effects
What are falls precautions