Patient Education
What is the lowest level of cognitive learning (Bloom's taxonomy)?
What is "remember"?
Define stress.
What is an actual or perceived hazard to the balance of homeostatsis?
What is the 24-hour sleep-wake cycle called?
What is the Circadian rhythm?
List the two main layers of skin.
What are the epidermis and dermis?
What is primary prevention?
What is true prevention such as health promotion?
What is the highest level of cognitive learning?
What is "create"?
Define primary appraisal.
What is when a person identifies an event or circumstance as a harm, loss, threat or challenge.
List the functions of sleep.
What are: To restore, repair consolidate memory, prepare for the period of wakefulness, and to dream.
What is a partial thickness wound?
What is a wound in the epidermis, but not the dermis?
What is secondary prevention?
What is early diagnosis/prompt treatment- most care in a hospital?
Define self-efficacy.
What is a person's perceived ability to successfully complete a task.
Define secondary appraisal.
What is the process by which an individual considers possible coping strategies or resources?
Define good sleep hygiene.
Going to bed & waking up on a regular schedule, quiet activities before bedtime- no stimulation, no exercise less than 2 hours prior to bedtime, no spicy/heavy meals.
Describe a full-thickness wound.
What is a wound in the dermis?
What is tertiary prevention?
What is rehabilitation/restoration?
List the steps pf the Transtheoretical Model of Change.
What are: 1) Precontemplation, 2) Contemplation, 3) Preparation, 4) Action, 5) Maintenance
Define coping.
What is a person's cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage a stressor?
List symptoms of sleep deprivation.
What are: blurry vision, clumsiness, decreased reflexes, decreased reasoning/judgment, confusion, irritability, agitation, decreased motivation, excessive sleepiness?
Explain the difference between primary and secondary intention.
Primary intention is a wound whose edges are together (approximated.) Secondary is a wound that has to heal from the bottom upward because the edges are not together.
List nonmodifiable risk factors.
What are: age, ethnicity/race, gender, developmental level, family history, genetics.
List the three purposes of health education.
What are: 1) Health promotion & illness prevention, 2) health restoration, 3) coping with impaired function?
What is the hallmark of PTSD?
What is flashbacks?
List two "tools" used to assess sleep problems.
What is the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index?
Differentiate between dehiscence and evisceration.
Dehiscence is when a wound comes apart. Evisceration is total separation of wound layers with protrusion of visceral organ(s)?
List modifiable risk factors.
What are: lifestyle (using drugs/alcohol, smoking, not wearing a seatbelt, carrying a weapon, texting while driving, not wearing sunscreen, unhealthy diet, obesity...), risk-taking, stress