Nursing Fundamentals Theory

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1. Medications - narcotics - iron preparations - chronic use of stimulant laxatives - antibiotics - Constipation or diarrhea is common side effect of meds Treat Constipation: - increasing fiber - fluids - activity - allowing time daily - may use bulk
Post - operative complications Coughing
Psychomotor learning
splinting and its use in the health care setting
Ways to prevent or treat constipation


2. Lifestyle - Psychosocial - Environmental - Developmental - Biologic risks
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
Purulent wound drainage
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Beneficence


3. Early signs & symptoms are present but are often vague & nonspecific; patient does not realize he is contagious
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)


4. Recovery period; returns to a healty state; feeling better
Convalescent period
Community Factors Affecting Health
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
Terminal Illness


5. Deep breathing (TCDB - Turn - Cough - Deep Breathing) - During surgery - cough reflex is suppresses - mucus accumulates - & lungs do not ventilate fully. After surgery - respirations are less effective due to anesthesia - pain meds - & pain - hyperv
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
How one provides continuity of care
Nursing role with grief and death
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.


6. provided for people with limited life expectancy - often in the home - focuses on the needs of the dying - comfort & dignity; encompasses biomedical - psychosocial - & spiritual aspects
Psychomotor learning
Susceptible Host
Symptoms of UTI
Hospice Care


7. Lab / Screenings - Chest x- ray - is there fluid or anything pressing on the heart? - ECG - heart health - circulatory - ischemia - CBC - WBC's - infection - RBC's - platelets - bleeding time - Chemistry profile - Urinalysis
Peristomal Skin Care Cleansing
Autonomy
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare


8. Health history & physical assessment within 24 hrs of surgery to identify risk factors & allergies - Identifying medications & treatments patient is currently receiving - surgery cancels all prior medication orders (Ex: no cumadin - Plavix - aspirin
Incubation period
Pre - operative assessment includes
Nursing Consideratins for stoma care
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient


9. Understanding & Acceptance: Involve family / friends in patient care - Establish trusting relationship - Refer to support groups

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10. Improves musculoskeletal system - Improves cardiovascular function - Improves circulation - tissues get oxygen & nutrients - Promotes relaxation

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11. Frequency & amount of stools - history of diarrhea - constipation - impaction - Any abnormality of stool appearance - Use of laxatives or enemas - Dietary habits - food allergies - fluids - fiber - Amount of activity & exercise - Medications - Stress
Susceptibility
Maturational loss
Questions to ask during an abdominal health history
Deception


12. To make or confirm a diagnosis (Ex: breast biopsy - laparoscopy)
Diagnostic surgery
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient
Ethical dilemma
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)


13. Process by which healthcare providers give appropriate - uninterrupted care & facilitate the patient's transition between different setting & levels of care - Teaching patient & family - self - care - medications - Involve patient & family in care p
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
How one provides continuity of care
ostomy


14. Rapid onset - lasts short period of time
Definition of acute illness
Reservoir
Urge Incontinence
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem


15. ability to break down nitrogen to excrete
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient
Post - operative complications Turning in bed
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health
Ethical distress


16. Activity - movement stimulates intestinal muscle action = peristalsis - abdominal & pelvic muscle exercises to maintain tone for intra - abdominal pressure
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Retention - Altered urine pattern
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Hesitancy - Altered urine pattern


17. supports & immobilizes a body part - helps a surgical incision helps with comfort and pain.
Nurses role with 'informed consent'
Convalescent period
Human dignity
splinting and its use in the health care setting


18. Hand Hygiene - Wash - before & after touching patient; before & after wearing gloves - Alchohol - based handrubs - if hands are not visibly soiled - Soap & water - if hands are visibly soiled or contaminated with blood or body fluids; wash for 15 sec
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Safety and Security
Situational loss
Slow Code
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms


19. Health - state of complete physical - mental - & social well being - not merely the absence of disease - Wellness - active state - oriented toward maximizing the potential of the individual
Pallative Care
Fidelity
Factors that affect a patients health state
Characteristics of a colostomy


20. Oxygen; skin color - V/S - mental responsiveness; Intake & elimination of fluids;I & O - skin turgor - weight - mucous membranes; Food;weight - muscle mass - labs; Temperature;Physical activity;Rest & sleep

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21. Need to void without ability to hold or delay
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
How one provides continuity of care
Surgicale Classification - elective
Nursing Ethics


22. Storing & recalling of new knowledge (brain)
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
Cognitive learning
Causes of food poisoning
Slow Code


23. 1. Denial & Isolation 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance

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24. Concern for the welfare of others; patient advocacy; respect for other cultures - perspectives
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Urge Incontinence
Altruism
Fungi


25. To restore function to traumatized or malfunctioning tissue (Ex: plastic surgery - breast reconstruction - skin graft)
urinary retention
Serous wound drainage
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Reconstructive surgery


26. Anatomical position - Removal of soiled dressings & tubes - Who will bathe the body? - Identification tags - Personal items - Order to release body / mortuary notification - Special handling for communicable disease
Postmortem Care
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Susceptibility
Hospice Care


27. - Skin care - clean & dry - Oral & nasal care q 2 hr - Turn & reposition q 2 hr - Pain control - Maintain nutrition & hydration - Patent airway - Vision may diminish - control lighting in the room
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
Portal of Exit
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient
Autonomy


28. Degree of resistance the potential host has to the pathogen
Susceptibility
Urge Incontinence
Full stage of illness
Reservoir


29. Keep promises
What disinfectant does
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Fidelity
Maturational loss


30. Obtaining complete proteins - soy products
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
Altruism
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Surgical Classification - emergent


31. Liquids can have color but must be able to see through (Coffee is ok) - No milk products - Nutritionally inadequate over time - Used as preparation for surgery - diagnostic studies - post - operative advancement - Hydrates - rests GI tract - N
Components of a clear liquid diet
Dysuria - Altered urine pattern
During Peristomal Bag or Applaince change - opening in karaya
Susceptible Host


32. Felt by person but intangible to others (Ex: loss of youth - independence)
Portal of Exit
Retention - Altered urine pattern
Perceived loss
Post - operative complications Leg exercises


33. Respect values & beliefs - Role change - Body image change - Encourage to set attainable goals - Facilitate support from family / friends
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Serosanguineous wound drainage
How to stimulate a patients appetite
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem


34. Sterile technique; practices that render & keep objects & areas free from microorganisms
Surgical asepsis
Ileostomy -
Physical loss
Affective learning


35. Improves venus return - respiratory function - & peristalsis - relieves skin pressure. Patient should practice before surgery
Post - operative complications Turning in bed
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem


36. Assess for: - illness - fever - fatigue - N/V - medications - can alter taste or decrease appetite (chemo - steroids) - poor fitting dentures - no teeth - bad teeth - mouth problems - lesions - inflamed mucosa - pain - dislike of certain foods - unfa
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
Neurogenic - Altered urine pattern
Where dietary intake of cholesterol can be found


37. Physical - genetic inheritance - age - developmental level - race - & gender - Emotional - how the mind affects body function & responds to body conditions - Intellectual - cognitive abilities - educational background - & past experiences - Environme
Human Dimensions of Health
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Integrity


38. Current Trends in Nursing - Nursing shortage - Evidence - based practice - Community- based nursing - Decreased length of hospital stay - Aging population - Increase in chronic care conditions - Independent nursing practice - Culturally competent ca
Stoma Care Cleansing
Perceived loss
What disinfectant does
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)


39. Build - up of fat - cholesterol & calcium on inside of artery walls - Leads to hardening of walls with loss of elasticity or ability to expand fully - Plaque build up roughens walls so clotting factors can stick to walls - Plaque narrows lumen of art
Pallative Care
Human Dimensions of Health
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices


40. Retards growth of organisms & is bacteriostatic
Maturational loss
Incontinence
What antiseptic does
Post - operative complications Often painful


41. Smallest of all microorganisms - visible only with an electron microscope (Ex: common cold - AIDS)
Cognitive teaching strategy
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Situational loss
Virus


42. Uses reagent substances to detect the enzyme peroxidase in the hemoglobin molecule
Incontinence
Fecal Occult Blood Test
Ablative surgery
Peristomal Bag or Applicance changes


43. Inability to empty bladder
'informed consent'
Retention - Altered urine pattern
Ethical distress
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.


44. Personal habits - Defecate at the same time each day - Privacy & time allotment - Positioning - sitting upright with feet on ground
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Ways to prevent or treat constipation


45. Permanent change - cause is irreversible alterations in normal anatomy & physiology - require long period of care
Urge Incontinence
Overflow Incontinence
Perceived loss
chronic illness


46. Changes in attitude - values - feelings (emotional)
Nursing considerations for peristomal care.
Catheter Urine Specimen procedure
Portal of Entry
Affective learning


47. Recognized by others as well as patient (Ex: loss of job - spouse)
Convalescent period
Actual loss
Benefits of exercise as it relates to a patient's ability to heal - rest - etc.
Hospice Care


48. Incontinence in child after toilet control expected
Enuresis
Terminal Illness
Human dignity
Human Dimensions of Health


49. Do - not - resuscitate - an order specifying that there be no attempt to resuscitate a patient in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest - Nurse is obligated to attempt CPR if there is no DNR order - Nurse should clarify the patient's code status: if th

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50. Diet - should include adequate fiber or bulk - Whole grains - fruits - vegetables - legumes - Eating at regular intervals helps stimulate peristalsis (gastrocolic reflex) - Food allergies or food poisoning may lead to diarrhea - Some foods cause
Stoma Care Cleansing
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Serous wound drainage
Post - operative complications Often painful