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Nursing Fundamentals Theory

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1. Integration of mental & muscular activity (physical)
Advocacy
What disinfectant does
Psychomotor learning
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern

2. Allow individual to state in advance What their choices would be should certain circumstances develop
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
Advance Directives
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Incubation period

3. Statement of ethical obligations & duties of every person who enters practice of nursing; Non - negotiable ethical standard; Expression of nursing's own understanding of commitment to society
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Ileostomy -
Signs of patient nearing death
Nursing Ethics

4. 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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5. Retards growth of organisms & is bacteriostatic
Dysuria - Altered urine pattern
What antiseptic does
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Hesitancy - Altered urine pattern

6. Inability to get to toilet in time or inability to recognize need to urinate
Advance Directives
Functional Incontinence
Psychological loss
Psychomotor learning

7. collected during midstream - first small amount of urine voided helps to flush away any organisms near the meatus - urine voided at midstream is most characteristic of urine body is producing - patient voids & discards a small amount of urine; contin
Hesitancy - Altered urine pattern
Beneficence
Autonomy
Clean Catch Specimen Collection

8. 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

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9. Recognized by others as well as patient (Ex: loss of job - spouse)
Actual loss
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self - Actualization
Surgicale Classification - elective
Community Factors Affecting Health

10. Personal habits - Defecate at the same time each day - Privacy & time allotment - Positioning - sitting upright with feet on ground
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Advocacy
Ethical distress
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery

11. no harsh or abrasive cleansers - use mild soap & water - dry gently - use skin protectant products to toughen area & protect from irritating stool
Actual loss
TPN
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Safety and Security
Peristomal Skin Care Cleansing

12. Complete lack of control over urination
Affective teaching strategy
Hospice Care
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Total (reflex) Incontinence

13. Body part or function
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
Physical loss
chronic illness
What elevates HDL

14. Appoints an agent that the person trusts to make decisions in the event of subsequent incapacity.
Purulent wound drainage
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Human dignity
ostomy

15. 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
Characteristics of a colostomy
Functional Incontinence
Patient teaching regarding post operative pain management.
Pre - operative assessment includes

16. 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
solube fiber
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging

17. Storing & recalling of new knowledge (brain)
Bacteria
Cognitive teaching strategy
'informed consent'
Cognitive learning

18. Combination of Power of Attorney for Healthcare & Living Will
Combination Directive
Urge Incontinence
Slow Code
Nursing role with grief and death

19. A tool nurses use to think critically - solve problems - & evaluate the way they care for patients. Dynamic - systematic or ever changing - depending on patient & all variables that impact patient - Helps nurse think about outcomes for patients & is
cleasing enema
Maturational loss
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
What is adpie & why do we use it

20. Sense of hopefulness - participation in decisions - expression of feelings & emotions - Not die alone - religious or spiritual needs - honesty

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21. Primary commitment to the patient; Priority is good of individual patient rather than society in general;Evaluation of competing claims of patient's autonomy & patient well - being
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
Advocacy
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.

22. Respect values & beliefs - Role change - Body image change - Encourage to set attainable goals - Facilitate support from family / friends
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Terminal Illness
Surgical Classification - emergent
Ways to prevent or treat constipation

23. Hematest & guaiac test are chemical tests commonly used - False - positive results - from ingesting red meat - animal liver & kidneys - salmon - tuna - mackerel & sardines - tomatoes - cauliflower - horseradish - turnips - melon - bananas - & soybean
Challenges to health care access
Perceived loss
Test used for determng blood in stool
Maturational loss

24. Delay or problem starting urinary stream
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
During Peristomal Bag or Applaince change - opening in karaya
Factors affecting grief and dying
Hesitancy - Altered urine pattern

25. skin should be intact - free of redness - Watch for any irritation - rash - signs of infection - Erosion around stoma can cause stoma to become flat or indented
Bacteria
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
urinary retention
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.

26. Need to void without ability to hold or delay
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
Post - operative complications Leg exercises
What is adpie & why do we use it
Urgency - Altered urine pattern

27. Respect for inherent worth & uniqueness of the individual; patient privacy & confidentiality
Situational loss
Susceptible Host
Human dignity
Factors affecting a vegan diet

28. Point where an organism enters a new host; GI - GU - Respiratory - break in skin or mucous membranes
Social Justice
Surgical asepsis
Fungi
Portal of Entry

29. Palliative - to relieve or reduce intensity of an illness; is not curative (Ex: colostomy - arthroscopy - balloon angioplasties)
DNR and the nurse's duty
Palliative surgery
Fecal Occult Blood Test
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)

30. 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
Cognitive learning
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
Abdominal physical assessment

31. Ensure that food is safe for consumption & prepared & stored properly - Never purchase food with damaged packaging - Take items that require refrigeration home immediately - Never use raw eggs in any form - Cook ground meat thoroughly; should not hav
Altruism
Ways to prevent food poisoning
micturition - urination - or voiding
Fungi

32. Composed of white blood cells - liquefied dead tissue debris - & dead & live bacteria
Justice
Post - operative complications Coughing
Purulent wound drainage
Symptoms of UTI

33. Incontinence in child after toilet control expected
Enuresis
Sanguineous wound drainage
Convalescent period
Post - operative complications Leg exercises

34. Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen): obtain correct container & preservative or ice if needed - Instruct patient/family about collection - Begin with empty bladder - end with empty bladder - Have patient void before beginning - Have patien
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging
pre - operative assessments & screenings
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)

35. 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
Test used for determng blood in stool
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.
Situational loss

36. Wash gently with gauze or clean cloth & water - Pat dry
Convalescent period
Nurses role with 'informed consent'
Stoma Care Cleansing
Ways to prevent or treat constipation

37. Medicate for pain - N/V - Rest periods before each meal - Offer mouth care prior to each meal - Be sure dentures are clean & in mouth - Offer foods patient likes & can eat - Cold - soft foods may be better tolerated - Smaller portions - More frequent
Pallative Care
chronic illness
How to stimulate a patients appetite
Susceptibility

38. Patients who require in - hospital care are more acutely ill or injured than in the past - Length of stay has decreased; Often leads to re - admissions - Nurses in hospitals must have knowledge & skills to perform complex care to very ill patients
Stoma Care Cleansing
How to stimulate a patients appetite
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Dysuria - Altered urine pattern

39. Cultural - views on healthcare - Environmental - access to healthcare - Socioeconomic - financial resources - insurance - Physical - mobility
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs & Meeting Basic Human Needs and how it's used to treat patients.
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Challenges to health care access
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.

40. Recovery period; returns to a healty state; feeling better
Fecal Occult Blood Test
Nurses role with 'informed consent'
Diagnostic surgery
Convalescent period

41. Altered self - image
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
Psychological loss
Post - operative complications Turning in bed
pre - operative assessments & screenings

42. Acceptable environment for an infectious agent
DNR and the nurse's duty
Susceptible Host
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
pre - operative assessments & screenings

43. supports & immobilizes a body part - helps a surgical incision helps with comfort and pain.
splinting and its use in the health care setting
Convalescent period
Enuresis
micturition - urination - or voiding

44. 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
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
Anticipatory loss
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Neurogenic - Altered urine pattern

45. Role modeling - discussion - panel discussion - audiovisual materials - role playing - printed materials
Affective teaching strategy
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Stoma Care Assessments
chronic illness

46. Goal of treatment is a comfortable dignified death & that further life - sustaining measures are no longer indicated.
Overflow Incontinence
Advance Directives
Comfort Measures Only
Convalescent period

47. Increase venus return and helps prevent complications of thrombophlebitis & resultant emboli
Post - operative complications Leg exercises
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
Fungi
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient

48. Smallest of all microorganisms - visible only with an electron microscope (Ex: common cold - AIDS)
ostomy
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient
Virus
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state

49. Should be moist & red or pink if circulation is adequate - Pale or bluish indicates problem - bleeds easily (mucosa) but amount is minimal - Very edematous at first - but will shrink down to normal size as healing occurs (6-8 weeks) - Protrude above
Smoking destroys What type of fat
Stoma Care Assessments
Fecal Occult Blood Test
Clean Catch Specimen Collection

50. Most significant & most commonly observed infection - causing agents in healthcare institutions
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Bacteria
Ileostomy -
Stress Incontinence