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Nursing Fundamentals Theory

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1. Benefit the patient.
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
chronic illness
Factors that affect a patients health state
Beneficence

2. Role modeling - discussion - panel discussion - audiovisual materials - role playing - printed materials
Nursing role with grief and death
Catheter Urine Specimen procedure
Affective teaching strategy
Components of a clear liquid diet

3. Collect from specimen port on drainage tubing - Cleanse with alcohol & use sterile syringe to pull out urine - Collect urine only from upper tubing - never from drainage bag - Urinalysis - collect 30 mL; Culture & Sensitivity (C&S) - collect 10 mL -
Retention - Altered urine pattern
Catheter Urine Specimen procedure
Fidelity
Enuresis

4. Equal care & rights for all
Social Justice
Affective learning
Justice
Enuresis

5. 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
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Surgicale Classification - elective
micturition - urination - or voiding
How one provides continuity of care

6. Integration of mental & muscular activity (physical)
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Perceived loss
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
Psychomotor learning

7. To remove a diseased body part (Ex: appendectomy - amputation)
Factors that affect a patient's health state.
Ablative surgery
Combination Directive
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.

8. 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
Hospice Care
Cognitive teaching strategy
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
Frequency - Altered urine pattern

9. Works to stimulate peristalsis by distending & irritating bowel - Used to remove stool and/or flatus - relieve constipation or fecal impaction - prevent escape of fecal material during surgical procedures - promote visualization of GI tract by radiog
cleasing enema
Post - operative complications Leg exercises
Diagnostic surgery
Signs of patient nearing death

10. Brings small intestine to surface - usually the ileum - stool is always liquid - may drain liquid stool without any control OR - can create inverted nipple & pouch 'continent ostomy' so stool is retained until catheter is inserted to drain OR - diver
Ileostomy -
How to prevent 'travelers diarrhea'
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
Ways to prevent or treat constipation

11. Pain reported by patient is determining factor of pain control - Assess pain q 2 hrs after major surgery - Older patient is at risk for undertreatment & overtreatment of pain
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Reservoir
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.

12. 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
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Fidelity
Components of a clear liquid diet

13. Social support systems - Community healthcare structure - Economic resources - Environmental factors - Nursing in the community
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Safety and Security
Community Factors Affecting Health
Functional Incontinence
How to prevent 'travelers diarrhea'

14. 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
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
Fungi
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Nursing Ethics

15. Changes in attitude - values - feelings (emotional)
Psychomotor teaching strategy
Test used for determng blood in stool
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs & Meeting Basic Human Needs and how it's used to treat patients.
Affective learning

16. Specific signs & symptom
Incontinence
What antiseptic does
'informed consent'
Full stage of illness

17. Frequency that occurs during sleeping hours
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health

18. Teach patient & family that pain meds will be ordered by physician & administered by nurse - Patient should ask for pain meds before pain becomes severe - A different med can be ordered if the med does not control pain or has unpleasant side effects
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
Patient teaching regarding post operative pain management.
Portal of Entry
Causes of food poisoning

19. Provide information on What is happening - Provide private area to grieve - Allow family time alone with patient before & after death - if so desired - Assist with contacting mortician - May attend funeral services

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20. Degree of resistance the potential host has to the pathogen
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Susceptibility
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative urinary elimination needs.
Nonmaleficence

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

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22. - Peel fruits & vegetables - Eat dry foods & foods that are piping hot & cooked thoroughly - avoid tap water - ice cubes - fruit juice - fresh salads - unpasteurized dairy products - cold sauces & toppings - open buffets - & undercooked or reheate

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23. Interval between pathogen's invasion of the body & the appearance of symptoms; organisms are growing & multiplying
Incubation period
Comfort Measures Only
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative urinary elimination needs.
Frequency - Altered urine pattern

24. Leakage when coughing - sneezing - or increased intra - abdominal pressure
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Safety and Security
Justice
Surgical Classification - emergent
Stress Incontinence

25. Improves venus return - respiratory function - & peristalsis - relieves skin pressure. Patient should practice before surgery
Postmortem Care
Anticipatory loss
Post - operative complications Turning in bed
Stoma Care Assessments

26. - Allow to verbalize feelings - fears - Do not leave alone - Include family
Purulent wound drainage
Reconstructive surgery
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self - Actualization
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient

27. Act for patient without their consent; Overrides patient autonomy; Nurse decides What is in best interest of patient
Paternalism
Stoma Care Cleansing
Surgical Classification - emergent
Ways to prevent or treat constipation

28. Can be harmful if taken in large amounts - All nutrients work with others to promote good health - Adding large amounts of one vitamin can make the body believe it is deficient in another vitamin - Food is the best source of nutrients - Supplements s
Autonomy
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state
Justice

29. Acceptable environment for an infectious agent
Purulent wound drainage
Situational loss
Susceptible Host
Ileostomy -

30. Maintain patient confidentiality within legal & regulatory parameters - Act as patient advocates - Deliver care in nonjudgmental manner & are sensitive to diversity - Deliver care that protects patient autonomy - dignity - & rights - Seek available
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Nursing considerations for peristomal care.
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
Ways to prevent or treat constipation

31. In the case of cardiopulmonary or respiratory arrest - calling a code & resuscitating the patient are to be delayed until these measures will be ineffectual.
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Slow Code
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient
Ethical distress

32. Wash gently with gauze or clean cloth & water - Pat dry
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Benefits of exercise as it relates to a patient's ability to heal - rest - etc.
Post - operative complications Turning in bed
Stoma Care Cleansing

33. Procedure that is preplanned & based on the patient's choice & availability of scheduling for the patient - surgeon - & facility; Non - urgent; does not have to be done immediately
Susceptible Host
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Surgicale Classification - elective
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments

34. identify factors that may place the patient at greater risk for complications during & after surgery - often conducted several days before surgery as part of pre - operative laboratory screening & teaching
Psychological loss
pre - operative assessments & screenings
Sanguineous wound drainage
Ways to prevent or treat constipation

35. Nurse knows the right thing to do but factors make it difficult to follow correct course of action.
Ethical distress
Terminal Illness
During Peristomal Bag or Applaince change - opening in karaya
Factors that affect a patient's health state.

36. Mixture of serum & red blood cells
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
Incubation period
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.

37. ability to break down nitrogen to excrete
Physical loss
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient

38. Need to void without ability to hold or delay
Postmortem Care
Community Factors Affecting Health
'informed consent'
Urgency - Altered urine pattern

39. Respect values & beliefs - Role change - Body image change - Encourage to set attainable goals - Facilitate support from family / friends
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Pallative Care
Characteristics of a colostomy
Sanguineous wound drainage

40. Respect for inherent worth & uniqueness of the individual; patient privacy & confidentiality
Diagnostic surgery
Human dignity
Stoma Care Cleansing
What antiseptic does

41. Two - piece bag may be used - face plate attaches to skin around stoma - bag attaches to face plate - easy to remove & empty bag without disturbing seal on skin - bag is changed only when it leaks or seal is lost - opening in karaya should be cut 1/8
Justice
splinting and its use in the health care setting
Post - operative complications Coughing
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes

42. Two or more clear moral principles apply but support mutually inconsistent courses of action
Post - operative complications Turning in bed
Beneficence
Ethical dilemma
Social Justice

43. Point where an organism enters a new host; GI - GU - Respiratory - break in skin or mucous membranes
Anticipatory loss
Advocacy
Portal of Entry
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern

44. Physical: protect from potential or actual harm Emotional: Free of fear - anxiety Allow independence Explanations

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45. O Spiritual / Religious needs - Know & respect special ceremonies - rituals - Contact clergy to visit if patient desires
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
What a nurse needs to do about the spiritual needs of a dying patient

46. 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
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Surgical Classification - emergent
Questions to ask during an abdominal health history
Total (reflex) Incontinence

47. 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
Anticipatory loss
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
Ethical dilemma
Test used for determng blood in stool

48. To make or confirm a diagnosis (Ex: breast biopsy - laparoscopy)
Factors that affect a patients health state
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
Diagnostic surgery
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss

49. 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
Affective teaching strategy
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Susceptible Host

50. Retention with leakage that exceeds bladder capacity
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
Overflow Incontinence
What disinfectant does
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.