Nursing 104 Teaching And Learning

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The systematic way in which a person thinks, reasons, and uses language

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cognition

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What does cognition involve?

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-sensory input (sights, sounds)
-past experiences
-awareness of the environment
-emotions

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the process of recognizing and interpreting sensory stimuli

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perceiving

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the process of sorting, organizing and categorizing information

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thinking

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the capability of the nervous system to store memories

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learning

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the ability of recalling a thought at least once

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memory

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What are some factors enhancing normal cognitive function?

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-adequate blood flow
-nutrition and metabolism
-fluid and electrolyte balance
-sleep and rest

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T or F: REM is particularly important for memory

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true

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exhibiting behaviors or cues reflecting motivation and ability to learn

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desire to learn

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social approval and self esteem motive

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social motive

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compentency and achievement motive

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Task Mastery

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meeting physiological needs motive

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Physical motive

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What are some factors inhibiting learning?

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-emotional factors
-physiological factors
-cultural factors
-psychomotor ability

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adherence to the recommended plan

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compliance

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abnormal state of complete or partial unawareness of self or environment. Depressed cerebral function. The inability to respond to sensory stimuli

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unconsciousness

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deepest state of unconsciousness from which the patient cannot be aroused even with powerful stimuli

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coma

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state in which there is absence of alertness, cognition, and voluntary movement that is readily reversible by an auditory, visual, or tactile stimulus

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sleep

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reduced awareness; failure to comprehend the surroundings; disoriented to time; inability to follow instructions-even simple ones; misinterpretation of events and stimuli; imparied judgements

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confusion

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state characterized by confusion, fear, irritability, agitation, hyperactivity, marked illusions, hallucinations, and delusions

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delirium

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beliefs that are not based in reality and reflect an unconscious need or fear (believing the hospital food is poisoned)

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delusion

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sensory impressions that are based on internal stimulations and have no basis in reality. Hearing voices when no one is there

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hallucinations

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demonstrated by wakefulness but inability to follow objects or lights, does not turn eyes toward a noise and does not speak

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Pseudo-wakeful state

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diminished alertness that can extend from semi-comatose to deep coma

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comatose states

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not oriented to time, place, or person

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disoriented

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a defect in the normal function of sensory reception, perception, or both, of one or more of the senses

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sensory deficit

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a decrease in or lack of menaingful stimuli

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sensory deprivation

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receives multiple sensory stimuli and cannot disregard or selectively ignore some stimuli

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sensory overload

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false interpitation or misleading impression of reality

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illusion

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What are the five senses?

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1. sight (visual)
2. hearing (auditory)
3. taste (gustatory)
4. smell (olfactory)
5. touch (sensory)

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awareness of our organs in our body

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visceral sensation

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awareness of the placement of body parts

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kinetic sensation

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an awareness and interpretation of the sensory stimuli into meaningful information

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sensory perception

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an agent or act that stimulates a nerve receptor

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stimulus

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a nerve cell that coverts the stimulus into an impulse

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receptor

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the pathway the impulse travels to the brain

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impulse conduction

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interpretation of the impulse

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perception

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this monitors sleep and regulates all incoming stimuli; is the link b/t spinal cord and brain

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reticular activating system

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an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. It is whatever the experiencing person says it is

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Pain

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receptors that transmit pain

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nociceptors

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the process of pain perception

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nociception

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Process of nociception
the injury

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transduction

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Process of nociception
-A delta fibers-large, sharp, acute, fast pain
-C fibers-small, slow

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transmission

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Process of nociception
How to change pain level

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modulation

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type of pain:
bone, joint, muscle, skin, or sonnective tissue, Well localized

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somatic

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type of pain:
organs. Poorly localized

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visceral

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type of pain:
nerve. Pain moves

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Neuropathic

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the past experiences of pain and pain control

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Pain history

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the point at which an increasing intensity of stimuli is felt as painful

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Pain threshold

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What are some characteristics of acute pain?

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-short term
-episodic
-physiological changes

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What are some characteristics of chronic pain?

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-long term, baseline pain
-breakthrough pain
-NO objective physiological signs

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What are some words to describe pain?

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burning, aching, tender, shooting, tingling, cramping, radiating, pressure, throbbing, numbness

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small needles inserted at specific body points

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acupuncture