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steps in the nursing process
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Assessment
Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation |
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Communication
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reciprocal exchange of information, beliefs, feelings, and attitudes between oneself or two or more persons
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Body systems
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1. Integumentary - hair, skin
2. Skeletal - bones 3. Nervous - brain 4. Sensory - olfactory, optical, auditory, tactile, gustotory 5. Endocrine - glands 6. Respiratory - lungs 7. Cardiovascular - heart 8. Digestive - stomach 9. Muscular - biceps 10. Urinary - bladder 11. Reproductive - testes, ovaries |
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Tips to learning
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1. Think in numbers
2. Abbreviations "ADPIE" 3. Categorize 4. Make Charts 5. Group Things 6. Don't memorize 7. Learn by Association |
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Medical Term for "Head"
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Cranial/Cephalic
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Medical term for "Neck"
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Cervical
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Medical term for "Chest"
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Thoracic
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Medical term for "Liver"
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Hepata
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Vital Signs
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Temperature
Pulmonary Respiration Blood Pressure Pain assessment |
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Definition: Ambulate
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Walk
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Definition: Evaluate
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to determine the end result
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Reasons for good Hygiene
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1. Prevent micro-organisms
2. social 3. self-confidence 4. observation |
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What is the goal of healthcare?
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to restore clients to an optimal level of well being
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Definition: Critical Thinking
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Process of objective reasoning or analyzing facts to reach a valid conclusion.
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What is involved in the Communication Process Cycle?
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1. Sender - encodes
2. Message - travels through a channel 3. Receiver - decodes 4. Feedback |
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Definition: Assessment
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To gather info. and make a judement
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HCW
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Health Care Worker - "The most therapeutic tool you have is yourself"
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HCT
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Health Care Team
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Purpose of Communication
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1. Meet a basic human need
2. establish rapport 3. relay info. 4. express emotions |
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Types of Communication
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1. Verbal - spoken word
2. Non-verbal - gestures, body language 3. Para-verbal - sounds |
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Non-verbal communication accounts for what percentage of communication?
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93%
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Styles of Communication
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Formal
Social Therapeutic |
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How should you listen?
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With a 3rd ear.
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Facilitators to Communication
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1. Touch
2. Humor 3. Silence 4. Affect 5. Emotions 6. Moods 7. Feelings |
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Proxemics
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1. Intimate - 6-18 inches
2. Personal - 11 1/2 in.-4 feet 3. Social - 4-12 feet 4. Public - 12 feet or greater |
