Week Two

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Community based nursing practice

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Acute and chronic care of individuals and families to strengthen their capacity for self-care and promote independence in decision making

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Public health nursing

Back 2

Nursing specialty that requires the nurse to care for the needs of populations or groups.

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Community health nursing

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Nursing approach that combines knowledge from the public health sciences with professional nursing theories to safeguard and improve the health of populations in the community

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Vulnerable populations

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Collection of individuals who are more likely to develop health problems as a result of excess risks, limits in access to health care services, or being dependent on others for care.

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Yoga

Back 5

Focuses on body musculature, posture, breathing mechanisms, and consciousness; goal is attainment of physical and mental well-being through mastery of body achieved through exercise, holding of postures, proper breathing, and meditation

Front 6

Biofeedback

Back 6

Process providing a person with visual or auditory information about autonomic physiological functions of the body such as muscle tension, skin temperature, and brain wave activity through the use of instruments

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Meditation

Back 7

Self-directed practice for relaxing the body and calming the mind using focused rhythmic breathing

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Imagery

Back 8

based on the belief that a person significantly reduces stress with imagination. It is a relaxed state in which a person actively uses imagination in a way that allows visualization of a soothing, peaceful setting. Typically the image created or suggested uses many sensory words to engage the mind and offer distraction and relaxation.

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Acupuncture

Back 9

Traditional Chinese method of producing analgesia or altering the function of a body system by inserting thin needles along a series of lines or channels, called meridians; direct needle manipulation of energetic meridians influences deeper internal organs by redirecting qi

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Allopathic medicine

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conventional western medicine

Front 11

Progressive relaxation training

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teaches the individual how to effectively rest and reduces tension in the body. The person learns to detect subtle localized muscle tension sequentially, one muscle group at a time

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Chiropractic therapy

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aims to normalize the relationship between structure and function by a series of manipulations. Practitioners use their hands or a device to provide manipulation, which is the application of a controlled, sudden forceful movement to a joint, moving it beyond its passive range of motion.

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Holistic nursing

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regards and treats the mind-body-spirit of the patient. Nurses use holistic nursing interventions such as relaxation therapy, music therapy, touch therapies, and guided imagery. Such interventions affect the whole person (mind-body-spirit) and are effective, economical, noninvasive, nonpharmacological complements to medical care.

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Reminiscense

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share life stories about the past has a therapeutic effect and increases patient sense of well-being

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Self-concept

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an individual's view of self. It is a subjective view and a complex mixture of unconscious and conscious thoughts, attitudes, and perceptions.

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Community structure

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This is the environment in which patients live and work

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Self esteem

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an individual's overall feeling of self-worth or the emotional appraisal of self-concept. It is the most fundamental self-evaluation because it represents the overall judgment of personal worth or value.

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Perioperative

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Refers to the role of the operating room nurse during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of surgery.

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Preoperative

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Instruction regarding a patient's anticipated surgery and recovery that is given before surgery. Instruction includes, but is not limited to, dietary and activity restrictions, anticipated assessment activities, postoperative procedures, and pain-relief measures.
presbycusis

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Role confusion

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when a person has to simultaneously assume two or more roles that are inconsistent, contradictory, or mutually exclusive.

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Role ambiguity

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unclear role expectations, which makes people unsure about what to do or how to do it, creating stress and confusion.

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Role overload

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having more roles or responsibilities within a role than are manageable.

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Body image

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attitudes related to the body, including physical appearance, structure, or function. Feelings about body image include those related to sexuality, femininity and masculinity, youthfulness, health, and strength.

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Intraoperative

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any occurence within the operating room, usually during the operation

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Postoperative

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period when the patient's participation in care is vital, after the operation

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Elective procedure

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Performed on basis of patient's choice; is not essential and is not always necessary for health
minor in seriousness, elective in urgency, and reconstructive in purpose

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Urgent procedure

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Necessary for patient's health; often prevents additional problems from developing (e.g., tissue destruction or impaired organ function); not necessarily emergency

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Emergency procedure

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Must be done immediately to save life or preserve function of body part

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Major procedure

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Involves extensive reconstruction or alteration in body parts; poses great risks to well-being

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General anesthesia

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Intravenous or inhaled medications that cause the patient to lose all sensation and consciousness

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Moderate sedation

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Administration of central nervous system depressant drugs and/or analgesics to provide analgesia, relieve anxiety, and/or provide amnesia during surgical, diagnostic, or interventional procedures. Routinely used for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures that do not require complete anesthesia but simply a decreased level of consciousness.

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Regional anesthesia

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Loss of sensation in an area of the body supplied by sensory nerve pathways.

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Intraoperative phase

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events that occur during the surgical procedure.

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PACU

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postanesthesia care unit where nursing interventions focus on monitoring and maintaining airway, respiratory, circulatory, and neurological status and managing pain.

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Ambulatory surgery

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outpatient surgery, short-stay surgery, or same-day surgery,Anesthetic drugs that metabolize rapidly with few aftereffects allow shorter operative times and faster recovery time

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Acute care

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activities in the preoperative phase focus on the physical preparation of the patient for surgery.

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Splinting

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individually molded for the patient to maintain proper alignment

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Reiki therapy

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Biofield therapy derived from ancient Buddhist rituals; practitioner places hands on or above a body area and transfers “universal life energy,” providing strength, harmony, and balance to treat a patient's health disturbances

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Passive Relaxation

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still the mind and body intentionally without the need to tighten and relax any particular body part.