Chapter 6 P&p The Patient

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The ability to communicate with people of other cultures and belief systems

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Cultural competence

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A model of human achievement and self actualization developed by psychologists Abraham Maslow

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Maslow's hirarchy of human needs

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therapeutic care communication and intervention provided according to unique needs of the patient and centered on those needs

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Patient centered care

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The way and individual perceives himself or herself physically in the eyes of others

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Body image

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A purposeful method of communication in which the caregiver response to explicit or implicit needs of the patient

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Therapeutic communication

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Many patients fear that they will not awaken from the anesthetic or they will feel pain while remaining paralyzed this is called

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Anesthesia awareness

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It is the individual's ability to plan and achieve his or her life goals based on physical social and psychological freedom to pursue those achievements

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Self actualization

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This fear is common among patients during or after surgery

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Fear of death

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This fear is a normal protective mechanism

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Fear of pain

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Patients undergoing radical or reconstructive surgery have realistic fears about

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Disfigurement

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One patient center of the healthcare system they often feel a loss of personal rights

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Control

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This fear it's quite strong in many patients especially adolescents. This fear can bees by maintaining the patient's dignity at all times covering the body unless absolutely necessary

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Fear of physical exposure

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Many patients are afraid that information about their health may not be held in confidence . This is called

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Fear of loss of privacy

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Administration of intravenous replacement fluids and nutritive or electrolyte fluids

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Nutrition, water

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Basic physiological need. Control of temperature through cloth blankets air heating or cooling blankets

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Shelter

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Basic physiological need. Maintenance of open airway

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Air and oxygen

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Basic physiological need. Protection from environmental stress such as noise light and cold

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Rest and sleep

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Basic physiological need. Catherization or opportunity to void as needed

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Elimination

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Basic physiological need. Freedom from restraint and assistance with movement when patient is unable to move on his own or her own

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Movement

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Basic physiological need. Observation of the patient for signs of pain. Administration of pain medication

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Freedom of pain

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Techniques in therapeutic communication

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Active listening, providing information, focusing, paraphrasing and Restatement, reflection, response

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Is a sense or understanding of something more profound then humanity that is not perceived by physical senses

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Spirituality

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pediatric age group birth to 18 months

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Infant

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Pediatric age group 19 months to 3 years

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Toddler

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Pediatric age group 4 - 6 years

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Preschool

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Pediatric age group 7 - 12 years

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School age

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Pediatric age group pediatric age group 13 to 16 years

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Adolescent

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Can often be related to poor nutrition, language barriers, anxiety, or true organic brain disease

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Cognitive impairment

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Is an alteration in one or more of the body's senses such as hearing sight touch and smell that may result in the patient's inability to interpret the environment

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Sensory deficit

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Body mass index of 30 or more is

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Obesity

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Body mass index of 40 or more

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Morbid obesity

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Is an endocrine disease that disrupts the metabolism of carbohydrates fats and proteins

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Diabetes mellitus

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Morbidly obese patients are referred to as

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Geriatric patients

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Need to be physically close to their caregivers

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Infants

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Suffer frustration and loss of autonomy as well as extreme anxiety when separated from their primary caregiver

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Toddlers

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Suffer extreme fear in the operating room environment. These patients commonly you the hospital and surgical experience as a type of punishment or as deliberate abandonment

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Preschoolers

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Are more compliant and cooperative with healthcare personnel but many tend to withdrawal from their caregivers

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School age children

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Are very sensitive about body image and changes in the body they resent any intrusion on their privacy and bodily exposure

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Adolescents