Block Six Flashcards
Physical
Involving the body.
Psychosocial
Involving social interaction, emotions, intellect, and spirituality.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow’s pyramid reflects the belief that the more basic, lower-level needs must be met before the higher-level needs can be met. Needs in order of importance – Physiological, Safety and Security, Love and belonging, Self-Esteem, Self actualization.
Sex
Refers to a person’s biological status and is typically assigned at birth, usually on the basis of external anatomy.
Sexuality
Capacity for sexual feelings.
Sexual Orientation
A person’s sexual identity in relation to the gender to which they are attracted; the fact of being heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.
Gender
The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.
Gender Identity
A personal conception of oneself as male, female, both, or neither.
Gender Pronouns
Words, used to refer to oneself or others, that a person asks others to use in reference to themselves.
Safety
The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.
Security
The state of being free from danger or threat.
Belonging
Be a member or part of (a particular group, organization, or a class)
Self-Esteem
Confidence in one’s own worth or abilities; self-respect.
Religion
The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or Gods.
Spiritual
Relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.
Belief
An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
Faith
A strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
Clergy
The body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
Values
A person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life.
Holistic Care
A type of care that involves caring for the whole person – the mind as well as the body.
Self-Care Deficit
Impaired ability to perform basic self-care (activities of daily living) in the areas of feeding, bathing/hygiene, dressing/grooming, and toileting.
Cultural Diversity
The different groups of people with varied backgrounds and experiences who live together in the world.
Bias
A prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way that is considered to be unfair.
Race
Refers to groups of people who have differences and similarities in biological traits deemed by society to be socially significant, meaning that people treat other people differently because of them.
Ethnicity
One Aspect of a person’s identity, often reflecting a combination of race, culture, language, nationality, and other factors.
Culture
A system of learned behaviors, practiced by a group of people, that is considered to be the tradition of that people and is passed on from one generation to the next.
Customs
A group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another.
Diversity
The inevitable variety in customs, attitudes, practices, and behavior that exists among groups of people from different ethnic, racial, or national backgrounds who come into contact.
Culturally Sensitive Care
Care that is given while being aware that cultural difference and similarities between people exist without assigning them a value – positive or negative, better or worse, right or wrong.
Intellectual Disability
A disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills.
Autism
A mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concept.
Cerebral Palsy
A condition marked by impaired muscle coordination (spastic paralysis) and/or other disabilities, typically caused by damage to the brain before or at birth.
Down Syndrome
A congenital disorder arising from a chromosome defect, causing intellectual impairment and physical abnormalities including short stature and a broad facial profile.
Depression
A mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.
Bipolar Disorder
A type of depression that causes a person to swing from periods of deep depression to periods of extreme activity; also called manic-depressive illness.
Mania
Mental Illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and overactivity.
Anxiety
Uneasiness or fear, often about a situation or condition.
Aphasia
A general term for a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to communicate with others.
Phobia
An intense form of anxiety or fear.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
An anxiety disorder characterized by obsessive behavior or thoughts.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
A mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event – either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares, and severe anxiety as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.
Schizophrenia
A form of mental illness that affects a person’s ability to think, communicate, make decisions, and understand reality.
Substance Abuse
The repeated use of legal or illegal substances in a way that is harmful to oneself or others.
Suicide
Taking one’s own life.
Terminal Illness/Terminally Ill
A disease or condition that will eventually lead to death.
Advance Directive
Legal documents that allow people to choose what medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make those decisions themselves.
Living Will
A document that outlines the medical care a person wants or does not want in case he or she becomes unable to make those decisions.
Power of Attorney
A signed, dated, and witnessed legal document that appoints someone else to make decisions for a person in the event he or she becomes unstable to do so.
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
A type of advance directive that instructs medical professionals not to perform CPR if a person’s heartbeat or breathing stops.
POLST (Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
This is an approach to improving end-of-life care in the United States, encouraging providers to speak with patients and create specific medical orders to be honored by healthcare workers during a medical crisis.
Life Support Systems
An artificial or natural system that provides all or some of the items (such as oxygen, food, water, control of temperature and pressure, disposition of carbon dioxide and body wastes) necessary for maintaining life or health.
Sympathy
Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others.
Spiritual Needs
These needs include the accommodation of cultural, religious, spiritual, and personal values as well as religious and other spiritual practices
Dignity
The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.
Empathy
Identifying with the feelings of others.
Cheyne-Stokes
Alternating periods of slow, irregular breathing and rapid, shallow breathing.
Mottling
An irregular arrangement of spots or patches of color.
Expire
To die
Postmortem Care
Relating to after death; also refers to an examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
Rigor Mortis
Stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body a few hours after death, usually lasting one to four days.
Hospice
Holistic, compassionate care given to dying people and their families.
Palliative Care
Care that focuses on the comfort and dignity of the person, rather than on curing him or her.
