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Ch 1-6 Flashcards

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Signs

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Abnormalities that can be verified by repeat examination and are objective data

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Acceptance stage

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Involves acknowledgement of illness and engaging in measures to become well

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Acute illness

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Illness or disease that has a relatively rapid onset and short duration (less that 6 months) EX: influenza, common cold, or UTI

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Cogentital

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Present at birth

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Chronic illness

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Involves a permanent change in health status that requires long term medical or nursing treatment (longer that 6 months) EX: hypertension or arthritis

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Subjective

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What the patient says or feels

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Terminal illness

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One in which there is no potential fore cure; ends in death (EX: hiv)

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Hereditary condition

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Disorder acquired from the genetic codes of one or both parents (EX: cystic fribrosis, huntingtons, sickle cell)

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Congenital disorders

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Those present at birth but which are the result of faulty embryonic development (EX:fetal alcohol syndrome, rubella)

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Transition stage

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One may deny feelings for recognize the symptoms of illness are present

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Idiopathic illness

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An illness whose etiology is unexplained

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Etiology

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The cause of a disease

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Remission

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Disappearance of any sign or symptoms but now cured

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Convalescence stage

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Process of recovering after illness and regaining health

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15
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Exasterbation

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Deactivation of signs and symptoms

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Stress

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A nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it.

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Coping

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Any behavioral or cognitive activity used to deal with stress

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Adaptive coping behavior

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Ability to mobilize internal/external resources and sustain general homeostasis

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Living will

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List the medical treatment that a patient uses to omit or refuse if they becomes unable to make decisions and is terminally ill

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Objective

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What you observe or your physical assessment

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Maladaptive coping behaviors

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Disorganization occurs; ineffective and destructive behaviors appear

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Primary prevention

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Avoid a delay occurrence of a disease or disorder. (EX: wearing seat belts, not smoking)

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Tertiary prevention

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Rehabilitation measures after disease or disorder has stabilized

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Evidence-based practice

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Systematic process utilizing current evidence in making decisions about patient care

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Science of nursing (nursing process)

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To assess diagnose plan and implement and evaluate

26
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Tort

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Violation of civil law

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Accountability

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Taking responsibility for ones actions

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Art of nursing

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Meet patient’s emotional and psychosocial needs provide support and comfort educate the public advocate on behalf of patients

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Durable power of attorney

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Once a person chosen by the patient to make healthcare decisions on the patients behalf

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Negligence

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Is the conduct the falls below the standard of care

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Secondary prevention

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Follow screening guidelines for easily treated disease if found early or detecting disease return. ( EX: Pap smear)

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Patient rights

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Given considerate and respectful care, allowed to refuse treatment, given privacy

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Battery

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The actually physical contact that has been refused or that is carried out against the persons will

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Defamation

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Attack on the name, business or professional reputation of another through false and malicious statements to a third person

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Slander vs libel

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Slander is a oral statement and libel is a written one.

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Expected outcome

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A measurable patient behavior that indicates whether the person has achieved expected benefit of nursing care

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Sympathetic vs parasympathetic

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Sympathetic stimulates the psychologic functions needed in the parasympathetic works to restore equilibrium

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Advance directives

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Documents in which an individual can specify his or her wishes regarding end of life care

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Components of the nursing process

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Assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation

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Assessment

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The process of collecting organizing documenting invalidating a patient’s health data

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Nursing diagnosis

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The process of sorting in analyzing the assessment data to identify potential health problems

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Implementation

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Caring out nursing interventions prioritized during the planning process

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Evaluation

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Assessing the patient to evaluate his or her response to the nursing interventions

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Reactive

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Knowing late and reacting to the problem

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Malpractice

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Negligence by professional person

47
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Actual problems

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Those that the patient is currently having

49
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Euthanasia

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With or without their consent

50
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What is critical thinking?

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To ask questions to analyze to examine your own thinking and thinking of others

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Components of critical thinking

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Knowledge, experience, competent,attitudes, and standards

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High vs medium vs low priority

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High-life threatening problems
Medium- problems that threaten health or coping abilities
Low-problems that do not have a major effect

54
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Potential problems

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Those that may develop and should be prevented from occurring

55
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When should plan of care be reviewed and updated?

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Every 24 hours

56
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Symptoms

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Data that patient has said occurring that cannot be verified by examination and is subjective data

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Assault

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The threats to harm another or even to threaten to touch another without the person’s permission

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Clinical judgment

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The outcome of clinical reasoning

61
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Proactive

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Knowing ahead

68
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Planning

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A series of steps in which the nurse and the patient set of priorities and goals to implement diminish or control identified problems

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