Ch. 2 Values, Beliefs & Caring Flashcards
The best approach for a nurse who is performing an assessment on a patient from an ethnic group the nurse knows nothing about is to
As the patient to help the nurse understand anything about the patient’s ethnic group that may have a bearing on the patient’s health care needs
A co-worker is an excellent nurse but often assumes responsibility for other people’s irresponsible behaviors. Her nurse manager notices that in the past several months she has become overly sensitive with her patients and that she complains of feeling stressed and worn out because she has taken on too much. She admits to having a family background that makes her suspect she has some co-dependent traits. How should her nurse manager proceed if the nurse’s work continues to suffer?
Help her recognize that she may be co-dependent and needs to get professional help
A nurse recognizes the importance of active listening as a way to show the nurse cares. Which of the following actions by the nurse describes active listening?
Sitting in a chair facing a patient and making a mental note of the major points of the conversation
Which of the following actions by the nurse demonstrates “doing for” as described in Swanson’s theory?
Preserving the patient’s dignity and performing competently
A nursing student walks into the patient’s room and is unsure about when it is appropriate to use caring touch in a nurse-patient care situation. What should the student do?
Ask the patient for permission to touch her before proceeding
While doing her morning assessments, the nurse shares with her patients the tests and procedures they have scheduled for that day as well as when she expects to return to deliver their medications or do their treatments. Even though the hospital is a hectic and difficult environment to predict, the nurse regards this information session with her patients as an important way to demonstrate she cares. The rationale behind her action is
To increase the patients’ sense of security by making the environment for predictable for the patient’s
The nurse recognizes the importance fo a patient’s beliefs in influencing the patient’s behaviors and responses to health care problems. Thick of the following are examples of a patient’s beliefs?
A patient explains that the medication he is taking is helping him overcome his anxiety.
A 78 year old man signs a “Do Not Resuscitate Order” when he learns he’s had a massive hart attach because, he explains, “he can hardly wait to go and be with his wife in heaven.”
A nurse is gathering an admission assessment on a pertinent who recently emigrated from Japan and is a Buddhist. The man told the nurse that he normally meditates daily and lives almost exactly the way he did in Japan. However, he has not been able to walk for the past weeks. Bases on the assessment findings, which questions would be important for the nurse to ask before implementing his nursing care?
What have you done to cope with your health problems?
What do you call your health problem and what do you think is wrong?
What concerns you most about the recommended treatment plan?
What do you think caused your health problem?
