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Practice of coming into balance, aware of the forces that are pulling us one way and then the other

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Self-centering

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According to this nursing theory, health is not defined by the presence or absence of disease, but rather by the transformation through chaos to a higher order of complexity and understanding. “Embrace the unfolding pattern of the whole whatever it is and grown with it.”

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Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness

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This theory embraces multiple approaches to inquiry and is open to exploring other ways of knowing such as aesthetic, poetic, personal, intuitive, and spiritual among others.

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Watson’s Caring Science

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exploratory, open to unknowing, coparticipative rather than diagnostic, explanatory, and paternal; self-reflection and reflective practice are integral to this process

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Holistic Caring Process

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An awareness practice involving being present to another’s distress without trying to “fix” the person; acknowledging the forces that pull us one way and then the other, maintaining or regaining our harmony

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self-centering

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An advanced level of listening and reflecting back, not simply repeating what was said.

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Mirroring

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the practice of being awake and aware of one’s breath, thoughts, feelings, and sensations as they occur; a self-reflection focused-attention strategy to help still the mind with the intention of dropping into our authentic self

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Mindfulness meditation

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Originally based in spiritual traditions, the practice of awareness, focus, and concentration while maintaining a passive yet awake attitude; evolves with discipline and practice and is known to provide health benefits as well as being a road to personal and spiritual transformation

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Meditation

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Is deep relaxation the most helpful and appropriate intervention for PTSD (characterized by avoidance, numbness, feelings of helplessness and hopelessness)?

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No - conversational induction and therapeutic suggestion may be more helpful to support defenses associated with PTSD while promoting comfort

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Is deep relaxation an appropriate intervention for psychotic or pre-psychotic individuals?

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No - deep relaxation may exacerbate symptoms for these individuals.

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The oldest part of the brain; it contains the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus

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Limbic system

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What are the two methods to extract essential oils that involve no additional solvent and produces a pure oil?

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steam-distilled or expressed

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the part of the brain where fear and anger are analyzed

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amygdala (part of the Limbic system)

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the part of the brain were pain is analyzed

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Thalamus (part of the Limbic system)

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the part of the brain involved in the formation and retrieval of explicit memories

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Hippocampus (part of the Limbic system)

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Nursing theory that emphasizes nurses showing their caring at a deep level

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Watson’s Theory of Human Caring

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Nursing theory with emphasis on allowing the patient to participate knowingly in change and a model for change through empowerment.

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Barrett’s Theory of Power

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Nursing theory with emphasis on putting the patient in the best condition for Nature to act; creating an environmental space conducive to healing

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Florence Nightingale

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Nursing theory which requires building trust, promoting positive orientation, promoting strength, and setting mutual health-directed goals

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Erickson’s Modeling Theory

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Nursing theory that suggests human beings are more than just physical entities and have specific energy fields

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Roger’s Theory of Unitary Human Beings

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Use of essential oils should be avoided with which populations?

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Those with severe asthma or multiple allergies. (People allergic to ragweed may be allergic to chamomile.)

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This essential oil may be used for tx of burns, wound healing, insect bites, and mild eczema. It is calming, good for insomnia and depression, stress, reduces agitation in dementia, enhances sense of well-being and is fungistatic - inhibits growth (not fungicidal) and effective against ticks.

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Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)

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This essential oil is used as an analgesic, for migraine, postherpetic neuralgia, antinausea, opiate detoxification, useful in tx of IBD (antispasmodic), antibacterial, useful in sinusitis, and effective against MRSA and TB; viriducidal.

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Peppermint (Mentha piperita)

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This essential oil is useful for: bacterial infections, acne, fungal infections (including athlete’s foot, tinea), most skin infections (including impetigo, cold sores, herpes, and warts), mouth infections, MRSA, antiviral (including influenza), antitumoral, vaginal infections (especially candida albicans)

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Tea Tree (Meleleuca alternifolia)

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This essential oil is useful for: respiratory complaints (including TB), against pna in ventilated pts, antibacterial, effective against MRSA, effective against head lice

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Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus)

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This essential oil is good for relaxation, meditation, spiritual renewal, useful in terminal agitation, good for scars, anti-inflammatory, useful in asthma, antiparasitic, anticancer

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Frankincense (Boswellia carteri)

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caring moments when nurses intentionally interact with a pt for the purpose of a deeper human-to-human connection

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Caring consciousness (Watson)

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synthesized in the hypothalamus and released in response to stress; creates a sense of calmness & diminishes the sensation of pain

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Oxytocin

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physics theory used to understand the body’s response to music - music is a natural pacemaker; involves the synchronization process whereby the vibrations of one object cause the vibrations of another object (usually the less powerful) to oscillate at the same tempo or rate

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Entrainment theory

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Nursing theory that posits a person’s physiologic and social responses to music influence health outcomes

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Music, Mood, and Movement (MMM) Theory

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the process of connecting to the Earth and Earth’s energy field to calm the mind and focus one’s inner flow of energy as a means to enhance healing endeavors.

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Grounding - centering and grounding may be considered a single continuous process because one flows into the other

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This process provides the nurse with a steady physical (a connection between an electric circuit and the Earth), psychological (helps establish a feeling of self-awareness and provides a connection to the consciousness of one’s own self), and energetic (establishes an awareness of the unit of body, mind, and spirit) platform on which to anchor the communication process

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grounding

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a powerful way for the nurse to create an optimal environment for a caring-healing interaction

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creating an intention

34
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a way of being, a way of relating, a way of being with, and a way of being there

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presence

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a perceived inner knowing and insight into things and events without the conscious use of rational process; the ability to be present to another dimension of knowing

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Intuition

36
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what are some ways to cultivate intuition (4 ways)

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  1. listening to music,
  2. engaging in relaxation techniques,
  3. journal writing,
  4. meditating - increasing one’s intuitive and spiritual development
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a quiet turning inward - the practice of focusing one’s attention internally to achieve clearer consciousness and inner stillness; a state of mind and a method

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Meditation

38
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a series of brief phrases designed to focus attention on various parts of the bod and induce a body-mind shift in those parts

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autogenic training

39
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centering, being aware of internal reactions, gratefully acknowledging these reactions, and responding from the higher Self - central to the transpersonal caring process and communicating from a holistic perspective

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Engaging your observer

40
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what does being CLEAR in communication stand for?

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Center, 
Listen, 
Empathize, 
Attentiveness, 
Respect
41
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chemicals that facilitate the transmission of impulses through nerves in the body

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neurotransmitters

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