Continuation Flashcards
Personal hygiene is as important as professional appearance.
PERSONAL HYGIENE
Unkempt individuals may prompt patients to suspect that the person’s professional behavior is similar to his or her appearance neglected and disheveled.
PERSONAL HYGIENE
Posture is important because it is perceived as relating to confidence and self-esteem.
PHYSICAL PRESENCE
As stated previously, eye contact may help ensure that question, instructions, and other information have been understood.
VISUAL CONTACT
Visual inspection of a patient’s condition can be critical when changes such as blood pressure and allergic reactions produce symptoms.
VISUAL CONTACT
A serious I’ll it traumatized patient may act than differently than order patients because of pain, stress, or anxiety.
SERIOUSLY III AND TRAUMATIZED PATIENTS
A blind patient, a patient who has decreased vision without glasses, or an optically injured patient needs special attention.
VISUALLY IMPAIRED PATIENTS
Patients who are deaf or have impaired hearing also require special attention.
SPEECH AND HEARING - IMPAIRED PATIENTS
Effective interaction with non-English-speaking patient is greatly enhanced by using toych, facial expression, and pantomime.
NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PATIENTS
Most hospitals maintain a list of bilingual employees who are available to help patients and visitors.
NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PATIENTS
Working with mentally impaired patients requires a thorough knowledge of equipment and immobilization
techniques, as well as interactions skills.
Mentally Impaired Patients
who work weekends, holidays and evening are often involved with patients who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Substance Abuser
Patient’s may be unconscious and attached to an array of tube, monitoring lines, ventilators, and other medical equipment. Except in surgery, during which the patient is normall incapable of interacting because anesthesia, attempting to establish a line of communication with the patient is important.
MOBILE AND SURGICAL EXAMINATION
Every patient deserves the best that all health care professionals can offer, but some require increase strategic care base on their age or condition.
AGE AS FACTOR IN PATIENTS INTERACTIONS
the parent are holding the child, or ask what the favorite position is-at the shoulder, lying on the right side, and so forth. In addition, most small infants respond well to being held closely with a tight blanket.
INFANTS (BIRTH TO 1 YEAR).
Speaking with simple words that are familiar to children is important, and expecting them to think about what they will feel an hour should be avoided.
TODDLERS (1 TO 3 YEARS).
are not yet able to reason logically or understand cause and effect.
PRESCHOOLERS (3 TO 5 YEARS)
children can reflect and develop deeper understandings. With these advancements, children often develop a special fear of bodily injury, disease, separation from loved ones, death and punishment.
SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN (5 TO 10 YEARS)
The primary consideration in early adolescence focuses on body awareness, and modesty becomes especially important. Persons in this age group usually require special consideration to avoid embarrassment when changing clothes and during examinations.
ADOLESCENTS (10 TO 25 YEARS)
Young adults are usually entering new roles of responsibility at home in their work. They often experience problems in handling their multitude of new roles and may neglect one area while they concentrate one another.
YOUNG ADULTS (25 TO 45 YEARS)
When poor health or a threat of poor health occurs, considerable stress and special concern over how to maintain responsibilities, such as keeping a job and providing for a family, may outweigh personal health concerns.
MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS
They tend to consider themselves middle-aged. Because of this self-image, the radiologic technologists should not attempt to interact with them as though they are geriatric patients.
MATURE ADULTS (65 YEARS AND OLDER)
the use of terms such as senior citizens or golden agers constitutes prejudice and discrimination and should
be avoided.
GERONTOLOGY
Unexpected death is much more complicated than anticipated death, but it is guided by a principle of trying to meet as many of the patients need as possible.
INTERACTING WITH TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT
was the first to study the process of grieving.
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
-the patient is not accepting the truth. This is the defense mechanism that allows the person to becaome accustomed to the idea. The physician is the person who must inform the patient of approaching death or loss.
DENIAL
Patient may become angry preceding death or disfigurement. He or she may hurl critism and abust at family members or ath ahealth care workers.
ANGER
The patient’s feels that by becoming the “good and submissive patient may spared or miraculously cured. During this phase, the patient may seek alternative modes of treatment, some of which may be unusual or even nontherapeutic.
BARGAINING
The patient accepts the impending loss and begins to mourn for his or her past life and all that will be lost. The patient my be very silent and unresponsive at this time.
DEPRESSION
The patient accepts the loss and loses interest in all outside occurences. He or she becomes interested on ly in the immediate surroundings and the support of person.
ACCEPTANCE
are legal documents that are formulated by competent persons and that provide written information concerning the patient’s desires if the patient is unable to make decision on his or her own.
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
DNR
Do not resuscitate
