exam 6 Flashcards
compensation
covering up weaknesses by emphasizing a more desirable trait or by overachieving in a more comfortable area.
allows a person to overcome weakness and achieve success.
denial
an attempt to screen or ignore unacceptable realities by refusing to acknowledge them.
temporarily isolates a person from the full impact of a traumatic situation.
minimization
not acknowledging the significance of one’s behavior.
allows a person to decrease responsibility for own behavior.
projection
a process in which blame is attached to others or the environment for unacceptable desires, thoughts, shortcomings, or mistakes.
allows a person to deny the existence of shortcomings and mistakes; protects self-image.
rationalization
justification of certain behaviors by faulty logic and ascription of motives that are socially acceptable but did not, in fact, inspire that behavior.
helps a person cope with the inability to meet goals or certain standards.
regression
resorting to an earlier, more comfortable level of functioning that is characteristically less demanding and responsible.
allows a person to return to a point in development when nurturing and dependency were needed and accepted with comfort.
repression
an UNCONSCIOUS mechanism in which threatening thoughts, feelings, and desires are kept from becoming conscious; the repressed material is denied entry into consciousness.
protects a person from traumatic experience until he or she has the resources to cope.
sublimation
displacement of energy associated with more primitive sexual or aggressive drives into socially acceptable activities.
protects a person from behaving in irrational, impulsive ways.
Family Centered Communication
establishing rapport
availability and openness to questions
family education and empowerment
effective management of conflict
feedback from children and families
spirituality
ABCDEs
Airway
breathing
Circulation
Disability (LOC)
Exposure
Care Settings
Pediatric observation units
Emergency hospitalization
Outpatient and day facilities
Rehabilitative care
Med-surg unit
Intensive care unit
children’s response to illness
Fear of unknown
Separation anxiety
Fear of pain/mutilation
Loss of control
Anger
Guilt
Regression
Infant/toddler response to illness
separation anxiety
fear of pain or injury
loss of control
Preschool response to illness
separation anxiety
fears mutilation
loss of control
guilt and shame
school age response to illness
separation anxiety
fear of disability/death
loss of control
Adolescents’ response to illness
unsure if they want family with them or not
fears appearance change
loss of control- no longer have independence
Separation Anxiety Stages
Protest- agitation, resistance, cries, inconsolable.
Despair- hopeless and becomes quiet, withdrawn, apathetic.
Detachment- becomes interested in environment, may ignore parents return
Pathogen transmission
respiratory tract
fecal matter
sexual activity
vector borne
contamination by blood
active immunity
natural or vaccination
passive immunity
acquiring serum antibodies
Rubeola (measles)
symptoms: initially Koplik spots on buccal mucosa. Red, maculopapular rash first appear behind ears and upper neck then spread downward, fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis.
Incubation: 8-12 days
Transmission: direct contact with infectious droplets
Rubella (German measles)
Symptoms: Pink maculopapular rash begins on face, neck, scalp then spreads down. Fades on face as it spreads down, reddish pinpoint petechiae on soft palate (Forschheimer’s sign), rhinorrhea, diarrhea, headache, malaise, sore throat, anorexia
Incubation: 14-21 days
Transmission: airborne
Roseola Infantum
Symptoms: red rash several hours-2 days post fever, macular rash may be surrounded by white ring, blanches with pressure, mostly on neck and trunk, sudden high fever, malaise, irritability
Incubation: 5-15 days
Transmission: contact secretions
Fifth disease (erythema infectiosum)
Symptoms: slapped cheek rash that comes and goes, HA, rhinorrhea, mild fever, malaise
Incubation: 4-17 days
Transmission: respiratory, airborne, blood
