FUNDA LEC WEEK 6 (PART 1) 200 SLIDES Flashcards
can cause an infant to feel unwell either by greeting the baby, or
simply by being overly fond of him or her when meeting the child for the first time.
To avoid passing the negative energy and cure the infant of usog, superstition practice
says you must dab your saliva on the baby’s forehead or abdomen. Most people would
often greet the child by saying “pwera usog” meaning protection from the hex. Some
even try to buy their child a bracelet made from black and red or coral beads to fight
usog.logical explanation: for babies feeling unwell after meeting strangers’ infant
react to the stress triggered of seeing unfamiliar faces or people—resulting in anxiety
to the baby; fear of stranger
na usog
Several factors can cause hiccups, including swallowing air and eating or
drinking too much or too fast.
Remedies: bite on a slice of lemon, slowly sip ice-cold water while placing
gentle pressure on your nose as you swallow, or hold your breath for a
short time. Stay away from carbonated drinks, eat slower, and consume
smaller meals.
Get rid of a hiccup by placing a short thread wet with saliva on the
forehead.
• there is no firm correlation between wet hair, loss of eyesight, and
insanity, so avoiding sleeping with wet hair is mostly for cosmetic
reasons.
• Rubbing wet hair against your pillow can cause hair damage or
breakage. The friction will also lead to you having to deal with a bad
hair day the next morning. If you notice alarming symptoms of vision
loss or a mental health issue, it’s best to visit an eye doctor or a
trusted outpatient care facility and let a medical professional handle it.
Going to bed right after a shower is believed to cause blindness
and insanity.
• no evidence confirms this specific pamahiin (superstition) to be true.
• the growth of a child depends on various factors that influence
development, including nutrition, genes, sex, hormones, and
socioeconomic status.
Understanding the culture, healthcare beliefs, and practices of
Filipinos is important, as it affects the way nurses assess their needs
and provide care for their clients. Please read and understand the
topic below.
Stepping over a child will stunt his or her growth.
is an awareness of shared interest, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes
solidarity
it refers to the ties in a society that bind people together as one. commonly termed as the ____________
“pusong pinoy” or “bayanihan spirit”
it is helping out one’s neighbor as a community, and doing a task together, thus lessening the workload and making the job easier. it is also called the community spirit and best exhibited when people wish to move locations in the rural area
bayanihan
filipino get along with different kinds of people. they can easily adjust to any situation and are flexible. this trait foster cooperation, good and helpful deeds
helping others and gratitude (pakikisama at utang na loob)
this concept is central to filipino self-care practices and is applied to all social relationships and encounters. according to this principle health is thought to be a result of balance, while illness due to humoral pathology and stress is usually the result of some imbalance. rapid shifts from “hot” to “cold” cause illness and disorder. illustrated below are a range of humoral balances that influence filipino health perceptions
timbang (balance)
are viewed holistically as an equilibrium model. In contrast, other explanatory models may include mystical, personalistic and naturalistic cause of illness or disease
health beliefs and behaviors: theories of illness
are often attributed to experiences or behaviours such as ancestral retribution for unfinished tasks or obligation. some believe that the soul goes out from the body and wanders, a phenomenon known as bangungot or that having nightmares after a heavy meal may result in death
mystical causes
are associated with social punishment or retribution from a supernatural forces such as evil spirit (manga ga mud) or sorcerer (mangkukulam)
personalistic causes
include a host of factors ranging from natural forces (thunder, lightning, drafts, etc, earthquake) to excessive stress, food, and drug incompatibility, infection, or familial susceptibility
naturalistic causes
consist of prevention (avoiding inappropriate behavior that leads to imbalance) and curing (restoring balance); it is a system oriented to moderation. parallel to this holistic belief system is the understanding of modern medicine with its own basic logic and principles for treating certain types of diseases. these two systems co-exist and filipino older adults use a dual system of health care
basic logic of health and illness
the body is thought to be a vessel or container that collects and eliminates impurities through physiological processess such as sweating, vomiting, expelling gas or having an inappropriate volume of menstrual bleeding
flushing
adapts the concept of balance between “hot” and “cold” to prevent occurrence of illness and disorders
heating
safeguards the body’s boundaries from outside influences such as supernatural and natural forces
protection
5 coping styles common among elderly filipino americans
- tiyaga
- lakas ng loob
- tatawanan ang problema
- bahala na
- pakikisama
may be defined as “the principles and regulations
established in a community by some authority and applicable
to its people whether in the form of legislation or of custom
and policies recognized by judicial decision
law
is a civil wrong or injury for which the court
provides a remedy in the form of money damages
(black ,1999)
tort
4 intentional torts
• ASSAULT
• BATTERY
• FALSE IMPRISONMENT
• FRAUD
is any intentional threat to bring about
harmful or offensive contact with another individual,
no actual contact is necessary
• Eg. threatening a patient to give an injection
• Restrain a patient for an x-ray procedure when the
patient has refused consent
assault
an intentional touching without consent ,the
contact is harmful to the patient and causes an injury , or
it is merely offensive to the patient dignity
• Eg. Giving an injection without patient consent
• A patient gives consent for left knee repair but the
surgeon performs right knee surgery
battery
• Making a person stay in pace against is
wishes is false imprisonment
• Eg. Restraining or confining a patient to a
locked room without proper consent could
constitute false imprisonment
false imprisonment
• ______ is a willful and purposeful misrepresentation
that could cause or caused harm to a person or
property
• Eg. giving incorrect information to obtain a better
positon or job
fraud
2 unintentional torts
• NEGLIGENCE
• MALPRACTICE
• Negligence is conduct that falls below the standard
of care
• Malpractice is one type of negligence called
professional negligence
true
is a patients agreement to allow something to happen, such as surgery based
on a full disclosure of risks, benefits alternatives and
consequences of refusal (Black, 1999)
informed content
advance directives are legal
documents stating the wishes of individuals regarding health
care in institutions in which they are no longer capable of giving
personal informed consent
advance directive
In India 5,00,000 people die
because of non availability of
organs per year and 1,50,000 people
await a kidney transplant but only
5,000 get one 10 lakh people suffer
from corneal blindness and await
transplant (Times of india)
Types: live donation and cadaveric
donation
organ and tissue organ