Unit 2: Basic Nursing Practice Flashcards
Why is teaching important?
clients/families need info for decision making
shorter hospital stays increase the need to know about home care needs
facilitates compliance & shortens hospital stays & medical complications
empowers clients and families
Who do nurses educate?
client family/caregiver group of clients peers APs nursing students new employees
What do nurses teach?
disease information information about meds procedures/psychomotor skills disease prevention/health promotion clinical processes
primary prevention
seeks to prevent a disease or condition; to stop something from ever happening
most basic form of prevention
example of primary prevention
vaccinations
wearing a helmet
Seeks to identify specific illnesses or conditions at an early stage with prompt intervention
ex) an annual physical
secondary prevention
Occurs after a disease or disability has occurred and the recovery process has begun.
Prevention from something happening again/complications
tertiary prevention
What are the steps for effective teaching?
identify assess create establish communicate organize evaluate
To effectively teach you identify…
identify need for teaching
To effectively teach you assess…
motivation and readiness of learner(s)
To effectively teach you create…
a comfortable teaching environment
To effectively teach you establish…
specific learning objectives
To effectively teach you communicate…
in a style that is helpful
To effectively teach you organize…
information in a logical sequence
To effectively teach you evaluate…
effectiveness of teaching plan (can use teach back method)
When doing an assessment of teaching needs you… (5)
assess what client views is important info to know
ask what do you think is important for client to understand
ask what is the client’s motivation to learn
determine client’s physical and cognitive levels
assess readiness/ability of family/home environment
what do you create a teaching plan based on?
specific objectives
teaching can be
scheduled or unscheduled
what is an outcome-based teaching plan?
SMART goals
where a patient is able to demonstrate what you are teaching them
what are 4 teaching approaches
telling
entrusting
reinforcing
temperature normal range
96.9-99.9 degree F (36.1-37.7 degrees C)
abnormal temperatures
hypothermia
hyperthermia
pulse normal range
60-100 beat/min
abnormal pulse
tachycardia
bradycardia
tachycardia
fast pulse
bradycardia
slow pulse
respirations normal range
12-20 breaths/min
Name 3 times VS should be assessed.
admission home care visits routine schedule at hospital per HCP prescription Before/During/After: procedure, transfusion (of blood products), med admin (T/BP/RR/HR), nursing interventions client condition changes client reports nonspecific symptoms
