Unit 3- Community Health Nursing Flashcards
Events in a health care facility that threatens to disrupt the care environment such as fire or loss of power
Internal disaster
Events outside the health care facility and can be human made or natural such as transportation incidence
External disasters
A client with an emergent situation
Immediate threat to life, critically injured
Client in a urgent situation
Major injuries that require immediate treatment
Client non urgent situation
Minor injuries that do not require immediate treatment, slightly injured
Mass casualty disaster , an emergent or class 1 pt will receive a ____ tag. These pt have a immediate threat to life do not delay care
Red
Mass casualty disaster pt who is urgent or class 2 will receive a___ tag. These pt have major injuries that require treatment, can delay 30min-2 hours
Yellow
Non urgent or class 3 pt,who have minor injuries that do not require immediate treatment, can delay care 2-4 hours are ____ tagged
Green
Expectant or class 4, pt is expectant to die ___ tag them
Black
This culture primary religion is Christian, baptist or Muslim. Health risk: HTN, coronary artery disease, sickle cell, DM,
African American
Primary religion Buddhism, Hinduism. Believe illness is from imbalance of the yin and yang. Believe certain foods are hot or cold. Health risk: HTN, osteoporosis, thalassemia anemia, tuberculosis
Asian American
Primary religion is catholic. Health risk DM, childhood obesity, HTN, vitamin B deficiency anemia
Hispanic and Latino
Believe in reincarnation, monk delivers last rites, chanting is common
Buddhism
Contraception, abortion, and sterilization are prohibited, baptism is required. Obstain from eating meat on ash wed. And fridays during lent.
Catholicism
Child is not named til the 10th day of life, obstain from beef and pork, right hand used for eating left for toileting
Hinduism
