fundamentals in nursing practice

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NURSING AS PROFESSION
A nurse must have the qualities o...,
A professional organization that ...,
A way of life that implies respon...
28  cards
NURSING AS ART
One of the caring attributes acco...,
This theory states that people ca...,
The art of nursing and is express...
27  cards
HISTORY OF NURSING
Nursing had no training and refer...,
Witch doctor in the era of intuit...,
Code of hammurabi there was pract...
34  cards
HISTORY OF NURSING IN THE PHILIPPINES & DLSMHSI
He performed the functions of bot...,
Early hospitals during the spanis...,
She established a travelling clin...
21  cards
SCOPE AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF NURSING
Scope of nursing a person shall b...,
Nursing as a profession has estab...,
Serve as guidelines to assist nur...
24  cards
CARPER AND BENNER CONCEPTS
4 patterns of knowing,
Scientific knowledge descriptive ...,
Embodies the nurse s creative abi...
18  cards
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A NURSE
Addresses the client s holistic c...,
Communicates with clients support...,
Communication must be
11  cards
FIELDS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN NURSING
Participates in all phases of pat...,
Figures out community health prob...,
Schools of nursing staff developm...
21  cards
HEALTH AND ILLNESS
Normally responds as a unified wh...,
Man is composed of subsystems tha...,
He is self sufficient he uses up ...
36  cards
MODELS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Health is the stage of being free...,
Defined in terms of the individua...,
Health is a creative process and ...
27  cards
COMMUNICATION
Interchange of information betwee...,
Stimulus to communicate,
Encoder initiates the message
42  cards
LEVELS OF PREVENTION AND CARE
Goals of primary prevention,
To decrease the risk of exposure ...,
Who does primary prevention gener...
25  cards
NURSING PROCESS INTRO & ASSESSMENT
Systematic and client centered me...,
Patients as central figure gather...,
What are the phases or nursing pr...
62  cards
NURSING DIAGNOSIS
Interpret assessment data identif...,
Elements of nursing diagnosis,
A clinical judgment about individ...
20  cards
PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION
3 types of planning,
The planning process 4,
Life threatening problems
31  cards
CONCEPT OF DEATH AND DYING
Health maintenance and health res...,
To promote ___ through compassion...,
An actual or potential situation ...
32  cards
INFECTION CONTROL
Freedom from injection o infectio...,
Denotes the presence of some micr...,
An organism capable of producing ...
27  cards
BODY TEMPERATURE
Reflects balance between the heat...,
Deep tissues of the body 36 374 c...,
Skin subcutaneous tissue and fat ...
25  cards
RESPIRATION
Act of breathing takes in oxygen ...,
2 types of respiration,
What are the respiratory centers
42  cards
PULSE
A wave of blood created by contra...,
Represents the stroke volume outp...,
Number of pulse beats in one full...
18  cards
BLOOD PRESSURE
Measurement of force applied to a...,
Lateral pressure exerted by the b...,
Highest point of pressure induced...
34  cards
PAIN
An unpleasant sensory and emotion...,
Short in duration related to soft...,
Long in duration constant or inte...
12  cards
URINARY CATHETERIZATION
The introduction of the catheter ...,
Purposes of urinary catheterization,
Hazards of uc
19  cards
ADMINISTERING ENEMA
Solution introduced into the rect...,
Purposes of enema,
Stimulates peristalsis by irritat...
41  cards
NGT INSERTION & REMOVAL
Thin soft tube made of silicon ru...,
How to measure ngt tube,
Single lumen tube designed to be ...
15  cards
INTAKE AND OUTPUT MONITORING
Tool to assess fluid status by ke...,
Purposes of i o monitoring,
Ice chips are recorded as
29  cards
CHEST PHYSIOTHERAPY
A group of treatment that serves ...,
Indications of cpt,
Consist of diaphragmatic pursed l...
30  cards
SUCTIONING
Involves the aspiration of secret...,
Purposes of suctioning,
What happens if you perform sucti...
25  cards
HYGIENE
The self care by which individual...,
Eye care wipe with a piece of cot...,
What to do when corneal reflex is...
12  cards
BED MAKING
A procedure of arranging the beds...,
True or false nurses should wear ...,
What to do when linen hamper is n...
14  cards
BATHING
2 categories of baths,
Bathing in 45 46 c temp help reli...,
Bathing in warm water 43 c to rel...
17  cards
HEAT AND COLD
3 uses of heat and cold,
Who are more susceptible to negat...,
Skin receptors adjust ___ to mild...
54  cards
DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Study of the actions effects of d...,
A substance or mixture of substan...,
A written direction for the prepa...
55  cards
ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Most convenient least expensive s...,
Same as oral plus with local effe...,
If sublingual drug is swallowed w...
10  cards
PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS
Angle of intradermal,
Angle of intravenous,
Angle of subcutaneous
35  cards
OXYGEN THERAPY
A colorless odorless tasteless ga...,
Administration of oxygen at a con...,
A treatment that provides extra o...
39  cards
POST MORTEM CARE
Physical care provided to a patie...,
Appearance of death signs on pe b...,
Cessation of bodily process
12  cards
INTRAVENOUS THERAPY
Insertion of a needle or catheter...,
Change the iv site every ___,
Replace the tubing every ___
35  cards

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