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Desire to understand and be sensitive to feelings, beliefs and situation. - correct answer ✅Empathy This is the expression of value and flexibility to meet the patients' needs based on their unique situation. - correct answer ✅Respect Ability to respond truthfully. - correct answer ✅Genuineness Ability to respond using specific terms - correct answer ✅Concreteness This is used to clarify the message received or decoding the actual meaning. - correct answer ✅Confrontation Be aware of cultural preferences related to eye contact, space, and touch. - correct answer ✅Therapeutic communication within cultures
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Socially transmitted behaviors, arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and other characteristics that guide decision making. - correct answer ✅Culture
- Provide identity and sense of belonging
- Consist of common beliefs & practices
- Material (clothing, art) and non-material (language, beliefs).
- Dynamic & adaptive
- Complex
- Diverse
- Influences thinking and activities - correct answer ✅Culture Characteristics Member share a common social & cultural heritage (race, physical chrematistics) - correct answer ✅Ethnicity Learning how to become a member of a society or a group. - correct answer ✅Socialization
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Perception of own-ability to control nature or environment. - correct answer ✅Environmental care Are the genetics and physical aspects that makes use different. - correct answer ✅Biological variations Individual perception of health - correct answer ✅Health belief system
- Scientific (Hospitals, clinics, medications, etc) o Magico-religious= "alternative or indigenous" (supernatural forces of healing, rituals). o Holistic= need for harmony and balance of the body with nature (yoga, meditation, etc.) - correct answer ✅3 major health beliefs
- Monitor labs (albumin & pre-albumin determine malnutrition)
- Ensure proper intake of proteins (Proteins=Building blocks)
- Promote proper hygiene keeping the skin dry and clean
- Inspect skin daily
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- Use moisturizers
- Encourage repositions every 1 to 2 hours, especially for chair or bed bound patients
- Apply pressure redistribution surfaces (mattresses, overlay, or gel pads)
- Use an EB screening tools (Braden scale, Norton, etc)
- Involved the patient and family in the education and care
- Use an interprofessional approach (nutritionist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, wound care specialist, providers, etc)
- Add nutritional protein shakes
- Continue performing reposition, redistribution, hygiene, etc. - correct answer ✅Interventions to relieve pressure and maintain skin integrity
- Assess and determine who is a higher risk
- Implement priority interventions based on the risk o Teach patients to do active ROM exercises every 2 hours o Assess and manage pain to promote more comfortable movement o Teach patients to perform "heel pump" activities
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Starts at an origin but extends to other locations. Example: pain from a sore throat might extend to ears and head. - correct answer ✅Radiating pain Occurs in an area distant from the site of origin. Example: pain from a heart attack might be felt in the left arm or jaw - correct answer ✅Referred pain Pain that is perceived from an area that has been surgically or traumatically removed. Example: pain from an amputated limb. - correct answer ✅Phantom pain Results from an injury of one or more nerves - correct answer ✅Neuropathic pain Short duration, rapid onset, and associated with some kind of injury. - correct answer ✅Acute pain
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Last 6 months or longer and interferes with activities of daily living.
correct answer ✅Chronic pain when one ignores the differences and proceeds as though they do not exist. - correct answer ✅Cultural blindness care is planned and implemented in a way that is sensitive to the needs of individuals, families, and groups from diverse populations within society. - correct answer ✅Cultural competence people of varying cultural background, racial and ethnic origin, religion, language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status, occupational status, and geographic location. - correct answer ✅Cultural diversity the belief that everyone else should conform to your own belief system. - correct answer ✅Cultural imposition
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based on specific physical characteristics such as skin pigmentation, body stature, facial features, and hair texture. - correct answer ✅Race A large group of people who are members of the larger cultural group but who have certain ethnic, occupational, or physical characteristics that are not common to the larger culture. - correct answer ✅Subculture a nurse that has the knowledge and skills to adapt nursing care to cultural similarities and differences. - correct answer ✅Transcultural nursing · Close & supportive extended-family relationships · Family, unity, loyalty, and cooperation are important. · Usually matriarchal · Present oriented · Highly respected members · Highly religious
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Use folk healing practices and home remedies for treating illness - correct answer ✅African American · Welfare of family is valued above the person. · Extended families are common. · Ancestors are respected. · Sharing is common. · Seeks balance in all things. · Good health is achieved through Yin & Yang. · Imbalance in energy is caused by improper diet or strong emotions. · Diseases and foods are classified by as hot or cold. · Use herbs, diet, and application of hot or cold therapy. · High respect for age, authority, hard work · Praise of self or others is considered poor manners · May be upset by drawing of blood or lab tests · Best to die with the body intact (all organs) · Seldom complain about what is bothering them. · Salt restricted diet - correct answer ✅Asian
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· Family members wash the body of the deceased and bury as soon as possible. · Cremation is not allowed. · Respect modesty of men and women · Assign health care providers of the same sex · During Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset - correct answer ✅Muslim · Families are large and extended · Grandparents are official and symbolic leaders and decision makers · Medicine men are heavily used · Use of herbs and psychological treatments, ceremonies, fasting, meditation, heat, and massages · Present oriented · High respect for age · Family should be included in the nursing care plan. · Note taking is often taboo. · Indirect eye contact is preferred
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· Use a low tone of voice - correct answer ✅Native American · Family is important · Each gender and age have specific duties · Close knit facilities in small isolated communities · View patient's illness as a part of the whole · Emphasis on preventative medicine · Christian · Present oriented · Death is seen as a part of life and not feared · Often use folk healing practices · Live healthier lifestyles - correct answer ✅Hawaiian exchange of information using words - correct answer ✅Verbal communication exchange of information without the use of words; body language - correct answer ✅Nonverbal communication
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allows the nurse to gain an understanding of a patient's comment - correct answer ✅Clarifying involves repeating that the person has said or describing the persons feelings. - correct answer ✅Reflective used to place events in chronological order to investive a possible cause-effect relationship between events - correct answer ✅Sequencing nurse can gain additional information to consider in assessing the paitent's health status - correct answer ✅Directing ability to stand up for oneself and others using open, honest, and direct communication - correct answer ✅Assertive behavior
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asserting one's rights in a negative manner that violates the rights of others - correct answer ✅Aggressive behavior stereotyped, trite, or pat answer - correct answer ✅Cliche rude, intimidating, and undesirable behavior directed at another person - correct answer ✅Incivility anger and aggression towards others - correct answer ✅Bullying What is RACE? - correct answer ✅Rescue anyone in immediate danger of the fire, Alarm pull the nearest fire alarm and call fire response, Contain fire by closing all doors in the fire area, Extinguish small fires, if not, leave the area and close the door.
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Offering advice Providing false reassurance Stereotyping Using patronizing language - correct answer ✅Barriers to communication Inability to communicate due to an impairment. - correct answer ✅Language barrier Difficulty of engaging or understanding the communication due to cognitive impairment - correct answer ✅Cognitive skills Deficiency of oral, hearing and visual abilities - correct answer ✅Sensory perceptual alterations Physical disturbance that impedes proper communications - correct answer ✅Physiological barrier
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What is SBAR? - correct answer ✅S- Situation B- Background A- Assessment R- Recommendation When is SBAR utilized? - correct answer ✅During shift change and to notify a doctor of a situation What is a normal temperature range? - correct answer ✅96.4 - 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit Serious injuries or death to a patient that should have never happened in a hospital - correct answer ✅Sentinel never events theorized that a person could not meet the needs of love and belonging and self-esteem without meeting basic physiological needs. - correct answer ✅Maslow's
