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Fundamentals of nursing
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
05/17/2010

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How do we acquire values?
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Values are developed during childhood. Values change or are refined by life's experiences.
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What are the five professional values for nurses?
Definition
altruism, accountability, human dignity, integrity, and social justice.
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How does the nursing process fit into a patient's values?
Definition
if a patient's values are ignored or replaced with the values of others, the patient ceases to exist as a singular human being.
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How does a nurse perform a developmental assessment of a patient?
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Nurse can ask a patient a major turning point in his or her life.
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How does a nurse perform an assessment of health, illness and hospitalization?
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Ask questions such as what brought you in?, what is your understanding of your condition. This is to clarify the patient's perception of their health problem.
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Why is it important to determine a patients value of role relationships?
Definition
It is important to determine the need of family to help support the patient through their illness or trauma.
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What are activity values of a patient?
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Activity values relate to the patients values about being active or doing. The patient who likes to "do" things might participate more in rehabilitation or the teaching/learning process versus the patient who has a "being" orientation who prefers things to just happen.
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What are some characteristics of culture?
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learned, communicated through verbal and nonverbal, social, adaptive, changes, subconscious.
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What are the six basic organizational factors that must be considered when delivering culturally competent nursing care?
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communication, individual space, touch, orientation to time, social organization, environmental control.
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What should a cultural assessment include?
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ethnic group affiliation and racial background, major values and beliefs, health beliefs and practices, religious influences or special rituals, language barriers and communication styles, parenting styles and role of family, dietary practices, meaning of pain.
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What are some ways to provide culturally competent nursing care?
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show respect, show empathy, do not prejudge, respect the unfamiliar, be open-minded, avoid being distracted....
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