Rasmussen CollegeNUR Exam 1 Concept Guide_.

1) Types of wellness, including spiritual, physical, emotional, and sociocultural.  SPIRITUAL: Having peace and harmony in life, in congruence with values and actions.  PHYSICAL: Airway, breathing, elimination, food/drink, and mobility.  EMOTIONAL: Feelings of self-esteem, fear, sadness, loneliness, or acceptance of self.  SOCIOCULTURAL: Feelings of love and belonging. 2) Review WHO (World Health Organization) and their definition of health: Includes physical, social, and mental components and is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity 3) Maslow’s hierarchy of needs  Physiological: Physical needs, such as airway, breathing, circulation, elimination, food / drink, and mobility.  Safety: Environmental, security, housing, and climate.  Love & Belonging: Sociocultural, family, friends, and coworkers.  Esteem: Emotional, ear, sadness, loneliness, self-acceptance, and self-esteem  Self-actualization: Intellectual, having peace and harmony. 4) Evidence-based practice (EBP) Before developing a procedure, a group of nurses on a practice committee review all current research-based literature on insertion of a urinary Catheter. What type of nursing will be practiced based on this review? EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING A problem-solving approach to making clinical decisions, using the best evidence available. Blends both the science and art of nursing so that the best patient outcomes are achieved. 5) Asking Clinical Questions in PICO format Know each segment of PICO  P: Patient, population, or problem of interest  I: Intervention of interest  C: Comparison of interest  O: Outcome of interest 6) Sources of knowledge: traditional, scientific and authoritarian Traditional: Knowledge passed down from generation to generation. Scientific: Knowledge obtained through scientific method and implied through research. Authoritarian: Knowledge that comes from an expert and is accepted as truth based on the person's perceived expertise. 7) Evolution of nursing research and credible resources which can be used KNOW CREDIBLE SOURCES NOT WIWKIPEDIA. -Florence Nightingale kept objective records during the Crimean War, and later went back to see which interventions were most effective to the patients