NR222 Exam 2 Study Guide Graded A+

NR222 Exam 2 Study Guide Nurse-Health Care Team - Achieve best patient outcomes, consistent and coordinated care of a patient. Nurse-Patient - Enables nurses to spend more time to connect, interact, with their patients as well as to understand their patients needs. Active Listening - Being attentive to what a patient is saying both verbally and non verbally. Therapeutic Communication Techniques - specific responses that encourage the expression of feelings and ideas and convey acceptance and respect meta-communication - Refers to all factors that influence communication. Non-verbal communication - Includes the five senses and everything that does not involve the spoken or written word. Verbal Communication - Uses spoken or written words. Environment - The setting for sender-receiver interaction Interpersonal Variables - factors within both the sender and receiver that influence communication Feedback - Message a sender receives from the receiver. Channels - Used to send and receive messages through visual, auditory and tactile senses. Message - content of the communication Sender and Receiver - One who encodes and one who decodes the message Referent - motivates one person to communicate with another Circular Transactional Model - Includes several elements: the referent, sender and receiver, message, channels, context or environment in which the communication process occurs, feedback, and interpersonal variables Electronic Communication - use of technology to create ongoing relationships with patients and their health care team Public Communication - interaction with an audience interpersonal communication - direct, face-to-face communication between two or more people Intrapersonal Communication - existing or occurring within your own mind Samll-group Communication - Interactions among a small group of people who share a common purpose or goal. Transpersonal Communication - interaction that occurs within a person's spiritual domain Communication - The imparting or exchanging of information or news SBAR - Situation Background Assessment Recommendation Non-therapeutic communication techniques - Discourage further expression of feelings and idea and engender negative responses or behaviors in others. Clarifying - The process of making sure you have understood the meaning of what was said Validation - act of confirming or verifying Empathy - the ability to understand and accept another persons reality, accurately perceive feelings and communicate this understanding to the other. Family Nursing - consists of nurses and families working together to ensure the success of the family and its members in adapting to responses to health and illness Family resiliency - ability to cope with expected and unexpected stressors Family durability - System of support and structure within a family that extends beyond the walls of the household Family diversity - Uniqueness of each family unit family dynamics - The interactions between family members that are affected by a family's makeup, structure, function, problem solving, and coping capacity. family as patient - Family processes and relationships are the primary focuses of nursing care Family as context - primary focus is on the health and development of an individual member existing within a specific environment Core measures - set of evidence-based, scientifically researched standards of care. Key quality indicators that help health care institutions improve performance, accountability and costs. Cultural Awareness - An in-depth self-examination of one's own background, recognizing biases, prejudices, and assumptions about other people cultural competence - the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures culturally congruent care - care that fits a person's life patterns, values, and system of meaning Stereotype - A generalized belief about a group of people Culture - Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. health disparities - a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage Maintence and promotion of health and illness prevention - The nurse is a visible, competent resource for patients who want to improve their physical and psychological well being. Nurses provide info and skills that allow patients to assume healthier behaviors. Restoration of Health - As the nurse, you learn to identify patients' willingness to learn and motivate interest in learning. Injured or ill patients need information and skills to help them regain or maintain their levels of health. Coping with impaired functions - New knowledge and skills are often necessary for patients to continue ADLs and learn to cope with permanent health alterations. Teaching - the concept of imparting knowledge through a series of directed activities Learning - the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors SPEAK-UP - Speak Pay Attention Educate yourself Ask Know Use Participate Helps Patients understand their rights when receiving medical care. Teaching Enviroment - The environment for a teaching session needs to be conductive to learning Psychomotor Learning - Involves the development of manual or physical skills, such as learning to walk or how to type on a computer. Cognitive Learning - the acquisition of mental information, whether by observing events, by watching others, or through language Affective - deals with expression of feelings and acceptance of attitudes, opinions, or values Health Literacy - the cognitive and social skills that determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand, and use information in ways that promote and maintain good health Teach Back - communication and confirmation method used by healthcare professionals to confirm whether a patient understands what is being explained to them. List the family forms in the 21st centry. - Nuclear Family Extended Family Single Parent Family Blended Family Alternative Family What is family focused care? - Health professionals respect and respond to the needs of the patient and their family as a complete unit, recognizing the family role in supporting and being involved in care. Why is cultural sensitivity important to family nursing? - Doing a culturally sensitive family assessment is critical for you to understand family life, the current changes within it, and a family's overall goals and expectations. The cultural heritage of a family or member of a family affects religion, childrearing, and health care practices.