Med Surg Exam 1 – Galen Complete
Study Guide with Practice Questions &
Detailed Answers|| GUARANTEED PASS
what changes in American society influence nursing practice
1. shorter hospital stays
2. increased patient acuity/chronic conditions
3. rapidly changing technology
4. decreased staffing
5. budget constraints
6. decreasing numbers of nurse educators
7. quality care measures - reimbursement
evidence-based practice
conscientious use of the best evidence in combination with clinician expertise and
patient preferences and values to achieve desired patient outcomes
delegation of tasks
"do not delegate what you can EAT"
Evaluation
Assessment
Teaching
phases of the nursing process
assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation
,what is the priority setting
1. physiologic needs are ALWAYS first (airway, breathing, circulation)
2. safety -physical first, then psychological (bed at lowest point due to fall risk)
maslow's hierarchy of needs
1. physiological needs first
2. safety and security
3. love and belonging
4. self-esteem and self worth
5. self-actualization
health equity
achieved when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her health potential,
and no one is disadvantaged
health disparities
differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality rate, and burden of diseases that
exist among specific population groups (age, disability status, gender, health literacy,
income status, language barriers, occupation, education)
determinants of health
nonmedical factors that influence the health of individuals and groups, and help explain
why some people experience poorer health than others
cultural competence
ability to understand, appreciate, and work with individuals from cultures other than your
own (cultural assessment is used to meet patient's needs and provide culturally
competent care)
, ethnocentrism
belief that one's own culture and worldview are superior to those of others from different
cultural backgrounds
an important mechanism in promoting health equity is to
engage in active listening and establish trusting relationships with the patients and
families
amish
seldom buy commercial health insurance
buddhism
prohibit drinking alcohol and using illicit drugs
catholicism
fast and abstain from meat and meat products on Ash wednesday and the fridays of lent
and sacrament of the sick includes anointing of sick with oil, blessing by a priest, and
communion
mormons (church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints)
fast for a 24-hour period each month on "fast sunday"
hinduism
prohibit eating meat because it involves harming a living creature
islam
prohibit eating pork or taking medicines with pork derivatives
jehova's witness
prohibit transfusions of blood in any form or agents in which blood is an ingredient,
blood volume expanders are acceptable if they are not derivatives of blood
Study Guide with Practice Questions &
Detailed Answers|| GUARANTEED PASS
what changes in American society influence nursing practice
1. shorter hospital stays
2. increased patient acuity/chronic conditions
3. rapidly changing technology
4. decreased staffing
5. budget constraints
6. decreasing numbers of nurse educators
7. quality care measures - reimbursement
evidence-based practice
conscientious use of the best evidence in combination with clinician expertise and
patient preferences and values to achieve desired patient outcomes
delegation of tasks
"do not delegate what you can EAT"
Evaluation
Assessment
Teaching
phases of the nursing process
assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation
,what is the priority setting
1. physiologic needs are ALWAYS first (airway, breathing, circulation)
2. safety -physical first, then psychological (bed at lowest point due to fall risk)
maslow's hierarchy of needs
1. physiological needs first
2. safety and security
3. love and belonging
4. self-esteem and self worth
5. self-actualization
health equity
achieved when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her health potential,
and no one is disadvantaged
health disparities
differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality rate, and burden of diseases that
exist among specific population groups (age, disability status, gender, health literacy,
income status, language barriers, occupation, education)
determinants of health
nonmedical factors that influence the health of individuals and groups, and help explain
why some people experience poorer health than others
cultural competence
ability to understand, appreciate, and work with individuals from cultures other than your
own (cultural assessment is used to meet patient's needs and provide culturally
competent care)
, ethnocentrism
belief that one's own culture and worldview are superior to those of others from different
cultural backgrounds
an important mechanism in promoting health equity is to
engage in active listening and establish trusting relationships with the patients and
families
amish
seldom buy commercial health insurance
buddhism
prohibit drinking alcohol and using illicit drugs
catholicism
fast and abstain from meat and meat products on Ash wednesday and the fridays of lent
and sacrament of the sick includes anointing of sick with oil, blessing by a priest, and
communion
mormons (church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints)
fast for a 24-hour period each month on "fast sunday"
hinduism
prohibit eating meat because it involves harming a living creature
islam
prohibit eating pork or taking medicines with pork derivatives
jehova's witness
prohibit transfusions of blood in any form or agents in which blood is an ingredient,
blood volume expanders are acceptable if they are not derivatives of blood
