NURSING 1025 EXAM 1 FUNDAMENTALS REVIEW

NURSING 1025 EXAM 1 FUNDAMENTALS REVIEW 13. What are therapeutic relationships, whom benefits from these relationships? Helpful, presences, touch, listen. The patient is who benefits from the therapeutic care which can help reduce stress in the patient and ease the patient feeling of discomfort which will in turn create a better nurse and patient communications and understanding. 14. Define caring and compassion in nursing practice? Discuss how the nurse can demonstrate caring and compassion to her patient? Caring is universal phenomenon influencing the ways in which people think, feel, and behave in relation to one another. Compassion is the feeling that arises when a person is confronted with another suffering. The can help elevate a patient pain or discomfort, making sure the patient needs are met and using Maslow’s higher Archie of needs 15. By body systems state the effect of immobilization (bedridden) on patients. What is bed rest and why would the doctor order it? Fatigue of muscles and ulcers can develop on posterior side of the patient. Keeps o2 levels stables and keeps metabolic rate at a stable condition. Bed rest is when patient needs to be confined to their bed to prevent further damage and keep their body system at a neutral position. 16. What does the nurse assess for by the system for immobilization problems? Metabolic changes: • negative nitrogen balance • calcium reabsorption • constipation Respiratory changes: • atelectasis (lung collapse) • hypostatic pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs) Cardiovascular changes: • orthostatic hyper tension • thrombus