PCC1 Exam 1 Questions and Answers

PCC1 Exam 1 Questions and Answers What are the roles of professional nurses? Advocate for patients Provide education Delegate responsibilities Listener Coordinating care Be a leader Change agent Researcher Administrator What is a value? Beliefs or ideas that guide behavior Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:06 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More What professional values must a nurse possess? Altruism: concern for welfare of others - advocacy Autonomy: right for self determination Human dignity: respect for worth of everyone Integrity: truthful, honest, and act according to standards of nursing Social justice: fair treatment for all people What is professional nursing? Sense of one's self that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and disciplines of nursing discipline, resulting in an individual acting and thinking like a nurse How to achieve professional identity Hear expectations clearly Value debriefing and feedback from role models Engage in reflection Actively adopt a professional identity Understand responsibilities and be accountable Build relationships Develop personal self-care habits Embrace patient experiences What is collaboration? Collaboration is working with other health care professionals. It is also working with the patient to create a plan What is health promotion? The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health What are the 4 health promotion models? 1. Transtheoretical model 2. Health belief model 3. Health promotion model 4. Social cognitive theory Transtheoretical Model Pre-contemplative stage Contemplative stage Preparation stage Action stage Maintenance stage Relapse stage Health belief model Assess the risks Assess how susceptible the person is to get a disease or become ill Assess what the benefits are to changing Assess what the barriers are Health promotion model Achieving optimal wellness is the goal - of multi-dimensional nature of interaction with our interpersonal and physical environment Ex: you have an adult who has cancer (physical environment) and their kid wants them to have chemo (interpersonal dimension) but the adult does not want them to Social cognitive theory An individual's expectations influence their behaviors. Ex: a smoker's expectation is that they are never going to be able to stop smoking means that they will never try to quit What are the 3 levels of prevention? Primary: health promotion and specific protection Secondary: early diagnosis, prompt treatment, disability limitation, reduce costs Tertiary: restoration, rehabilitation, surveillance/maintenance What is the nursing role in primary prevention? Education Immunizations Advocating for policies What is the nursing role in secondary prevention? Health screenings What is the nursing role in tertiary prevention? Delivering care Education Where does health promotion occur? Home, community Schools: nutrition, dental care, drugs and alcohol abuse, sexuality Hospitals Worksites: prevention of back injuries, smoking cessation and accident prevention What are the physical assessments for health promotion? Age Smoking history Nutriton Alcohol use Drug use Driving Exercise Sexual practices Contraceptive use What are the psychological assessments for health promotion? Family relationships Risk management Coping and adaptation Social support Healthy beliefs What are the sociocultural assessments for health promotion? Race Ethnicity Education Socioeconomic status What are the environmental assessments for health promotion? Housing Transportation Financial needs What are the nurses roles in health promotion? Model healthy lifestyle behaviors Involve clients Teach self-care strategies Educate to be effective health care consumers Assist to choose health promoting options Guide in appropriate decision making Reinforce health promoting behaviors Advocate in communities Verbal communication Vocabulary Denotative and connotative meaning Pacing Intonation - tone in which you speak Clarity and brevity - brief and clear Timing and relevance Nonverbal communication Personal appearance - appear professional Posture and gait Facial expressions Eye contact Territoriality and personal space Tone of voice Emphasis on certain words Hand gestures - can mean different things in different cultures Example of general lead Go on And then? Um hmm Example of open-ended question Tell me more... How does the medication make you feel? What would you like to talk about? Example of giving information My name is... My purpose in talking with you is... The medication you're taking is... Your family may visit from...