Fundamentals Final Exam Concept Guide | Highly Rated| Latest 2021 / 2022 | Rasmussen College
PICO
- P - Patient, Population, or Problem
- I -
... [Show More] Intervention, Prognostic Factor, or Exposure
- C - Comparison or Intervention (if appropriate)
- O - Outcome you would like to measure or achieve
Client-centered care
- Client-centered care is about treating clients as they want to be treated, with knowledge about and respect for their values and personal priorities. Health care providers who take the time to get to know their clients can provide care that better addresses the needs of clients and improves their quality of care.
Cultural factors that affect nursing
1. Role of family (roles of members, hierarchy, key decision-maker)
2. Role of community
3. Religion (impact on diet, beliefs about illness, treatment)
4. Views on health and wellness
5. Views on death and dying
6. Eastern/western/alternative/traditional medicine.
7. Beliefs about causes and treatments of illness, disease (physical and mental)
8. Gender roles and relationships
9. Sexuality, fertility, childbirth
10. Food beliefs and diet
Types of nursing assessments
- Physical assessment: inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. (IPPA)
Creating S.M.A.R.T. outcomes
- Specific, measurable, agreed, attainable and achievable, realistic and resourced, time-bound
Stages of infection
- The infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host.
Main categories of hospital acquired infections (HAI’s)
- Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)
- Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)
- Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
- Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP)
Stages of wound healing
- Hemostasis Phase - Hemostasis is the process of the wound being closed by clotting.
- Inflammatory Phase - Inflammation is the second stage of wound healing and begins right after the injury when the injured blood vessels leak transudate (made of water, salt, and protein) causing localized swelling. Inflammation both controls bleeding and prevents infection. [Show Less]