FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
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OVERVIEW
I. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK of NURSING PRACTICE
A. Nursing
B. Concepts of Health and Illness
C.
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D. Homeostasis
E. Adaptation
F. Adaptation to Stress – Physiological Response (Hans Selye)
G. Physiologic Indicators of Stress
II. COPING STRATGIES (COPING MECHANISMS)
A. 2 Types of Coping Strategies
B. Relaxation Techniques
III. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE
A. Task – Oriented Behaviors
B. Defense Mechanisms
C. Common Defense Mechanisms
IV. TYPES of NURSING DIAGNOSES
A. Formulating the Nursing Diagnosis
B. Collaborative Problems
V. METHODS USED for ASSESSMENT
A. Collection of Data: Objective and Subjective
VI. DOCUMENTING and REPORTING
A. Guidelines for Good Documentation and Reporting
B. Documentation
C. Documentation Systems
D. Nursing Care Plan (NCP)
E. KARDEX
F. Nursing Discharge / Referral Summaries
VII. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
A. Purposes
B. Preparation of Examination
C. Order of Examination
D. Skills in Physical Assessment
E. Examples of Adventitious Breath Sounds
VIII. THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
A. Modes of Communication
B. Verbal Communication
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C. Nonverbal Communication
D. Factors Influencing the Communication Process
E. Therapeutic Communication Technique
F. Barriers to Communication
G. Phases of the Helping Relationship
PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of NURSING CARE
IX. PRINCIPLES of ASEPSIS and INFECTION CONTROL
A. Chain of Infection
B. Modes of Transmission
C. Course of Infection
D. Inflammation
E. Immune Response
F. Nosocomial Infection
G. Factors Increasing Susceptibility to Infection
H. Diagnostic Tests Used to Screen for Infection
X. THEORIES OF PAIN
A. Specific Theory
B. Pattern Theory
C. Gate Control Theory
D. Current Developments in Pain Theory
XI. TYPES OF PAIN
A. Acute Pain
B. Chronic Pain
XII. PAIN ASSESSMENT
A. TOOLS/INSTRUMENTS USED
B. A B C D E method of pain assessment
C. P Q R S T assessment for pain perception
D. Pain History
ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
XIII. DRUG NOMENCLATURE and FORMS
A. Names
B. Classification
C. Forms
D. Types of Drug Actions
E. Principles in Administering Medications
XIV. BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
A. Abraham Maslow
B. Maslow’s Characteristics of a Self–Actualized Person
XV. MEETING OXYGENATION NEEDS
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A. Oxygenation
B. Cardiovascular Physiology
C. Structure and Function
D. Steps in the Process of Oxygenation
E.
XVI. MEETING NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
A. Principles of Nutrition
B. Nutrients
XVII. MEETING URINARY ELIMINATION NEEDS
A. Normal Urinary Function
B. Common Assessment Findings
XVIII. URINARY CATHETERIZATION
A. Purposes
B. Necessary Equipment for Catheterization
C. Preparation of the Patient
D. Retention or Indwelling Catheter (Foley)
E. Procedure for Insertion
F. Caring for the Patient with an Indwelling Catheter
G. Removing the Indwelling Catheter and Aftercare of the Patient
XIX. MEETING BOWEL ELIMINATION NEEDS
A. Factors that Influence Bowel Elimination
B. Characteristics of Normal Stool
C. Common Bowel Elimination Problems
XX. TYPES of ENEMAS
A. Cleansing
B. Oil-Retention
C. Carminative
D. Astringent
XXI. NASOGASTRIC and INTESTINAL TUBES
A. Nasogastric Tubes
B. Intestinal Tubes
XXII. LOSS AND GRIEF
A. Loss
B. Grieving Process (Theories of Grief, Dying, and Mourning)
C. Anticipatory Grief
D. Complications of Bereavement
E. Symptoms of Normal Grief
F. Nursing Health Promotion (to facilitate mourning)
1. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK of NURSING PRACTICE
A. Nursing
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As by the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES (ICN, 1973) as written by Virginia
Henderson: The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in
the performance of those activities contributing to health. It’s recovery, or to a peaceful
death that the client would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or
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