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Patient Care Unit 1 Review

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The understanding of another person's emotions
Emotional intelligence
Student's often begin at the _____ level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Third
First level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Physiologic
Second level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Safety
Third level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Belongingness and Love
Fourth level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Esteem
Fifth level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Need to know and understand
Sixth level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Aesthetics
Seventh level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Self actualization
Patient fear can lead to
Inconsiderate, arrogate, impatient, rude, overly talkative
Steps to patient assessment
Introduce self, explain procedure, obtain brief history
Things for patient assessment
Review of chart, order verification and reason, history and contraindications
Someone admitted to the hospital for longer than 24 hours
Inpatient
Comes to the hospital for diagnostic testing but does not stay
Outpatient
Methods of communication
Verbal, nonverbal, body language, touch, professional appearance, personal hygiene, physical presence, visual contact
3 types of touch
Emotional support, emphasis, palpation
Types of patients
Ill and traumatized, visual impaired patients, speech impaired and hearing impaired, mentally impaired, substance abuse
Gradual an inevitable process of deterioration
Primary aging
Aging from disease, abuse, and disuse
Secondary aging
Patient is not made aware of their condition
Closed awareness
Patient is aware of their condition
Open awareness
Stages of grief
Isolation and denial, anger, bargaining, depression, preparatory depression, acceptance
Individuals plans to direct health care professionals when the patient can not make the decision
Advance directive
Patient's right to make their own decision about medical care
Patient autonomy
Information that is perceivable to the senses; can be seen, heard, or felt
Objective
Information that is perceived by the patient; emotions, experiences, severity
Subjective
Nodding, saying yes, or go on
Facilitation
Questions that focus the interview to provide more detail
Probing
Sacred seven of clinical history
Localization, chronology, quality, severity, onset, aggravating or alleviating factors, associated manifestations
Precise/exact area of complaint
Localization
Time- duration since onset, frequency, course of symptoms
Chronology
Character of symptoms- color, consistency, size, character of pain
Quality
Intensity of symptoms
Severity
How long
Onset
What produces the problem or intensity
Aggravating or alleviating factors
Other symptoms that accompany chief complaint
Associated manifestations
Music of language, cadence and rhythm of speech
Paralanguage
Primary medical problem as defined by the patient
Chief complaint
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