NUR 2058 Dimensions of Nursing Practice

Dimensions of nursing Exam 2 Study Guide

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Euthanasia Active vs. passive

- Active- the practice of fastening someone’s death through some act or procedure

- Passive- the practice of allowing someone to die without any intervention

Mercy killing vs. assisted suicide

- Mercy killing- killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease,

typically administered by a large dose of painkiller.

Assisted suicide- bringing about a person's death or assisting in doing so (Same

thing as mercy killing.

Concept of Client

- Client is primary recipient of care

Concept of Health

- A continuum, ranging from healthy state: no disease, to unhealthy state: death

Concept of environment

- Very broad: public sanitation, physical environment, living conditions, air and

water quality and purity. Also, interpersonal relationships and social interactions.

Concept of Nursing

- The function and role of nurses in their relationships with clients that affect the

client’s health.

SBAR

- Situation-Identify yourself, the hospital unit or health-care location, and the room

number.

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•Identify the client by name, age, gender, and date of birth.

•Describe the problem the client has that triggered the SBAR communication.

Background- Give a short summary of the client's relevant past medical history.

•Provide the client's diagnosis. •Describe the client's current mental status, current

vital signs, complaints, pain level, oxygen saturation, and physical assessment

findings.

Assessment-Note what vital signs are outside of parameters. •Give the nurse's

clinical impressions of the client and additional concerns. •Rank the severity of the

client's condition. •Identify specific client needs to resolve the situation.

Recommendation-Identify what needs to be done to resolve the client's problem.

•Note how urgent the problem is and when action needs to be taken. •Suggest

what action should be taken. •State the desired client response.

Time out

- Before a procedure: Client’s name, age, current status, allergies, current meds,

name of procedure, which side or where located, informed consent, all in

agreeance. Must be done in front of all acting parties.

Under 12 rules

- children under 12 years of age cannot be placed on the adult transplant list

Interprofessional education

- defined as "two or more students from different professions learning about, from

and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes

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