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Kish - psychosocial

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Asking a patient "how would you describe yourself to others" asesses... personal identity
asking a patient "what are your personal characteristics and traits" asesses... personal identity
asking a patient "how would you describe your body" asesses... body image
asking a patient "how do you feel about physical changes you have noticed recently" asesses... body image
asking a patient "how do you feel about your ability to do the things in life that are important to you" asesses... self-esteem
asking a patient "tell me about your sense of satisfaction with your self" asesses... self-esteem
asking a patient "how do you feel about your ability to do all the things your role demand of you" asesses... role performance
asking a patient "are your roles satisfying to you" asesses... role performance
any illness or injury resulting in bodily disfigurement could have a nursing diagnosis of... disturbed body image
true or false: it is helpful to identify your weaknesses when you are feeling powerless false
true or false: it is helpful to identify strengths when you are feeling powerless true
various physiological mechanisms within the body respond to internal changes to maintain constancy in the internal environment homeostasis
the human system responds to changes in its normal balanced state stress
a localized response of the body to stress involving a fever asscoiated with a wound inflamatory response
a generalized response of the body involving the adrenal gland fight or flight
a generalized response involving labored breathing and decreased gastric functioning exhaustion
a loss recognized by others as well as by the person sustaining the loss (mastectomy) actual loss
a loss felt by the person but is intangible by others (loss of youth) perceived loss
a loss experienced as a result of an unpredictable event (death) situaltional loss
a loss experienced as a result of natural developmental processes (empty nest) maturational loss
true or false: all people grieve the same way false
true or false: grief is an abnormal reaction to loss false
true or false: grief is normal and requires little intervention false
true or false: stages of grief may oerlap true
stages of grief:"the doctors must have made a mistake" denial
stages of grief: "how could God do this to me" anger
stages of grief "just let me live to see my daughter get married" bargaining
stages of grief: "all I do is cry" depression
stages of grief: "I have lived a good life, it's ok" acceptance
a DNR order means... make no attempts to resusitate
a comfort measures only order means... provide measures to ensure comfort such as pain management, but do not resussitate
taking care of the whole person - body, mind, spirit, heart and soul giving the best quality of life palliative care
signs of impending death low blood pressure, decreased urine output, loss of reflexes, cheyne-stokes resp
nursing diagnosis related to spiritual anger spirtiual distress
patient's most likely to sufer sensory deprivation long term care patients
cognitive signs of sensory deprivation inability to focus, difficulty problem solving
true or false: gender identity and bilogical identity could be the same or different true
biological identity xx or xy
gender identity what a person senses their sex identity is
Created by: marcie kish
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