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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Guidelines for conduct and decision making: 1/Autonomy | respect the decisions of an informed patient |
| Guidelines for conduct and decision making: 2/Veracity | patients expect honesty from health professionals |
| Veracity means | habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness |
| Autonomy means | independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions |
| Guidelines for conduct and decision making: 3/Faithfulness | aka fidelity, your employer expects you to do your job well. |
| Faithfullnes / Fidelity means | strict or thorough in the performance of duty strict observance of promises, duties, etc |
| Guidelines for conduct and decision making: 4/Beneficence | benefit others by acting in their best interest |
| Beneficence means | the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity |
| Guidelines for conduct and decision making: 5/Justice | fairness |
| Justice means | the moral principle determining just conduct. |
| Ethical Decision Making 5 sequential steps: *make an informed decision, stay calm, focused & open minded. Once your decision is made, remain firm & confident. | 1. Identify the problem 2. Gather information 3. Determine ethical approach 4. Make decision 5. Take action |
| What are health beliefs? | 1. things a person believes to be true 2. are influenced by culture & life experiences 3. include attitude |
| What is Health Behaviour? | What a person does to stay healthy including: Diet excercize supplements |
| Wellness is defined in 5 dimentions: | 1 physical 2 social 3 emotional 4 intellectual 5 spiritual |
| 5 dimentions of health 1. Physical | the body's health and function |
| 5 dimentions of health 2. Emotional | the ability to analyze & deal with problems |
| 5 dimentions of health 3. Social | healthy, trusting relationships reduce stress & increase compliance with treatment |
| 5 dimentions of health 4. Intellectual | cognitive ability to decide what is right or wrong for us |
| 5 dimentions of health 5. Spiritual | belief in a higher power can give our lives purpose, direction and meaning |
| types of consent | 1.specific written 2. assumed consent (only for life saving instances) |
| define culture | language, beliefs, vales, norms, behaviours shared by a goup of people |
| define ethnicity | common linguistic, racial, or cultural heritage. refers to "cultural characteristics" of a particular ehnic group |
| define multiculturism | poeple of various cultures living together in harmony and mutual respect |
| define prejudice | to prejudge. can be negative or hostile base on intolerance and ignorance |
| define ethnocentrism | tendancy to use our own culture's standards to judge everyone else |
| Intercultureal Understanding | Understanding and respecting another person's point of view. Does not necessarily indicate agreement. ie; euthanasia, abortion, arranged marriages |
| Barriers to cross-cultural healthcare | life and death values come from culture. culture plays large role in people's health beliefs |
| SMILE Principle; S: | Sensitivity; sensitive to client needs |
| SMILE Principle; M: | Mutual Respect; you respect them and they respect you |
| SMILE Principle; I: | Interest; show interest in client |
| SMILE Principle; L: | Language; assess barriers and handle appropriately |
| SMILE Principle; E | Explanation; explain everything clearly |
| define values | values are principles you hold dear ie; honesty |
| define morals; | morals are what a person believes to be right or wrong ie; abortion |
| 5 sequential steps for Ethical Decision Making | 1. Identify the problem 2. Gather information 3. Determine ethical approach 4. Make decision 5. Take action |
| What are health beliefs? | -things a person believes to be true -are influenced by culture and life experiences -include attitude |
| What is health behaviour? | What a person does to stay healthy: -diet -exercize -supplements |
| What is the health-illness continuum? | use to measure how a person's health status changes over time |
| optimum health | good health is defined as the height of physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual health |
| compensation | Middle of the continuum. May have altered health but still able to cope independently |
| poor/serious health | serious health concerns can be actual or perceived (stress induced) unable to manage illenss independently |
| 5 phases of illness: 1. Preliminary Phase | the appearance of clinical signs |
| 5 phases of illness: 2. Acknowledgement Phase | sustained clinical signs patient becomes more concerned |
| 5 phases of illness: 3. Action Phase | patient seeks medical attention |
| 5 phases of illness: 4. Transition Phase | diagnosis / treatment responses vary, acceptance may be delayed |
| 5 phases of illness: 5. Resolution Phase | recovery / rehab or death |
| define health | a relative state in which one is able to function well physically, mentally, socially, and spirtually in order to express the full range of one's unique potientialitieswithin the environment in which on is living. |
| triage | assessing the seriousness of a client's presenting problem to determine who needs to have medical help first. |
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