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Nursing Fundamentals

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show American Nurses Association  
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show International Council of Nurses  
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show National League for Nursing  
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NSNA   show
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Sigma Theta Tau   show
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show Complimentary Alternative Medicine  
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Moral Distress   show
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show Belief that others are acting immorally  
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show "Private, personal, or group standars of right or wrong"  
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show Systematic study of right and wrong conduct  
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Nursing Ethics   show
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Autonomy   show
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Nonmaleficence   show
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show "Benefiting the patient, benefits vs. risk"  
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show Keep promises  
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Veracity   show
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show The obligation to be fair  
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show Belief about the worth of something  
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show "Feelings toward a person, object, or idea"  
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show Something that someone accepts as true  
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show Rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequeces of the action rather than the action itself  
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show "The study of the ""end"". Teleology & Consequentialism deal in the ""ends"" justifying the ""means"""  
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Utilitarianism   show
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Deontology   show
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Feminist Ethics   show
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show A nursing philosophy that directs attention to the specific situation of individual patients within the context of their life situation.  
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Nursing Code of Ethics   show
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ANA Standards of Care   show
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Patient Bill of Rights   show
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MORAL Model   show
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show "Protect client & society, define the scope of nursing practice, and identify minimum level of care to be provided"  
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show "Patients have the right to make decisions about their care, including the right to refuse treatment or make advanced directives."  
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HIPAA   show
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Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act   show
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show "Enacted to protect the rights of workers and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and curtail harmful business practices."  
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show Patient Anti Dumping Law - requires healthcare facilities to provide emergency care regardless of ability to pay. Only requires stabilization.  
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Health Care Quality Improvement Act   show
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ADA   show
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show "Laws that require reporting suspected cases of abuse, communicable infection, immunizations - must have proof, not just a ""hunch"""  
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Good Samaritan Laws   show
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show Encourages healthcare providers to be more aware of the need to tret patients in an ethical manner and protect patient rights.  
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show Protect the dignity and autonomy of nurses in the workplace  
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Misdemeanor   show
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Felony   show
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Contract Law   show
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show Deals with duties and rights among individuals not covered under contract law  
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show Occurs when a false communicatino is made to at third person and communication is harmful  
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Slander   show
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show Defamatory statements made in writing  
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show "Assault - placing a person in a position of fear that he/she will suffer harm, Battery - intentional, offensive physical contact e.g. performing surgery without consent"  
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False Imprisonent   show
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show Willful or intentional misleading another person with intent to cause legal injury or deprive rights  
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Invasion of Privacy   show
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show The failure to use reasonable and ordinary care  
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show Occurs when a medical professional is negilgent anf fails to exercise ordinary care.  
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Legal Safeguards for the Nurse   show
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show "Seek direction before acting, be familiar with agency policy, DO NOT work outside the license of instructor"  
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Common Malpractice Claims   show
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show Absence of contamination by disease causing microorganisms  
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show Successful invasion of the body by a pathogen  
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Pathogen   show
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Chain of Infection   show
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show Pathogens that cause infection  
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show "A source of infection, a place where pathoghes survive and multiply. There are both living and non-living reservoirs tha support microbial growth."  
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Portal of Exit   show
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Mode of Transmission   show
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show "Normal body openings, cuts, scrapes, surgical sites, IV sites are all examples of portals of entry"  
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Susceptible Host   show
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Stages of Infection   show
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show Infection localized to a limited region of the body  
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show Occurs when infection occurs in blood or lymph systems and spreads throughout the body  
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Primary Infection   show
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Secondary Infection   show
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show Clinical presence of bacteria in the blood  
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Septicemia   show
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Acute Infection   show
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show "Slow development, long duration"  
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Latent Infection   show
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show Infections acquire in a healthcare facility  
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Primary Defenses   show
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Secondary Defenses   show
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Tertiary Defenses   show
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Factors that Increase Infection Risk   show
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Factors that Support Host Defese   show
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Medical Asepsis   show
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Hand Washing   show
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show "AKA Universal precautions - used whenever contacting blood, body fluids, excretions and secretions, mucous membranes, braks in skin. Wash hands, use clean gloves."  
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show "Direct contact of microrganisms can lead to spread of pathogens. Standard + private room, gown & gloves"  
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show When pathogen can be spread in droplets. Standard + Contact+ mask w/ eye protection  
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Airborne Precautions   show
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Protective Isolation   show
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Surgical Asepsis   show
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Voiding   show
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show "15-60mL of urine output per Kg per day, 8-10 wet diapers per day, No voluntary control"  
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show Occasional wetting  
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show Bed wetting  
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show "Kidney function decreases, urgency and frequency increases, loss of bladder elasticity causes nocturia(need to urinate at night) & incomplete emptying"  
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show "Caffeine, Alcohol, Sodium"  
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Medications Affecting Urine   show
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show "Personal, cultural, environmental, nutrition, hydration, activity level, medication, surgery & anesthesia"  
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Physical Assessment of Urine   show
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Promotion of Urination   show
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show "Schedule, privacy, position, hygeine"  
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show "Normally E. coli, enter the urethra and bladder from the colon. Improper hygiene."  
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Urinary Retention   show
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Urinary Incontinence   show
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Stress Incontinence   show
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Urge Incontinence   show
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show Urge + Stress  
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show "distended bladder, ususally caused by fecal compaction, neurological disorders, enlarged prostate"  
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show person isn't able to control urination at all  
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Urinary Diversion/Ostomy   show
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Reasons fo Catheterization   show
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Urinary Studies   show
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Peristalsis   show
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Factors Affecting Defecation   show
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show "Aspirin - (pink/black stool), Iron salts - (black stool), Antacids - (white w/specks), Antibiotics - (green)"  
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Physical Assessment of Feces   show
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show "Privacy, positioning, Regular schedule, fluids & nutrition, exercise"  
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show "Water and potassium loss a big concern. Dehydration risk. Ideally, replace lost fluids and potassium PO."  
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show "Decreased activity, post surgery, medications , decreased fluid & fiber intake"  
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Fecal Impaction   show
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show "Ileostomy, colostomy"  
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show "Continuing Education Units. Post formal education training that ensures nurses keep up with latest developments. Not required by State of Indiana, but employer may require them."  
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Nursing Models   show
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Purpose of Nursing   show
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