nurs 104 week 2 1/23/25

Perception

ability to see,hear or become aware of something through our senses

Florence Nightingale was a

nurse reformer who took care of soldiers during war. Young Educated Nurse.

Charles Dickens

Sairy Gamp wrote drunken,uncaring nurses profiting on sickness and dying. Reality-Florence Nightining sacrifice and service.

Harriet Tubman

Underground Railroad.

Sojouree Truth

Clean/Sanitary Conditions

Walt Whitman

Nurse Volunteer

Clara Barton

Civil war

Louisa May Alcott-

wrote articles for the newspaper

Reality- Edith Cavey~founder of

nursing school in Belgium.

Reality-Clara Mass died as from and Assisted in

Yellow fever

developing critical care units.

Perception

Nurse Ratched

Internal

Things on people from within the profession of nursing that influence perception of nursing.

External

Things or people from outside the profession of nursing. not a real nurse. people from tv show

Breach of professional boundaries-

MD/RN relationships, business transactions, large gifts, violation of patient privacy.

Results in breach of professional boundaries~

loss of jobs Expulsion from school, Revocation of License

Professional image

pajamas to work,expression of human, scrubs in the public

Care Provider

Fundamental Role,Assessment,Problem Solver,Collaborator, Care Coordinator, Care Coordinator, Provider of Care

Care

the provision of what is necessary for the health,welfare,maintenance,and protection of someone or something. Feel concern or interest; attach importance to something; look after and provide for the needs of

Nurse Advocate

Voice for the patient,Liaison between the patient and family,physician,administration. Assist with decision making

Four main categories

work or treatment setting, disease category or condition, organ or body system,population

Subjective

Duration,Quality, Problem in the patient's own words, What makes it worse)exacerbate) or what makes it better (relieve)

Objective

Labs,Test results, Assessment findings

Assessment

What the provider sees,find when examining the patient, can include a diagnosis(differential diagnosis)

Plan

Course of action,Treatment options, i.e medications or procedures

Acute v Chronic

Acute means it happens suddenly. Chronic means something that they are living with dealing with everyday and can be getting worse

Abrupt

suddenly 

Febrile is Afebrile is

fever no fever

Malaise

general feeling of discomfort

Progression is

something that is getting worse day by day

Exacerbation

the pain gets really high

Symptom

what the patient is experiencing 

Lethargic

sluggish,fatigue

Genetic or hereditary

it runs in the family

Things that are seen

alert and can answer questions. oriented to person,place,time situation (a&Ox4)

Things that are heard-

Auscultation

Percussion

to tap on something

Things that are felt-

palpation

Descriptions of observations

marked- it is notable, unremarkable- normal

Morbidity

suffering from a disease or condition

Occult

hidden ex occult blood

Lesion-

an abnormal skin condition