Liberty University NURS 104 Exam 1 full set

What is perception?

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

Internal Perception Influences

influences from people within the profession

External Perception Influences

influences from people outside

Perception in 1800s

Charles Dickens--Sairy Gamp - drunken, uncaring nurse profiting on sick and dying

Reality in 1800s

-Florence Nightingale

Sacrifice and service

Perceptions of early 1900's

Margaret Hoolihan (Hot Lips)

Nurse Ratched

late 1800s and early 1900s

Harriet Tubman--Underground RR

Sojourner Truth--clean and sanitary conditions

Susie King Taylor--Company C

Walt Whitman--Nurse volunteer

Clara Barton--Civil War

Louisa May Alcott--wrote articles for newspaper

Reality of 1900s

Edith Cavell - Founder of nursing school in Belgium

Clara Maass - Died at 25 from Yellow Fever, Assisted in developing critical care units

perception of 1930-40's

-Professionals

-Glamorized in media

- Low income, long hours, understaffed

perception of 1950-70's

- nurse ratched

- margaret hoolhan

reality in 1900s

- Clara Mass

- First NP Program

- Assisted in developing critical care units

Early 1980-90's perception

-media began to show accurate portrayals

Social Media...The good

able to change public perception of what we do and why we do it

Social media...The bad

- Breach of professional boundaries

- violation of patient privacy

Results of the bad in social media

-loss of job

- expulsion from school

- revocation of license

Leader

ensure safe, high quality care

care

provision of necessities for health, welfare, maintenance, and protection

feel concern/interest; attach importance; provide for needs

COMPASSION, LOVE, LISTENING, EMPATHY, GOLDEN RULE, SAFETY, QUALITY, INTEGRITY, TEACH, PRAYER, TIME

nurse advocate

voice for pt

liaison between pt and fam, physicians, and administration, assist w decision making, advocate for profession

Manager

oversees nursing care, planning and implementation, directing and monitoring, evaluation

Researcher

Usually, doctoral or masters prepared

- ADN and BSN nurses do participate in collecting data, etc..

Specializing

- work or treatment setting

- disease category or condition

- organ or body system

- popuation

Ultima

the last syllable

word origins

-Greek and Latin

-Eponyms--diseases named after a person who had the disease

-acronyms

-modern language

prefix

modifies root

root

-base, often followed by a combining vowel

-some meanings have 2+ roots that mean the same thing

suffix

gives word essential meaning--describe something being done to a root or that a root is doing

-3 kinds

diminutive suffix

makes root into a smaller form

-ule, -icle, -ole

complex suffixes

suffixes formed from other suffixes, roots, and prefixes

most common combining vowel

o

SOAP

subjective, objective, assessment, plan

subjective

info the pt states

-duration

-quality

-exacerbation/relief

objective

info gained from lab and test results/assessment findings

assessment

what provider sees/finds when examining

-dx, identification of problem, differential dx

plan

course of action

-tx options--meds, procedure, surgery, etc...

acute vs chronic

short onset and will get over; long lasting, live with it

abrupt

happened suddenly

febrile vs afebrile

fever vs no fever

malaise

general feeling of discomfort

progressive vs exacerbation

getting worse/building up over time vs getting worse really quickly

symptom (sx)

anything pt experiences in relation to disease/illness

lethargic

sluggish/fatigue

genetic/hereditary

runs in the fam bam

objective, seen

alert and oriented (a&o x 3)

a: can answer questions

o: person, place, time

objective, heard

auscultation: listen

percussion: to tap on something and hear

objective, felt

palpation: feel

observation descriptions

marked: noticeable and notable

unremarkable: normal

combination of subjective and objective data

helps determine dx

assessment

occult

hidden

morbidity

suffering from a disease or condition

lesion

an abnormal skin condition

palliative

tx, but no cure

observation

not fully admitted to hospital

prophylaxis

provide tx to prevent disease

Penult

second to last syllable

antepenult (most commonly the emphasis goes here)

the third to last syllable

ante

before

gen/o

creation, cause

hydr/o

water

morph/o

change

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

orth/o

straight

path/o

disease, suffering

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-ia

condition

-ism

condition

-ium

structure, tissue

-y

condition, procedure

-icle

small

-ole

small

-ule

small

-ula

small

-ist

specialist

-logy

study of

-logist

specialist in the study of

-iatrics

medical science

-iatry

medical science

-iatrist

specialist in the medicine of

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-cele

hernia

-emia

blood condition

-iasis

presence of

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

loosen, break down

-centesis

puncture

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument for looking

-scopy

process of looking