PACK COMPLETE QUESTION SET AND CORE
CONCEPT SUMMARY
◉ Client & Person. Answer: - includes sickness & wellness
- Interactive relationship between nurse
- includes biological, psychological, social & spiritual dimensions
◉ health. Answer: - ideal state optimal health or total wellbeing
- overall health can be affected by psychosocial/spiritual challenges
◉ environment. Answer: - internal & external environments
◉ nursing. Answer: - nursing process
- view of client linked with person's environment, life, health goals
◉ Social Justice. Answer: - focuses on position of social advantage of
1 individual or social group in relation to other in society
- focus on root cause of inequities and how to solve
- addresses: human rights, equity, democracy , civil rights, capacity
building, just institutions, poverty reduction, ethical practices,
advocacy etc.
,◉ Nursing Process. Answer: - problem solving method
- goal is to promote health & prevent further patient problems
◉ clients in continuing care: nursing assessments. Answer: includes:
- individual with cognitive challenges/impairments
- sensory deficits
- chronic disease
- co-morbidities
◉ communication challenges. Answer: - pt with speaking challenges
- unresponsive/dying pt
- cognitive challenges
- vision challenges
- hearing challenges
- linguistic challenges, language barrier
- wrong information
- poor documentation
- failure to read the pt's medical record
◉ how to resolve communication challenges. Answer: - asking pt yes
or no question
,- making sure the pt is involved
- ask pt to write the answer to the question
- ask pt to bring medication for assessment
- educate family so they can make a better choice so they
are more involve
- use simple words
- don't give false reassurance
- speak verbally
- have a medical interpreter to explain what is going to happen
◉ Documentation: Confidentiality. Answer: - do not look in other
pt's chart if you are not assign to them
- do not leave pt's chart everywhere
- do not talk about the pt outside of work
◉ Confidentiality. Answer: - legal, ethical obligation
- only discuss its materials with pt information to be destroyed @
the end of shift
◉ confidentiality: Students. Answer: - ensure permission to view
charts
- provide identification
, - ensure no identifying information is out of the facility
- appropriate disposal of documents if not part of the pt's health
record
◉ Personal Information Protection & Electronic Documents Act.
Answer: - security systems in place
- physical security
- handling & disposing of information
◉ Documentation. Answer: Purpose:
- any written or electronically generated information which provides
proof of health care provided
- paper documents, electronic medical records, faxes, e-mails, audio
or visual tapes & images
- Assessment data
- Reassessments
- Nursing analysis, patient needs, educational priorities
- Support for goals
- Interventions planned
- Continuity of care
- Response & outcomes of care
- Ability of patient & family to manage after discharge