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QUALITY MATERIALS!
what tasks are appropriate to delegate to CNAs?
ADLS: bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, ambulating, feeding, positioning
routine tasks: bed making, specimen collection, I&O, VS on stable patients, weighing
patients
5 rights of delegation
right task
right circumstance
right person
right information
right supervision and evaulation
stages of grief
denial
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance
prolonged grief disorder
lasts beyond six months and impairs ability to function
compassion fatigue
cumulative stress from the desire to help those who are suffering, combined with
inability to help
adventitious stress
unanticipated stressor, such as a disaster or crisis
PTSD
difficulty recovering after an emotionally shocking event, often characterized by
flashbacks
which hormones come into play and affect sleep
GABA: reduces arousal
melatonin: promotes sleep wake cycle
decreased ghrelin
decreased cortisol
what type of physiological changes occur during non-rapid eye movement sleep?
body temp decreases
muscles relax
HR and breathing decreases
what client education would a nurse give for a patient with insomnia
avoid stimulants
remove unnecessary light and noise