Patient safety and risk factors of injury/disease prevention
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, ◦ Developmental stage
◦ Breaks in the skin
◦ Illness/injury, chronic disease
◦ Smoking, substance abuse
◦ Multiple sex partners
◦ Medications that inhibit/decrease immune response
◦ Nursing/medical procedures
Droplet Precautions
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Pathogen is spread via moist droplets
Coughing, sneezing, touching contaminated objects
Precautions include: Same as those for contact; Addition of mask and eye
protection
within 3 feet of client
Native American Culture and beliefs
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,Value Orientations
• Time: Present oriented; lives day by day.
• Activity: Engages in self-expression; doing for others valued
• Human Nature: Views individuals neutrally, in harmony with nature.
• Relation: Group goals more important than individual goals; competition
is
discouraged; respect grows with age
Health Beliefs
• Health is a state of harmony with nature and illness has a basis in the
supernatural.
The human body should be respected.
• Illness may result from violation of some restricted behavior and is related
to the
supernatural (e.g., witchcraft, taboos, intrusion by spirits, loss of the soul).
• Objects may be used to ward off witchcraft.
• Religious practices are important in maintaining health and warding off
illness.
• Hospitalization is used for illness only therefore, no prenatal care may be
sought
since pregnancy is viewed as a normal phenomenon.
Health Practices
• Medicine persons, diviners, specialists, and singers may be utilized. These
individuals use powers against enemies, herbs, rituals, and songs to cure.
• Tribal healers may focus on prevention, treatment, and health
maintenance. They
may use witchcraft to ward off evil and restore balance in efforts to prevent
disease/illness. Treatment regimes deal the illness as well as the mind and
spirit.
Motivation of the client to recover is considered important. Health
maintenance may
take the form of rituals to restore balance to the body.
• Several medicine healers exist. They include those who have only altruistic
purposes and play a positive role. Another type of healer is capable of
both good
and evil. Diviners are diagnosticians who may use herbs and other
interventions to
treat the illness. The fourth type of healer are those concerned about the
restoration
of souls. Lastly, singers, cure by the power of song, laying on of the hands,
and
other nontraditional techniques.
, Mormon's Beliefs
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worship using both the Book of ______________ and the King James (Authorised)
version
of the Bible. These must be treated with respect.
CLOTHING - Some wear a sacred undergarment which is only removed for
reasons of hygiene and laundering. This may be a one or two piece
garment, and may be
made of different fabrics. It may be removed for surgical procedures and
operations, but it
must be treated with great respect.
DIET - follow a strict health code. They are not normally vegetarians but
they will
only eat meat very sparingly, avoiding products with much blood. They do
not drink tea,
coffee or alcohol and the provision of milk, water and fruit juices would be
appreciated. The Church advocates self-denial, and holds a fast day once a
month.
BLOOD TRANSFUSION / ORGAN DONATION / TRANSPLANT - There are
no religious
objections to these.
Basic characteristics of cultural competence
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, ◦ Developmental stage
◦ Breaks in the skin
◦ Illness/injury, chronic disease
◦ Smoking, substance abuse
◦ Multiple sex partners
◦ Medications that inhibit/decrease immune response
◦ Nursing/medical procedures
Droplet Precautions
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Pathogen is spread via moist droplets
Coughing, sneezing, touching contaminated objects
Precautions include: Same as those for contact; Addition of mask and eye
protection
within 3 feet of client
Native American Culture and beliefs
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,Value Orientations
• Time: Present oriented; lives day by day.
• Activity: Engages in self-expression; doing for others valued
• Human Nature: Views individuals neutrally, in harmony with nature.
• Relation: Group goals more important than individual goals; competition
is
discouraged; respect grows with age
Health Beliefs
• Health is a state of harmony with nature and illness has a basis in the
supernatural.
The human body should be respected.
• Illness may result from violation of some restricted behavior and is related
to the
supernatural (e.g., witchcraft, taboos, intrusion by spirits, loss of the soul).
• Objects may be used to ward off witchcraft.
• Religious practices are important in maintaining health and warding off
illness.
• Hospitalization is used for illness only therefore, no prenatal care may be
sought
since pregnancy is viewed as a normal phenomenon.
Health Practices
• Medicine persons, diviners, specialists, and singers may be utilized. These
individuals use powers against enemies, herbs, rituals, and songs to cure.
• Tribal healers may focus on prevention, treatment, and health
maintenance. They
may use witchcraft to ward off evil and restore balance in efforts to prevent
disease/illness. Treatment regimes deal the illness as well as the mind and
spirit.
Motivation of the client to recover is considered important. Health
maintenance may
take the form of rituals to restore balance to the body.
• Several medicine healers exist. They include those who have only altruistic
purposes and play a positive role. Another type of healer is capable of
both good
and evil. Diviners are diagnosticians who may use herbs and other
interventions to
treat the illness. The fourth type of healer are those concerned about the
restoration
of souls. Lastly, singers, cure by the power of song, laying on of the hands,
and
other nontraditional techniques.
, Mormon's Beliefs
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worship using both the Book of ______________ and the King James (Authorised)
version
of the Bible. These must be treated with respect.
CLOTHING - Some wear a sacred undergarment which is only removed for
reasons of hygiene and laundering. This may be a one or two piece
garment, and may be
made of different fabrics. It may be removed for surgical procedures and
operations, but it
must be treated with great respect.
DIET - follow a strict health code. They are not normally vegetarians but
they will
only eat meat very sparingly, avoiding products with much blood. They do
not drink tea,
coffee or alcohol and the provision of milk, water and fruit juices would be
appreciated. The Church advocates self-denial, and holds a fast day once a
month.
BLOOD TRANSFUSION / ORGAN DONATION / TRANSPLANT - There are
no religious
objections to these.
Basic characteristics of cultural competence
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