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Feeling good about one’s self Open to new ideas
Two factors affecting Self- o Not adopts new ideas
esteem o Not one track mind
o Yourself Highly creative and flexible
Sense of Does not need fame
adequacy Problem-centered rather than
Accomplishment self-centered
o Others
Appreciation Concept:
Recognition Self-Actualization is very
Admiration difficult to attain
Belongingness It is impossible to attain
5. Self-Actualization New needs come after getting
Able to fulfill needs and one need
ambitions
Maximizing one’s full potential Illness
6. Aesthetics Highly subjective feeling of
Beauty being sick or ill
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Illness without disease is
possible Walter Cannon
Disease without illness is Ability to maintain
possible homeostasis
Illness may or may not be A dynamic equilibrium
related to a disease A state of balance of the
One can have a disease internal environment while
without necessarily feeling ill external environment is
changing
Deviance
Any behavior that goes Florence Nightingale
against social norms Health is using one’s power to
Shortens life span the fullest
Results to disrupted family Being well
and community Can be maintained by
manipulating the environment
Concept:
Deviant behavior can be Virginia Henderson
considered a disease Viewed in terms of ability to
perform the fourteen (14)
Rationale: fundamental needs or
Because it also shortens the components of nursing care
life span like a disease UNAIDED
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Illness is interference in the o Perceived seriousness
life cycle o Perceived threat
Likelihood of Action influenced
Betty Neuman by:
Wellness is that all parts and o Perceived benefit out of
subparts are in harmony with the action
each other and the whole o Perceived barriers
system
Dorothy Johnson
Elusive dynamic state Smith’s Four Levels of Health
influenced by biologic, 1. Clinical Model
psychologic and social factors Man is viewed as a
Physiologic Being
Models of Health and Illness If there are no signs and
symptoms of a disease, then
Health-Illness Continuum you are healthy
Dunn’s High Level Wellness and Against WHO definition of
Grid Model health
X-axis is HEALTH
This is the NARROWEST
Y-axis is environment concept of health
Quadrant 1 2. Role Performance Model
High-level wellness in As long as you are able to
favorable environment perform SOCIETAL functions
Quadrant 2 and ROLES you are healthy
Protected poor health in 3. Adaptive Model
favorable environment Health is viewed in terms of
Quadrant 3 capacity to ADAPT.
Poor health in unfavorable Therefore, goal of treatment is
environment to restore capacity to adapt.
Quadrant 4 Failure to adapt is disease
Emergent high-level wellness
4. Eudaemonistic Model
in unfavorable environment This is the BROADEST
concept of health
Health Belief Model
Because health is viewed in
By Rosentock
terms of Actualization
Based on a motivational
theory Leavell and Clark’s Agent, Host,
It assumed that good health is Environment Model
an objective common to all Also known as the Ecologic
people Model
Consider perceptions Expands to the MULTI-
(influences individuals CAUSATION of a DISEASE
motivation toward results) Definitions of a disease as to
o Perceived susceptibility its cause is expanded to a
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multi-causation of a disease
(i.e. cancer is a multi-factorial Effects of Adrenalins
disease) Increases Cardiac Rate
Triad is composed of the Response to increased
agent, host and susceptible metabolic rate and oxygen
host demand
Based on the interplay of Increases Respiratory Rate
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Increased glycogenolysis Stress resulted from
Increased neogenesis interaction of man with his
Increases blood sugar environment and fellowman
Increases osmotic pressure Therefore, Lazarus describes
Increases fluid retention the SOCIAL ASPECT OF
(glucose is a colloid which STRESS
attracts water and adheres to Also an adopted
it) PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSE
Increases cardiac workload
Key Concept!
Concept: The most comprehensive
Complications of Stress: concept of stress is the stress
Cerebrovascular Attack concept of LAZARUS as it
Increased Diabetic combines Physiologic and
Ketoacidosis (if patient is Social aspects of stress.
diabetic)
Hypertension leading to Statements about Stress
Stress is NOT a nervous
cardiac arrest
energy
Local Adaptation Syndrome Man, whenever he encounters
Concepts:
Concept:
Bradykinin, Histamine, Adaptation
comprises of toadjustments
stress
Prostaglandin, and Serotonin made in order to cope with a
all increase swelling stressor
Key Concept!
Man is holistic in his
Hans Selye
adaptation to stress
o Author of Physiologic
It involves the totality of man:
Response to Stress o Physiologic
o Psychologic
Lazarus
o Social
Stress is a transaction
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Illness Behavior and Stages of Factors Affecting Compliance
Illness Client motivation
Degree of required change in
Illness Behavior lifestyle
Pertains to any activity Perceived severity of health
undertaken by a person who problem
feels ill in order to Difficulty of understanding
Define his state of health instructions
Discover a suitable remedy Belief about the effectiveness
of the therapy
IGUN – Eleven stages of Illness Nature of the therapy itself
and Health-seeking Behaviors o Adverse effects
1. Symptom Experience o Cost
Client realizes there is a
Cultural influences
problem
Degree of satisfaction with the
Client responds emotionally
relationship with health care
2. Self-medication / Self-treatment (if providers
not effective)
3. Communication to others Suggested Nursing Actions in
4. Assessment of symptoms
Purpose is to verify the case
of Non-compliance
Assess the reasons
veracity of the complaint
Correct the misconception
5. Sick-Role Assumption
Demonstrate a caring attitude
6. Concern Stage
Encourage and provide
7. Efficacy of treatment
positive reinforcement
Assess sources of treatment
o Focusing on the
Assess potential effectiveness
positive rather than on
of treatment
the negative
8. Selection of Treatment Stage
o Focus on things patient
Availability
can still do and not on
Cost of Treatment
what the patient can no
9. Treatment Proper
longer do
10. Assessment of Effectiveness of
Treatment Establish a therapeutic
relationship of freedom and
May go back to stage 7
mutual responsibility
(Efficacy of Treatment) if
o Make patient realize he
treatment is not effective
is also responsible for
May go to next stage if
his recovery
treatment is effective
o He is a partner with the
11. Recovery and Rehabilitation
health care team
o He is an active
Compliance
participant
Adherence to professional’s
advice
Guidelines to Enhance
Compliance
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Be sure patient understand
procedure by giving Martha Rogers
information Nursing is a HUMANISTIC
Make sure patient is capable SCIENCE dedicated to
of performing activity compassionate concern for
o Set realistic goals the promotion of health,
Ensure that he is a WILLING prevention of illness and
participant rehabilitation of the sick
o Look for buying signals
Looking at Sister Calista Roy
Nursing is a THEORETICAL
wound
Looking at SYSTEM OF KNOWLEDGE
materials that prescribes analysis and
needed action related to the care of
the sick or ill
It is a set of knowledge
Definitions of Nursing:
American Nurses Association
Nursing is the diagnosis and
Dorothea Orem
Nursing is a helping service to
treatment of human
responses to illness (to actual any individual who is sick
and potential health problems) It comprises of wholly
dependent or partly
Canadian Nurses Association dependent care when the
The same definition plus… person is unable to do so.
… includes the supervision of Defines nursing in terms of a
functions and services in NEED!
collaboration with others to
promote health Imogene King
Nursing is a helping
Florence Nightingale profession that assists a
Nursing is the act of utilizing person (same with
the ENVIRONMENT for the Henderson) towards a
DIGNIFIED DEATH
following
o
purposes:
Recovery
o Reparative process Betty Neuman
Nursing is a profession that is
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Dorothy Johnson 2. Dorothy Johnson
Nursing is an EXTERNAL Behavioral Systems Model
REGULATORY FORCE that Seven Subsystems
regulates the ACTION or o Attachment and
BEHAVIOR of a person when Affiliative
such behavior constitutes a o Dependency
threat, in order to preserve his o Ingestive
organization o Eliminative
o Sexual Achievement
Example: o Aggressive
o In a COPD patient who
remains a smoker, the 3. Virginia Henderson
nurse who encourages
Fourteen (14) Fundamental
the patient not to
Needs focusing on
smoke, serves as an
PHYSIOLOGIC SOCIAL
external regulatory
RECREATION
force
4. Faye Abdella
Faye Abdella
Problem Solving Approach to
Nursing is a service to
individuals, families… and Twenty-One
Problems (21) Nursing
therefore, to society
Focus is on PROPER
Conceptualized nursing as an
IDENTIFICATION of the
ART and SCIENCE of
problem
MOLDING THE INTELLECT,
Particularly about the proper
ATTITUDE and SKILLS of the
nursing diagnosis
nurse
Nursing in terms of providing
5. Marjorie Gordon
education
Proposed the Human
Functional Health Patterns
Hildegard Peplau
used as a systematic
Nursing is the
framework for data collection
INTERPERSONAL process of
THERAPEUTIC Focus is on Eleven (11)
Health Patterns
INTERACTION between the
Advantage to the nurse:
nurse and the patient.
o It enables the nurse to
NURSING THEORIES determine the client’s
response as functional
Concept: or dysfunctional
First Eleven Functional Health
Nursing School –
Florence Nightingale Patterns
o Health perception
1. Florence Nightingale o Nutritional / Metabolic
Environmental Nursing Theory o Elimination
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o Activity and Exercise 3. Conservation of Personal
Pattern Integrity
o Cognitive Perceptual o Example: maintain
Pattern patient’s privacy
o Role Relationship 4. Conservation of Social
Pattern Integrity
o Sexuality / o Example: maintenance
Reproductive of patient’s
o Coping-Stress- relationships
Tolerance
o Value Belief Patterns 9. Betty Neuman
Health Care Systems Model
6. Imogene King The concern of nursing is to
Goal Attainment Theory PREVENT STRESS
Patient has three (3) INVASION
interacting systems:
o Individuals / Personal 10. Dorothea Orem
systems Self-care and Self-care Deficit
o Group systems / Theory
Three (3) Nursing Systems
Interpersonal
fraternity systems based on Art of Care of
o Social systems Patient Needs
1. Partial Compensatory
7. Madeleine Lehninger o Patient performs some
Transcultural Nursing Theory / of nursing care needs
Model 2. Wholly Compensatory or
Nursing is a HUMANISTIC Total Compensatory
and SCIENTIFIC mode of o For paralyzed patients,
helping through CULTURE- for ICU patients
SPECIFIC PROCESS 3. Supportive-Educative
o For up and about
8. Myra Levine patient
Four (4) Conservation
Principles of Nursing 11. Hildegard Peplau
1. Conservation of Energy Interpersonal Model
o Example: complete bed Four (4) Phases of Nurse-
rest without bathroom Patient Interaction
privileges 1. Orientation
2. Conservation of Structural o Nurse and patient test
Integrity the role each one
o Example: turn patient assumes
from side to side every o Prepares patient for
two hours to avoid bed termination
sores o Patient identifies areas
of difficulty
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2. Identification Phase Man is a
o Patient identifies with BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL BEING
the personnel who can Four (4) modes of Adaptation
satisfy his needs o Physiologic Mode
3. Exploitation Phase Compatible with
o Nurse maximizes all Hans Selye
the resources to benefit o Self Consent
the patient o Role Function
4. Resolution Phase or o Interdependence
Termination Phase
o Occurs when patient’s 14. Lydia Hall
needs have been met CARE, CORE, CURE
Care
Concepts: o Comfort measures
Various settings for given by the nurse to a
application of: patient
o Pre-Interaction Phase o Nurturance aspect of
In psychiatric Nursing
setting, this Core
consists of
o
gathering data Therapeutic use of self
Cure
o Pre-Entry Phase o Activities in relation to
In community doctors’ orders
health nursing, o Dependent orders
this consists of a
courtesy call 15. Jean Watson
12. Martha Rogers
Human Caring Model
Science of Unitary Human
Nursing involves the
Beings
application of ART and
Man is composed of energy
HUMAN SCIENCE through
fields, which are in constant TRANSPERSONAL
interaction with the TRANSACTIONS in order to
environment help the person achieve mind,
body and soul harmony
Concept:
The most reliable method of
16. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse
identification is the Energy Theory of Human Becoming
Field. This is better than the
Emphasis is a FREE CHOICE
fingerprints as a person’s
(with personal meaning)
energy field is absolutely
Actions of patients may either
unique!
be:
o Revealing or
13. Sister Calista Roy
concealing
Adaptation Model
o Enabling or limiting
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Therefore, there is a 20. Margaret Newman
consequence Health as Expanding
o This pertains to Consciousness
behavior and action Humans are Unitary Human
Beings
17. Josephine Patterson and The nurse is a NOT A GOAL-
Loretta Zderad SETTER or an OUTCOME
Humanistic Nursing Practice PREDICTOR, rather is a
Theory PARTNER OF THE PATIENT
Nursing is an EXISTENTIAL
EXPERIENCE between the 21. Joyce Travelbee
nurse and the patient Interpersonal Process Theory
(nagkataon-nagkatagpo!) Nurse needs to go beyond
Nursing is a LIVE DIALOGUE nursing roles to establish
between the patient who therapeutic relationship
wants to be nursed and the TRANSPERSONAL
nurse who has the skill to COMMUNICATION as the
nurse means to establish
therapeutic relationship
18. Helen Tomlin, Evelyn Tomlyn This implies that the nurse
and Mary Ann Swain should not be rigid in the
Modeling and Remodeling nursing role
Theory
Focus is on the PERSON 22. Ida Jean Orlando
Emphasis is on the Dynamic Nurse-Patient
UNCONDITIONAL Relationship Model
ACCEPTANCE of the There is movement, the
PATIENT relationship is not static
If the patient’s condition
19. Ann Boykin and Savina improved, then the
Schoenhofer intervention is effective and
Grand Theory of Nursing as the patient moves on to new
Caring Theory
Nursing is NOT BASED on a problems
DEFICIT but rather it is an 23. Nola Pender
EGALITARIAN MODE of Health Promotion Model
helping Motivation to participate in
This theory is against the health care activities is
theory of OREM influenced by COGNITIVE
Nursing is an obligation and PERCEPTUAL
towards humanity, whether FACTORS, which are:
there is a need or NOT! o Importance of health to
the person
o Perceived control of
health
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o Self-efficiency o Patient’s illness is
o Perceived health status controlled
o Definition of health o Patient may still be in
o Perceived barriers to the hospital
action 6. Unstable Phase
o Patient is on a critical
24. Poppy Buchanan, Barker and period
o
Phil Barker Signs and symptoms
Tidal Model (Psychiatric are present
Nursing) o Patient is NOT in the
Helping patients recall their hospital
own personal stories of o Patient is NOT under
DISTRESS is the FIRST control
STEP in helping them regain o Patient is OUT of the
control of their lives again! hospital
7. Downward Phase
25. Corbin and Strauss o Patient is in a
Trajectory Model deteriorating phase
The patient moves in a 8. Death
TRAJECTION of Eight (8)
Phases 26. Bonnie Weaver and Duldt
Nurse needs to follow the Battey
patient along the eight phases Humanistic Nursing
of trajection: Communication Theory
1. Pre-Trajectory Phase Emphasis is on the
o Patient shows no signs interpersonal relationship
and symptoms of between the nurse, the
illness patient, the peers and
o No sickness colleagues
5. Stable Phase
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29. Alfred Adler o Environmental
The personality of an Sanitation
individual is affected by the o Recreation and
BIRTH ORDER Housing
Symphonological Bioethical o
Early detection /
Theory diagnosis
Symphono- means harmony o Prompt treatment
and agreement o Health maintenance of
Governed by ethical persons already having
standards, which influence health problems
nursing actions. o Prevention of
complications
LEVELS OF PREVENTION: When given:
o During illness
1. Primary Prevention
Examples:
Emphasis on:
o Screening survey
o Generalized health
o
promotion and specific Encouraging
check-ups regular
protection
o Complying with regular
o Recipients are
check-ups
GENERALLY
o Teaching Breast-self-
HEALTHY PEOPLE
examination
When given:
o Teaching Testicular-
o Before onset of illness
self-examination
or before onset of
disease
Concept:
Examples:
o Most effective method
o Generalized health
of teaching is
education
DEMONSTRATION
Prevention of
accidents
Additional Examples of
Standards of Secondary Prevention
nutrition o Assessment of growth
o Immunizations
and development
Specific o General nursing
preventions assessment and care
o Risk Assessment for at the hospital,
specific disease community and the
o Family Planning home
Services and Marriage
Counseling 3. Tertiary Prevention
Emphasis placed on:
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o Support of the client to o Helping the patient
achieve the following: develop new coping
Successful re- skills
adaptation
Optimal Concept:
reconstitution Do not give advice!
Regain high- o This is meant to
level wellness facilitate decision-
Therefore, the purpose is making on the part of
more of REHABILITATION the client
When given: o This is observed so
o Begins after the illness that the client would not
or when a defect or develop
disability is fixed or DEPENDENCY
irreversible
Examples: 3. Client Advocate
o Referring a client to Protects rights of patients
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Therefore, this is done on the Addresses affective and
supervisory level of cognitive learning
organization
3. Answering Questions
8. Researcher Cognitive
After graduation, nurse cannot
yet be a researcher 4. Demonstration
He can only be a researcher Motor
after he receives his Master of
Arts in Nursing (M.A.N) 5. Discovery
degree Cognitive and Affective
Definition:
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The Nursing Process is a BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THE
systematic, organized, rational NURSING PROCESS
method of planning and
providing individualized, Concepts:
humanistic nursing care Both the nurse and the patient
benefit from the nursing
Purposes of the Nursing Process: process
To identify health status Patient obtains greater benefit
o Actual health problems Remember:
o Potential health Nursing process is CLIENT-
problems CENTERED or PATIENT-
To establish plans CENTERED and NOT
To deliver specific nursing NURSE-CENTERED
care
Benefits from Nursing Process:
Characteristics of Nursing Improves quality of care
Process (MEMORIZE THIS!!!) Ensures continuity and
1. Goal-oriented and client- appropriate level of care
centered Facilitates client participation
2. Cyclical (no absolute through planning with patient
beginning and end), dynamic Enables nurse to maximize
(moving) rather than static resources
3. Plan of care organized Feedback allows nurse to
according to client problems evaluate care
rather than nursing goals Serves as a framework for
4. Basis of prioritizing nursing accountability through
activities would be the documentation
problems and not the goals Promotes a positive working
5. Follows a logical sequence
atmosphere through
6. Universally applicable (to any collaboration
type of patient)
Helps the nurse define roles
7. Interpersonal and
to those outside the
collaborative
Work with patients and profession
For job satisfaction
relatives
Facilitates professional growth
Work with colleagues and
Avoidance of legal action
other members of the
Meeting standards of
health team
8. Adaptation of problem-solving accredited hospitals
techniques and principles
9. Problem-oriented, flexible,
open to new information
10.Allows creativity of nurse and
patient
PARTS OR COMPONENTS OF
THE NURSING PROCESS
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When performed:
ASSESSMENT PHASE OF THE o Integrated throughout
NURSING PROCESS the nursing process
Purpose of On-going
Nursing Activities in the Assessment:
Assessment Phase o To identify problems
Data collection overlooked earlier
Data Organization o
To determine the status
Data Validation of a health problem (i.e.
Data Recording hydration status every
fifteen minutes)
IMPORTANT CONCEPT!
No conclusion is developed in 3. Emergency Assessment
the assessment phase When done:
o During acute
Purposes of the Assessment physiologic and
Phase psychologic crisis
To create a data base of the Where done:
client’s response to health and o Emergency Room
illness o Comfort Room
To determine the nursing care o Anywhere!!!
needs of the patient o On site!!!
Purpose of Emergency
Four (4) types of Assessment:
Assessment
o To identify life-
1. Initial Assessment
threatening condition
When performed:
Framework or Principle in
o At specified time after
Emergency Assessment
admission
o A – Airway
Where done:
o B – Breathing
o Done at the ward
o C – Circulation
Where Admitted:
o Utilize either Maslow’s
o
At the ward Hierarchy of Needs or
Purpose of Initial Assessment: ABC principle
o To create a data base
for problem 4. Time-Lapsed Assessment
identification When done:
o For reference and o Several months after
future comparison initial assessment
Purpose of Time-Lapsed
Assessment
o To compare current
status of patient with
2. Focus Assessment or On-going
base line data (initial
Assessment
assessment)
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The person who brought the
ASSESSMENT PROCESS patient to the hospital
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Asks when or asks for the you already know or what
time when event happened information is available
Asks how many An interview is a planned
Point with finger when asking conversation with a purpose
to provide clarity
Therefore, they call for highly An interview is a two-way
specific answers process
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Accuracy Problem present at the time
of the data the statement was made
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3. Defining Characteristics o At specified time upon
Example: or after admission of
o …as manifested by the patient
decreased skin turgor
2. On-going Planning
Advantages of Using Standardized Who are involved:
Diagnostic Terminology o Done by all nurses who
Provides professional worked with the patient
accountability and autonomy o The patient himself
by defining and describing the o The family
independent areas of practice o But primarily, the
Provides effective vehicle of NURSE
communication Purposes of On-going
Provides an organizing Planning
principle for meaningful o To determine if the
research client’s health status
Facilitates continuity and has changed
individualized care o To decide which
problems to focus on
PLANNING PHASE OF THE during the shift
NURSING PROCESS o To set priorities for
client care during the
Concept: shift
Planning means: o To coordinate the
Determining ahead of time patient care and
Forecasting a course of action activities so that more
than one problem can
Key Concept!!! be addressed at the
For your plans to be effective, same time
involve the patient and the
family 3. Discharge Planning
Purpose of Discharge
IMPORTANT CONCEPT!!!
Final output of the Planning Planning
o To ensure continuity of
Phase is a NURSING CARE care
PLAN or a WRITTEN CARE
PLAN Characteristics or the Planning
Process
Types of Planning S – Specific
M – Measurable
1. Initial Planning
A – Attainable
Done by the nurse
R – Realistic
When done:
T – Time bound
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Set priorities
Set goals Requirements for Implementation
Identify alternatives of nursing Adequate knowledge
care Technical Skills
Select nursing measures Communication skills
Write nursing orders Therapeutic use of self
(supervisors do this) Right attitude as a
Write the nursing care plan requirement
and theofpatient
sense by providing a
accomplishment strategies
Communicate the procedure
performed by documenting
Key Concept!!! the procedure
For your goal to be useful Understand orders
during evaluation, it should be o Clarify / verify doctors’
stated in BEHAVIORAL orders
TERMS Encourage patient to
participate actively
IMPLEMENTING PHASE OF THE
NURSING PROCESS Guidelines for Implementation of
the Nursing Strategies
Implementation
Putting the care plan into Key Concept!!!
action It should be based on
scientific knowledge,
Purpose of Implementation research, professional
To carry out planned activities standards of practice (care)
To help the client o Rationale:
This is done to
Concept!!! ensure safe
The implementation phase nursing care
ends upon recording of the It should be adapted to the
care given and the response individual patient
of the patient to that It should always be safe. Do
procedure not compromise
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It should be holistic o Allows the nurse to
It should be accompanied by decide and make on-
support, comfort and teaching the-spot modification/s
in an intervention
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For education assembled into an orderly or
Reimbursements scientific manner
For statistics, reporting, Classification of information is
epidemiology based on SOURCE
Accreditation, licensing Each person or department
maintains a different section
Guidelines on Documentation on chart
Timing
o Document patient care Components of a Source Oriented
as soon as possible Clinical Record
Admission Sheet
Observe confidentiality
Face Sheet
Observe permanence
o Use non-erasable ink Medical History and Physical
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No potential problems (these Is the Kardex a part of the
are contained only in the patient’s record?
progress notes) No, it is not!!!
It is just a bulletin board
Four (4) Basic Components of
Problem Oriented Clinical Record Purpose of the Kardex
To make valuable information
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Oral o One person believes
Spoken that the space and all
Written communication the things in that space
Texted communication belongs to him
Cable communication o Do not enter abruptly;
Telex communication this may result in
Facsimile communication breach of privacy
Roles and relationships
2. Non-verbal communication
Facial expression
Therapeutic Communication in
Nursing
Grimacing
Using Silence
Posture
o Supplement with non-
Gait
verbal communication
Adornment
Provide General Leads
Make-up
o Examples:
Gestures
“…go on”
“…tell me more”
Factors Affecting Communication
Open-ended questions
Ability of the communicator
Perceptions UseoTouch
But assess the culture
Proxemics
o Distances between of the patient
o If the patient is a child,
communicators
touch the patient on the
Intimate
top of the head
Distance
o If the patient is an
Actual
•
elderly, touch the
physical
patient on the hand
contact to
o If the patient is of the
1.5 feet
same age level, touch
Personal
the patient on the
Distance
shoulder
•
1.5 feet to
4 feet Offering yourself
o For autistic child
• 3 feet to 4
Stay nearby or
feet for
stay beside the
interview
patient
Social Distance
Presenting Reality
• 4 feet to
o Example:
12 feet
“You are in the
Public Distance
hospital”
• 12 feet
Reflecting
and
o Example:
beyond
Territoriality
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“What do you REM sleep is NOT AS
think will make RESTFUL as NON-REM
you happy” sleep
o Never agree nor However, REM sleep is
disagree NEEDED
o Reflect it back or throw Dreaming is a psychological
it back outlet of pent up emotions
awakening Chocolate
Tea
Concepts! Cola
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o Nicotine Fats
o Alcohol
Prolongs the Concepts:
REM stage of Glucose is a ready source of
sleep energy for metabolic
It excites the processes
patient like an
anesthetic Carbohydrates
Not a stimulant When eaten are metabolized
Avoid shabu to glucose for energy
Use the bed mainly for sleep Excess carbohydrates are
If unable to sleep, get up and converted to glycogen and
pursue satisfying activity stored in the liver
Other excess carbohydrates
Drink something warm or hot
(except stimulants) go to the fat cells
o Milk contains L-
tryptophan Key Concept!
During starvation, stored
o L-tryptophan is an
amino acid with a glycogen is converted to
glucose via a process called
natural sedativeone
that induces effect
to glycogenolysis
sleep
If glycogen is used up, fat
Do something HOT!
o Twice-a-week resources are converted to
glucose via a process called
masturbation is ideal
gluconeogenesis
o Facilitates release of
tension of the day
Nursing Alert!
Side-to-side turning every two
Fat conversion to glucose
hours with back tapping
produces waste products
Support bedtime rituals called KETONE BODIES
Remove all music in order to These give rise to metabolic
sleep
acidosis as
Ketoacidosis in Diabetic
PROMOTING NUTRITION
Additional concepts!
Proteins
During starvation protein
Macromolecules composed of
reserves are converted to
o Carbon glucose via process called
o Hydrogen gluconeogenesis
o Oxygen
o Nitrogen Gluconeogenesis
Production of glucose out of
Basic Body Needs: non-carbohydrate products
Carbohydrates
Proteins Lipoproteins
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Substances composed of fats 2. Non-essential Proteins
and proteins Proteins that can be produced
by the body
Types of Lipoproteins
1. High Density Lipoproteins Functions of Protein
(HDL) Main element of our cells.
High-grade lipoprotein o Building blocks of the
Good grade lipoprotein cells are proteins
Good cholesterol Resistance against infection
Function of HDLs o Formation of
o Transports the bad Immunoglobulins
cholesterol from (globular proteins)
systemic circulation to Maintenance of normal
the liver for metabolism intravascular fluid volume
and eventual o Works with glucose
elimination and sodium
o Albumin
2. Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL) Main protein of
Low-grade lipoprotein blood
Bad cholesterol
Function of LDLs Acts as a colloid
Attracts water
They clog the blood vessels around it
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Forms:
2. Vitamin D o Tablet
Source is food o Liquid
Precursor is in the skin o Injectable
Sunlight is needed for Vitamin Oral (tablet and liquid forms)
D to be converted to its active o Take on an empty
form stomach
Function: o If there is GI distress
o Influences calcium (i.e. diarrhea), take with
metabolism food
o To metabolize calcium o If GI distress subsides,
take on an empty
Concept! stomach
Without Vitamin D, there Toxic effects:
would be decreased calcium o Constipation (first
levels option)
Oral Liquid Iron
Increased levels of Vitamin D o Use dropper and apply
leads to increased calcium at the back of the
levels
tongue or use a straw
Vitamin E
Anti-oxidant o Rationale:
Promotes cell membrane To avoid
integrity (like Vitamin C) staining the
Vitamin for the heart and skin teeth
Sources are meats and in Health Teaching!!!
vegetables o To enhance iron
Deficiency results to Vitamin E absorption, advice
deficiency hemolytic anemia taking orange juice
o Vitamin C in orange
Vitamin K juice enhances iron
Synthesis of clotting factors absorption
Synthesis of prothrombin o Do not take milk
o Milk inhibits absorption
Concept! of iron
Decreased levels of Vitamin K o Too much fiber
leads to prothrombin prevents absorption of
deficiency iron
o Thus, do not take oats
Deficiency in prothrombin when taking iron.
leads to bleeding Injectable Iron
o Route is deep I.M.
MICRONUTRIENTS
o Use Z-track technique
Ferrous sulfate (FeSO4)
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o Gauge of Needle is at Whole grains
least 18 and cereals
o Length of Needle is
1.5” to 2.0” 3. Pureed Diet
o Site of administration is Osteorized diet
the GLUTEAL
MUSCLE ONLY!!! 4. Full Liquid Diet
o
Rationale: Foods that melt or liquefy at
To avoid body temperature
staining the skin
Concept: 5. Clear Liquid Diet
o Use an airlock Given to surgical patients
o Place 0.5 ml of air in Limited to:
syringe so that o Water
medication would not o Coffee
leak into the o Tea
subcutaneous tissues o Cola
Nursing Alert! o Clear stained broth
o Apply firm pressure for o Gelatin
o
at least
after five (5) minutes
injection Hard candies
Nursing Alert!
Do NOT massage o Dairy products are
avoided
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To alkalinize urine 1. NASOGASTRIC TUBE FEEDING
To soothe an irritated bladder (NGT)
and urethra Purpose of NGT insertion
Give citrus fruits o For gastric gavage and
Give vegetables lavage
Exceptions are: o For administration of
o Prune Juice food and medication
o
o Cranberry Juice To keep the stomach
o Both produce ACIDIC empty
URINE o To prevent aspiration
from regurgitation of
Ash-Acid Diet gastric contents
Given to acidify urine o For gastric
To minimize or help control decompression
Urinary Tract Infections How to Insert NGT
Give the following:
o Depth of Insertion
o Protein Measure length
o Meat from the tip of
o Poultry the nose to the
ears to the tip of
ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL the xiphoid
STATUS process
Insertion:
Anthropometric Measurements o Position the patient in
semi-Fowler’s or
Fowler’s position
Skin Fold Test o While inserting to
Derived from reserved fat of NASOPHARYNX
the body Position the
head in a
Mid-upper arm Circumference hyperextended
Measurement manner
Obtains the muscle mass of o
When glottis, epiglottis
the body are approached
This reflects the protein Flex the head
reserves of the body o Rationale:
Laboratory diagnostic To prevent entry
procedure for albumin of the tube into
the trachea
SUPPORTING NUTRITION OF Nursing Alert!
PATIENT: ENTERAL AND o Watch for signs and
PARENTERAL FEEDING symptoms of
RESPIRATORY
ENTERAL FEEDING DIFFICULTY
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o If there are signs, therefore, from
WITHDRAW TUBE lung contents
o While inserting tube, IMPORTANT CONCEPTS!!!
observe for coughing or o To insure safety of the
difficulty of breathing patient prior to feeding,
After inserting, ascertain CHECK THE
proper placement on the FOLLOWING:
stomach Placement of the
Concept! tube
o Most accurate method • For
to test for proper patient
placement of the NGT safety
is via X-RAY • To
Other ways to test proper prevent
placement: LUNG
o 1. Let patient hum aspiration
If positive for of food
humming, tube Patency of the
is in the tube
esophagus and •To insure
stomach successful
If negative for introduction or
humming, tube administration
is in the trachea of food
Nursing Alert! o 3. By auscultating the
o Small-bore tube allows epigastric region while
patient to hum insufflating 50 ml of air
o Therefore, this method Hear gurgling
is NOT RELIABLE sound
o 2. Determine the pH of TUBE FEEDING
the aspirate Never try to submerge the
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o Subtract this from total Important Concept!!!
feeding to introduce o Tube must reach two
o If aspirate is greater (2) centimeters before
than 50 ml for adult or or above the RIGHT
10 ml for infant, then ATRIUM
WITHHOLD FEEDING Nursing Responsibilities:
for 2 – 3 hours. o Watch out for signs and
o
Rationale: symptoms of embolism
Patient is not yet Care of Insertion Site
ready for next o Application of sterile
feeding. dressing with anti-
o If same occurs after 2 – bacterial ointment as
3 hours, NOTIFY ordered by doctor (prn)
DOCTOR.
There is a GASTROSTOMY TUBE FEEDING
problem with (Enteral)
gastric emptying No auscultation needed
Watch out for COUGHING Assess for the patency of the
o Leakage to trachea tube
If with DIFFICULTY OF Use water to do this
BREATHING
o Stop the procedure PROMOTING OXYGENATION
Flush with water after feeding
to avoid clogging of the tube DEEP BREATHING
After the procedure Two (2) types of Deep Breathing:
o Do not place the 1. APICAL DEEP BREATHING
patient on bed before Done to expand the upper
30 minutes have portion of the lungs
lapsed Let the patient place palms on
o Rationale: the upper chest
To prevent Concentrate on that area
aspiration and Take a slow deep breath at a
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o Cholecystectomy o Coughing is
Incision site on contraindicated in the
diaphragm following patients:
Patient does not With increased
want to breathe intracranial
Predisposed to pressure (ICP)
hypostatic With increased
pneumonia intraoptical
pressure (IOP)
2. BASAL DEEP BREATHING With cardiac
Same procedure arrhythmias (but
Area of concentration is the are allowed to
lower ribcage do deep
When to teach patient: breathing)
o Before surgery
o Before pain is present Concepts!!!
Deep Breathing and Coughing
Rationale:
o If pain is already o Purpose is to stimulate
present, it would be surfactant production
Yawning and sneezing also
difficult
follow for patient to stimulate surfactant
When done: production
o Done q2 hours together
OXYGEN INHALATION AND
with turning
ADMINISTRATION
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Iron oxide may 2. High Flow Administration
be present in the Uses a venturi mask
tank (iron plus
oxygen NEBULIZATION
produces iron With sodium chloride and
oxide or rust) salbutamol
A physiologic solution
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There are no absolute Assess breath sounds to
contraindications to this know which lung fields have
procedure secretions
Contraindicated for the Then assess again after
following patients with: procedure to check
o Pacemakers effectiveness of the
o Lung abscess procedure.
o
Hemoptysis
o Dangerous Arrhythmias Concepts!!!
o Active PTB (which Vibration and percussion are
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Sudden
alteration of SUCTIONING
blood pressure, Purpose is to seek out
respiratory rate, secretions
pulse rate
Appearance of Concepts!!!
arrhythmias Question:
Hemoptysis o
If you have only one (1)
General suction catheter, which
intolerance of will you suction first,
the procedure the nose or the mouth?
Answer:
Important Concept! o If the patient is an
If any of the above occurs, infant or a newborn:
STOP THE PROCEDURE Start on the
and inform the physician mouth then
proceed to the
Concepts! nose
After the procedure assess Rationale:
the following: o If you start on the nose,
o Breath sounds you will trigger the
o Vital signs sneezing reflex and this
o Quantity and quality of would result into
sputum aspiration
o Overall response of the Answer:
patient to the o If the patient is an
procedure adult, suction the
Give oral hygiene mouth first, then
o Rationale: proceed to the nose
To eliminate Rationale:
phlegm from the o This is done for
mouth aesthetic reasons
Important Concept!!!
Patients with cystic fibrosis
benefit much from postural
drainage
TYPES OF SUCTIONING
Type of Position of Depth Duration Interval Total
Suctioning the Patient with Time
while each
Suctioning Pass of
Suction
Oropharyngeal
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Suctioning
TYPES OF SUCTIONING
Type of Position of Depth Duration Interval Total
Suctioning the Patient with each Time
while Pass of
Suctioning Suction
Orotracheal
Suctioning
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If patient is Low to Measure Not more 20 – 30 Not more
conscious semi- from mouth than 10 seconds than 5
fowler’s to mid- seconds minutes
position sternum
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TYPES OF SUCTIONING
Type of Position of Depth Duration Interval Total
Suctioning the Patient with Time
while each
Suctioning Pass of
Suction
Endotracheal Semi-Fowler’s 12.5 5 – 10 2 – 3 Not
Tube if not centimeters seconds minutes more
Suctioning contraindicated or 6 inches; than 5
Insert as minutes
far as it
goes until
you meet
resistance
or until
patient
coughs
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Tracheostomy Semi-Fowler’s Insert as 5 – 10 2 – 3 Not
Tube if not far as it seconds minutes more
Suctioning contraindicated gets until than 5
you meet minutes
resistance
or until the
patient
coughs
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(1 cm) before o Instill 2.5 ml to 5.0 ml
applying suction Normal Saline Solution
o Rationale: for adults to liquefy the
To avoid trauma mucous plug
on the mucous o Instill 2.0 ml Normal
membrane Saline Solution for
o Do suctioning children to liquefy the
intermittently mucous plug
o Suctioning should not Instill 0.5 ml to 1.0 ml Normal
be continuous Saline Solution for infants to
o Rotate the catheter liquefy the mucous plug
(between the thumb
and the index finger) as VITAL SIGNS
you withdraw
o Apply suction only TEMPERATURE
when you are ready to Oral
withdraw (i.e. keep Axillary
finger away from Rectal
suction port if you are
still not ready) Oral Method
Most convenient
How to Hyperoxygenate the Most accessible
Patient Nursing Alert!
Give two (2) to three (3) blows o Applicability is for
by ambubag children aged six (6)
Increase flow rate and years and above
concentration of oxygen o Not applicable for
Nursing Alert! children below six (6)
o If the patient has thick, years old
tenacious secretions, Contraindicated in patients
DO NOT USE AN with:
AMBUBAG o Oral surgery
o
o
Use an
INSUFFLATION OXYGEN Mouth breathers
o History of convulsive
SUCTION CATHETER seizures
instead!!! o Unconscious
o This is a two-lumen o Incoherent
catheter (one lumen o Irrational
brings oxygen to the
o Mentally disrupted
patient, the other lumen
o Insane
brings out secretions
Procedure
from the patient)
In the event of encrustations, o Nothing Per Orem for
PERFORM TRACHEAL about thirty (30)
LAVAGE minutes before taking
temperature
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o No food intake
o No drinks Rectal Method
o No smoking Most reliable (except for
o No chewing gum tympanic thermometer)
o No whistling Most accurate (except for
o No gargling tympanic thermometer)
Concept!
Rationale:
o
o Any of the above would If tympanic method is
alter the result used using a tympanic
Placement: thermometer, the rectal
o Under the tongue, method is only second
most reliable and
beside the frenulum
second most accurate
(right or left)
Disadvantage:
Total Time:
o Placement on a
o Two (2) to three (3)
different site yields a
minutes
different reading
o Therefore, ensure that
Axillary Method
the bulb of the rectal
Least realiable
thermometer rests on
Safest method the mucous membrane
Nursing Alert!
Contraindications:
o During application, be
o Hemorrhoids
sure that axilla is dry
o Rectal Surgery
o Dry using a patting
o Certain Cardiac
motion
ailments due to
Nursing Alert!
stimulation of the vagus
o Do NOT RUB!!!
nerve; valsalva
Rationale: maneuver leads to
o This increases heat arrhythmias
due to friction Position of Patient when
o Rubbing increases taking the reading:
blood supply to the
o
area Sim’s left position
o Sim’s right position
o Therefore, there will be o For Newborn, lift up
increase in temperature ankles to keep buttocks
reading up
o Rubbing provides a o In Toddlers, set on
false-positive elevation prone position on
of temperature reading adult’s lap
Duration: Duration:
o In adults – nine (9) o Two (2) minutes
minutes
o In children – five (5) Conversion of Centigrade to
minutes Fahrenheit
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Centigrade = (5/9)F – 32 pilorum or pilo
Centigrade = (F/1.8) – 32 arecti muscles
o Vasoconstriction
Conversion of Fahrenheit to Decreases blood
Centigrade supply to the
Fahrenheit = (9/5)C + 32 skin
Fahrenheit = (1.8)C + 32 Pallid Skin
o
Cyanotic nail beds
Concepts!!! Key Concept!!!
Peak body temperature o Patient complains of
occurs at 12NN to 3PM or feeling cold
4PM o Sweating will stop
Lowest body temperature because body will
occurs in the early morning minimizes heat loss
hours of the day Also called:
o Onset Stage
FEVER o Chill Stage
Normally, the hypothalamus is o Cold Stage
able to adjust body This stage is characterized by
temperatures between 37 C °
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o If there is a 1°C to 2°C o Loss of appetite
increase in body o Myalgia or muscle
temperature pains due to increased
catabolism
Second Stage of Fever Nursing Management
Also called: o Tepid Sponge Bath
o Coarse Stage of Fever o Cooling Bed Bath
o
Peak Stage of Fever
Key Concept! Tepid Sponge Bath
o Patient does not feel Temperature of water is
hot or cold 32°C
o Skin is warm to touch o This temperature is
o Skin is flushed maintained
o Fever blisters are throughout the
present procedure
Herpetic lesions How to apply:
o Absence of shivering o Done by patting
o Possible dehydration Rationale:
Important Concept!!! o To avoid friction,
o
For every increase of which
temperatureincreases
temperature, there is a
corresponding increase Important Concept!
in pulse rate o Do NOT use
Rationale: ALCOHOL when
o Increase in applying TSB
temperature results in Rationale:
an increase in pulse o Alcohol dries the
rate due to increased skin and leads to
metabolic rate irritation
o Increased metabolic Key Concept!
rate increases oxygen o TSB should not be
demand done hurriedly
o
Due to increased Rationale:
oxygen demand of o When done
susceptible brain cells, hurriedly, TSB will
CONVULSIVE stimulate shivering
SEIZURES may occur. o Shivering would
These may also be due lead to increased
to irritation of nerve muscle activity
cells – FEBRILE o Increased muscle
CONVULSIONS activity would lead
Increased oxygen demand to increased
also leads to an increase in temperature
respiratory rate
Patient complains of: Cooling Bed Bath
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Water temperature will If pulse is regular, count or
start at 32°C monitor pulse for thirty (30)
Procedure will go on with seconds and multiply by
gradual decrease in water two (2). This is legal!
temperature until it is
maintained at 18°C If pulse is irregular, count
Therefore, to achieve this or monitor the pulse for
drop in temperature, utilize one (1) FULL minute
ice
Same procedure of Assessment of the Pulse Deficit
application as in Tepid This is the most accurate
Sponge Bath method
Types of Fever Involves two nurses using one
1. Intermittent Fever watch
A fever that is alternated at Starts at the same time
regular intervals by periods Ends at the same time
of normal and subnormal Comparison of results ensues
temperature Count is done for one (1) full
minute
2. Remittent Fever
Fever alternated by wide Scale in Pulse Assessment
range of fluctuations in 0 - Absent or cannot be felt
temperature, all of them 1+ - Weak or thready
are ABOVE NORMAL. 2+ - Normal
Duration is within a 24-
3+ - Grounding
hour period
BLOOD PRESURE
3. Relapsing Fever
Short periods of febrile
Systolic
episodes alternated by one Produced by ventricular
(1) to two (2) days of contraction
normal temperature
Pressure on blood vessels
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Indirect Method o 160 / no muffling / 110
o Auscultatory method
o Palpatory method Concepts!!!
o Flush Method Take systolic on loudest
sound if patient is an adult
Auscultatory Method If patient is pediatric or up to
Uses Korotkoff sound ten (10) years old, take the
o A popping sound first sound, whether it is faint
o NOT the heart beat or loud
o It is a phenomenon – If, for example, first sound is
an unknown at 190 mmHg and there is
phenomenon! silence up to 140 mmHg and
then there is a sound at 130
Determining Amount of Inflation mmHg down to 80 mmHg
Using auscultatory method
then…
o Ask patient what is his Use the PALPATORY
last BP reading and METHOD in combination with
then add 30 – 40 the AUSCULTATORY
mmHg from last METHOD because there is an
auscultatory gap
o
systolic reading. – rate
Deflate gradually
Repeat using:
is approximately 2 – 3
Auscultatory method
mmHg per second
Palpatory method
Alternative auscultatory
method
o Auscultate for the last How to do the Palpatory Method
Inflate
sound as you go up.
Then add 30 – 40 o Determine up to what
mmHg point to inflate
o Then deflate o Palpate pulse
o If pulse is absent, add
Tripartite Blood Pressure 30 – 40 mmHg
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When done:
o When you have a BP Stage 1
apparatus without a Involves the epidermis
stethoscope Manifestation
o Used for pediatric o Non-blanchable
patients erythema of INTACT
How done: SKIN
o o
Inflate up to the poin t This is the first
where extremity heralding sign of
becomes pale decubitus ulceration
o Deflate slowly and look
for a REBOUND Stage 2
FLUSH – when Partial Thickness Skin Loss
extremity becomes red Involves epidermis and dermis
again Manifestation
This is the true reading!! o Blister formation
Note that there is only ONE o Shallow craters
reading!!! o Shallow abrasion and
ulceration
SKIN INTEGRITY
Decubitus ulcers are caused Stage 3
by: Full Thickness Skin Loss
o Unrelieved, sustained Ulceration
pressure There is skin loss already
o Localized ischemia Involves necrosis of the skin
o Shearing force and subcutaneous tissues
o Pressure plus friction EXTENDING TO but NOT
Predisposing Factors: THROUGH the underlying
o Unconsciousness fascia
o Incontinence
o Loss of Sensation Stage 4
o Hypoproteinemia Formations and
Decreased lean manifestations of Stage 3
plus…
muscle mass
o Involvement of bones,
Increase in fluid
supporting structures
shifting leads to
(tendons), joint
edema
capsules
Dependent
o Massive damage
position is the
skin attached to
Tools to Assess Risk of Ulceration
or facing the bed
Norton’s Pressure Area Risk
o Emaciation
Assessment Form
Shannon’s Scoring System
Stages of Decubitus Ulcer
Formation
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Branden Scale of Predicting 3+ - 3 cm induration
Ulceration 4+ - 4 cm induration
Waterlow Risk Assessment 5+ - 5 cm induration
Cards
o Most important tool PAIN MANAGEMENT
o Most common tool
o Most often used tool Pain
A noxious stimulation of actual
EDEMA or threatened / potential tissue
Caused by shifting of fluid into damage
the interstitial tissues
Categories of Pain according to
Management of Edema Origin
1. Elevation of the edematous part Cutaneous
Nursing Alert! o Skin
If edema is due to Congestive Deep Somatic
Heart Failure (Right Sided), o Tendons, ligaments
NEVER ELEVATE THE o Bones
LOWER EXTREMITIES o Blood Vessels
Rationale:
This increases the workload of Visceral
o
Pain of the body
Organs
the right side of the heart
Categories of Pain based on
Concept! Cause
If edema is due to prolonged Acute
standing, DO THE o Due to trauma or
ELEVATION surgery
o Persists for less than
2. Wear elastic stockings
six (6) months
Chronic Malignant Pain
3. Use warm compress alternated
o Related to cancer
with cold compress
Rationale: o On and off
Vasoconstriction and o Persists for more than
vasodilation causes re- six (6) months
circulation of fluid Chronic Non-malignant Pain
o Persists for more than
Concept! six (6) months
This is contraindicated if there
is inflammation Categories of Pain according to
Where It Is Experienced
Assessment of Edema Radiating Pain
Induration o Felt on the source and
1+ - 1 cm induration is extending to nearby
2+ - 2 cm induration tissues
Referred Pain
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o Felt on other parts o Pain signals are carried
detached from the to the spinal cord by
source the small diameter
o Example: nerve fibers
o Pain on a lacerated Large diameter nerve fibers
liver may be felt on the also pass through the
right shoulder and not substancia gelatinosa
o
on the right upper Large diameter nerve
quadrant fibers close the gate –
Intractable Pain prevents the
o Highly resistant to pain- transmission of
relief methods impulses through the
Phantom Pain spinal cord
o Pain that is felt on a o Therefore, when
MISSING BODY PART LARGE DIAMETER
or a PART THAT IS NERVE FIBERS ARE
PARALYZED by STIMULATED, THE
SPINAL CORD GATE IS CLOSED
INJURY. Pain management operates
on the principle of how to
Pain Threshold stimulate the Large Diameter
Amount of pain stimulation Nerve Fibers to close the
that is required in order to feel gate.
pain
Pain Management Strategies
Pain Tolerance
Maximum amount of pain and Pharmacologic Methods
duration that a person is Narcotics
willing to endure NSAIDs
Adjuvants or Co-analgesics
Gate Control Theory
Concept! Non-Pharmacologic Methods
Physical Interventions
This is in
theory the most
pain widely used
management Cognitive / Behavioral
Interventions
Concepts!
At the dorsal horn of the Non-Pharmacologic Physical
spinal cord is a gate. Interventions
This gate is called the 1. Cutaneous Stimulation
SUBSTANCIA GELATINOSA Massage
A series of nerves pass o Effleurage
through this gate o Soft massage
Small diameter nerve fibers o Gentle stroking
pass through the substancia Petrissage
gelatinosa o Hard massage
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o Large and quick natural analgesic
pinches effects
o Also done by striking o This started in Ancient
Application of Counter-Irritant China
o Bengay Accupuncture
o Menthol o Insertion of long
o Omega Pain Killer slender needles on
o Flax Seeds certain chemical
o Poultices pathways
o Origin is also Ancient
Heat and Cold Application
o Nursing Alert! china
Contralateral Stimulation
o Rebound Phenomenon
o Example: Injury on left
When you apply
side and massage is
heat (usually
done on the right side
done for 20
o Useful when patient
minutes),
vasodilation is cannot be accessed:
produced For patients in a
If heat is applied
cast
For patients with
for more than 20 burns
minutes, there is
vasoconstriction For patients with
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o To alter pain behavior
o To provide client with a URINARY ELIMINATION
greater sense of control
over the pain Oliguria
Renal output of less than 500
Specific Interventions ml per day
1.Distraction
Purpose is to divert attention Anuria
from pain Renal output of less than 100
Slow Rhythmic Breathing ml per day
o Stare at a certain
object Retention
o Take deep breath Positive for distended bladder
slowly May also occur in the absence
o Release or exhale of bladder distention
slowly
o Concentrate on
breathing Altered Urinary Elimination
o Picture a peaceful
scene Enuresis
o Establish a rhythmic Common among pediatric
pattern patients
Age 4 – 5 years old child has
2.Massage and Slow Rhythmic adequate bladder control
Breathing Primary Enuresis
o Never had a dry period
3.Rhythmic Singing and Tapping Secondary Enuresis
Key Concept! o Acquired enuresis
o Faster beat music is o At age 7, bladder
more preferable control is present for at
least one year
4.Guided Imagery o Then, enuresis comes
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2.Reflex Incontinence o Advise patient to stand
Occurs at somewhat with legs slightly apart
predictable times when o Concentrate on
specific bladder volume is perineum
reached o Draw perineum upward
No awareness of bladder slowly
filling Alternative way:
No urge to void o
When urinating, try to
It may be related to neurologic stop in the middle of
impairment flow or try to stop
diarrhea from flowing
3.Stress Incontinence o Advantage of Kegel’s
Loss of urine is less than 50 Exercises
ml occurring with increased o Increases muscle tone
intra-abdominal pressure of the pelvis
o Occurs when laughing o Increases muscle
o Occurs when sneezing control
o Occurs when smiling
Total Incontinence 2.Clean Intermittent Self
Continuous flow of urine Catheterization
No bladder distention Applicable for Reflex
No bladder spasm Incontinence
No awareness of bladder How done:
filling o Use a mirror for:
Obese male
Urge Incontinence patients
Urine flows as soon as a Female patients
strong sense of feeling to void Concept!
occurs o Possible Board
Strong bladder spasm Question:
Is your Clean
Management of Incontinence Intermittent Self
Catheterization
1.Kegel’s Exercises procedure a
Also called: sterile
o Pubococcygeal Muscle procedure?
Exercises o Answer:
o Pelvic Floor Muscle No, it is just a
Exercises clean procedure.
Applicable for: Therefore, you
o Functional can just wash
Incontinence the catheter for
o Stress Incontinence the next use.
How done:
3.Crede’s Maneuver
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Application of a steady but o Let patient wash
gentle pressure on the supra- genitals
pubic region to force urine out o Dry the genitals
of the bladder o Get to bed
Nursing Alert! Place patient in semi-Fowler’s
o Do not use if there is position when she is ready to
OBSTRUCTION (i.e. void
renal obstruction in the Clean and spread labia with
form of renal stones) two fingers
o This is done only for Remain holding labia
patients who are no Then let patient urinate
longer expected to Let go of first flow
regain control (Reflex Collect next flow
incontinence and
retention) CATHETERIZATION
4.Prompted Voiding or Scheduled
Coude Catheter
Toileting
o Elbowed catheter for
For Reflex Incontinence
Benign Prostatic
insertion
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Grasp penis firmly to avoid Avoid ignoring the urge to
stimulating erections defecate
Where to tape catheter Do not abuse laxatives
o Tape it upward on the
abdomen Concepts!
Rationale: For Flatulence
o To avoid scrotal o Avoid carbonated
excoriation drinks
o Tape on the inner thigh o Do not use straw
(with penis sideways o Avoid chewing gum
either on left or right o Avoid gas-forming
and follow the normal foods:
contour of the penis Camote
Length of Catheter Cabbage
o 40 centimeters Cauliflower
Depth of Insertion Onions
o While inserting, the
point at which urine For Constipation:
starts to flow, insert Increase fluid intake
further
centimetersby and
five then
(5) Prune juice
Papaya
inflate the balloon – Increase fiber in the diet
KOZIER
Use METAMUCIL (natural
o Insert up to a the Y-
fiber) instead of laxatives
point, retract after
inflating (this method is Special Laboratory Procedures
more prone to infection
For females 1.Guiac Test
o Insert at female Urethra To determine the presence of
Length of Catheter occult blood
o 22 centimeters Concepts!!!
Depth of Insertion o Have a meat-less diet
o
Point at which urine three (3) days before
starts to flow, insert examination
further by five (5) o Withhold oral iron
centimeter before supplements
inflating balloon o Injectible iron is
allowed
GIT – FECAL ELIMINATION o Avoid any food that
discolors the stool.
Wellness Teachings
Fluid intake of at least 2,000
2.GI SERIES
ml per day Upper GI Series – Barium Swallow
Regular exercise
Nursing Considerations:
High fiber diet
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o Elimination of contrast Rationale:
medium o Can lead to rupture of
How: the appendix
o Increase fluid intake
o Increase fiber in the 2. Carminative Enema
diet Used to expel out flatus
Rationale: Burned sugar
o To offset the risk of Now commercially available
constipation
o Inform patient that the 3. Oil Retention Enema
color of the stool will be Purpose:
WHITE o To lubricate the colon
and to soften the feces
Lower GI Series – Barium Enema o Retention time is one
Done at the radiology (1) to three (3) hours
department
Nursing Concern: 4. Retention Flow Enema
o Elimination of Barium Also called Harish Flush
How: Enema
o
Cleansing
be needed enema may
after barium Solution
administeredisuntil what
continually
comes
enema out of the body is clear.
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o Erection of the penis
Human Sexual Response Females
o Redness near the ear
Excitement / Physical Stimulation o Nipples, breasts move
Erotic stimuli causes sexual up
stimulation o Fourchette retracts
Lasts for a few minutes to o Clitoris becomes visible
several hours o Increased vaginal
secretion
Types of Stimulation o If female is unaroused,
Physical Stimulation
there is backpain as
Oral stimulation
penis hits the cervix
o Fellatio
If the female is well-
Oral stimulation stimulated, the cervix rises
of the penis
using the mouth Plateau Stage
o Cunningulus Lasts thirty (30) seconds to
Oral stimulation three (3) minutes
of the vagina In males:
o Anningulus o
Oral stimulation o
Scrotum
Shaft rises
of upward
penis
of the anus increases in length and
In homosexual width
male, typhoid In females:
fever may be o Cervix rises
obtained from
In both sexes:
anningulus
o There is increased
Male and
muscle tone
Female oral sex
o Myotonia
is called
SOIXANTE
Orgasmic Phase or Orgasmic
NEUF
Stage
Climax of sexual tension
Physiological Sexual Stimulation
Peak of sexual experience
Stimulation by:
Lasts three (3) to ten (10)
o Smell
o Sight seconds
o Hearing
Resolution Stage
o Fantasy
Key Concepts!
o Spoken words
o Females have longer
o Mental imagery
resolution phase
o Males have shorter
During stimulation or Period of
resolution phase
Excitement
Males
PERIOPERATIVE NURSING
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If hair needs to be removed,
Stages of Perioperative Nursing the best method would be
Pre-operative Phase through the use of:
Intra-operative Phase o Clippers
Post-operative Phase o Depilatory cream
Shaving is NOT ADVISED.
Pre-operative Phase This is the last choice
Begins upon decision of Where is shaving done?
patient to undergo the o Not at the Operating
operation Room!
Ends when patient is placed
on the operating table TYPES OF WOUNDS
Skin Preparation
Purpose: 3. Contaminated Wound
o To reduce post- Involves large spillage of
operative infection by: content from the GI, Urinary
Removing soil and Respiratory tracts
and transient Positive for inflammation
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2. Wet to Dry
Inner layer is saturated with
NSS or anti-microbial agent
On top is a moist absorbent
material
3. Wet to Damp
A variation of wet to dry
It is removed before it is
completely dried
4. Wet to Wet
Inner layer is saturated with
NSS or anti-microbial solution
Second layer is a wide mesh
It is kept moist with a wetting
agent
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