Nursing Fundamentals I MD0905

• Publisher: US Army medical department
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 150
• Series: US Army medical course
• Edition: 100
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
UNIVERSAL BODY SUBSTANCE PRECAUTIONS
LESSON 1
Section I. BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH
1-1. INTRODUCTION
1-2. PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH
1-3. THE HEALTH-ILLNESS CONTINUUM
1-4. ADAPTING TO CHANGE
1-5. POSITIVE HEALTH HABITS
1-6. CATEGORIES OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
1-7. MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
1-8. COMPARISON OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
1-9. CLOSING
Section II. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
1-10. INTRODUCTION
1-11. PURPOSES OF COMMUNICATION
1-12. ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
1-13. VERBAL AND NONVERBAL METHODS OF COMMUNICATION
1-14. METHODS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
1-15. GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNICATING WITH PATIENTS AND THEIRFAMILIES
1-16. TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATING WITH PATIENTS a.
1-17. THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION
1-18. CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION
1-19. NURSING INTERVENTION WITH PATIENTS WITH SPECIAL COMMUNICATION NEEDS
1-20. CLOSING
Section III. REACTION TO STRESS AND HOSPITALIZATION
1-21. INTRODUCTION
1-22. FACTORS INFLUENCING WHETHER A PERSON WILL SEEK OR AVOID PROFESSIONAL HELP
1-23. FACTORS CAUSING STRESS IN THE HOSPITAL
1-24. STAGES OF THE ILLNESS EXPERIENCE
1-25. EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO ILLNESS AND HOSPITALIZATION
1-26. CLOSING
Section IV. TRANSCULTURAL FACTORS INFLUENCING NURSING CARE
1-27. INTRODUCTION
1-28. MAJOR FACTORS IN TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
1-29. VARIABLES RELATING TO THE TRANSCULTURAL ASPECTS OF NURSING
1-30. SOCIOCULTURAL BELIEFS ABOUT ILLNESS, ITS CAUSES, AND CURES
1-31. RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ABOUT ILLNESS AND DEATH
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
THE ADULT PATIENT CARE UNIT
2-1. INTRODUCTION
2-2. FURNITURE COMPRISING THE PATIENT BASIC UNIT
2-3. EQUIPMENT/ARTICLES NECESSARY FOR PROVIDING BASIC NURSING CARE
2-4. GUIDELINES FOR BED-MAKING
2-5. METHODS OF BED-MAKING
2-6. TERMINAL CLEANING OF THE PATIENT CARE UNIT
2-7. RULES FOR USE OF DISPOSABLE OR NONREUSABLE ITEMS
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
ADVANCED PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT HYGIENE
3-1. INTRODUCTION
3-2. PURPOSE OF THE PATIENT'S DAILY BATH
3-3. PHYSICAL CONDITIONS WHICH ENCOURAGE SKIN BREAKDOWN IN A PATIENT WHO IS CONFINED TO
3-4. NURSING INTERVENTION TO PREVENT SKIN BREAKDOWN
3-5. TIMING OF PATIENT HYGIENE PROCEDURES
3-6. PROVIDING FOR SELECTED PATIENT NEEDS WHILE BATHING A PATIENT
3-7. SIGNIFICANT NURSING OBSERVATIONS DURING THE BATHING PROCEDURE
3-8. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MOUTH CARE
3-9. BACK MASSAGE AS A PATIENT COMFORT MEASURE
3-10. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BACK MASSAGE
3-11. GUIDELINES FOR SHAVING A MALE PATIENT
3-12. PERINEAL CARE
3-13. BED PATIENT'S HAIR CARE
3-14. CLOSING.
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 4
Section I. TECHNIQUES OF BODY MECHANICS
4-1. INTRODUCTION
4-2. DEFINITION
4-3. PRINCIPLES OF GOOD BODY MECHANICS
4-4. TECHNIQUES OF BODY MECHANICS
4-5. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PERFORMING PHYSICAL TASKS
4-6. REASONS FOR THE USE OF PROPER BODY MECHANICS
4-7. STEPS INVOLVED IN PROPERLY MOVING AN OBJECT TO A NEW LOCATION
Section II. POSITIONING AND AMBULATING THE ADULT PATIENT
4-8. INTRODUCTION
4-9. REASONS FOR CHANGING THE POSITION OF A PATIENT
4-10. BASIC PRINCIPLES IN POSITIONING OF PATIENTS
4-11. TURNING THE ADULT PATIENT
4-12. MAINTAINING PROPER BODY ALIGNMENT WITH THE PATIENT ON HIS BACK
4-13. COMMON POSITIONS UTILIZED FOR THE ADULT PATIENT
4-14. ACTIONS THE PRACTICAL NURSE CAN TAKE TO ALLEVIATE DISCOMFORT AND PROMOTE RELAXATION
4-15. POSITIONING THE ADULT TO PROMOTE SLEEP AND RELAXATION
4-16. RATIONALE FOR GETTING THE PATIENT OUT OF
4-17. PRINCIPLES OF ASSISTING PATIENTS OUT OF BED
4-18. STEPS IN PREPARING TO AMBULATE THE PATIENT
4-19. STAGES IN ASSISTING THE PATIENT TO AMBULATE
4-20. MANAGEMENT OF THE FALLING PATIENT
4-21. CLOSING
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 5
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES
5-1. INTRODUCTION
5-2. THE EFFECTS OF IMMOBILITY
5-3. THE PURPOSES OF EXERCISE FOR THE IMMOBILE PATIENT
5-4. TYPES OF EXERCISES
5-5. TYPES OF BODY MOVEMENT
5-6. GUIDELINES FOR RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES
5-7. DOCUMENTATION
5-8. CONTRAINDICATIONS TO RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES
5-9. CLOSING
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
LESSON 6
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND THE PRACTICAL NURSE
6-1. INTRODUCTION
6-2. HOSPITAL ELECTRICAL SAFETY MEASURES
6-3. HOSPITAL FIRE SAFETY MEASURES
6-4. PATIENT CARE ENVIRONMENT SAFETY MEASURES
6-5. CLOSING
EXERCISES
SOLUTIONS
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