Exam 1 Nursing 101

Rehabilitation & restoration, support groupd, and community rehab centers

Referrals to support groups, physical therapy, pre-op, hospice, eduction or presention of complications from treatment, and reheb cneters

For baseline data, To supplement, confirm or refute data obtained in the nursing history, To obtain data that will help diagnose the patient and set up a care plan To evaluate the progress of the client's health care To make clinical judgments about a clients health status To identify areas to educate the patient about health promotion and disease prevention

* Prepare the environment * Gather supplies * Patient in proper dress and only expose area you are currently assessing * Patient privacy * comfortable during entire assessment * compelte in timely manner * patient can be sittinf on exam table for most of the exam...not to be in a uncomrtable positions for too long

Largest segment of health care, diagnosis & treatment, and occurs in hospitals and physician offices.

All diagnostic testing, screenings: blood tests, scans, surgeries, medical procedures and teaching self exams

* Education: nutrition, weight control, exercise, and stress reduction * Indiviudal primary role in own health and wellness * Family planning * Wellness groups * dental care * immunizations * risk assessments

Health promotion, disease prevention, and maintaining a optimum level of helath and wellness.

* Educations * Health promotion * Maintenance * Prevention * Rehab

1) duty 2) breach of duty 3) foreseeability 4) causation 5) harm or inhury 6) damages

1) consent must be voluntary 2) consent must be given by client w/capacity to understand 3) enough information to make the decision must be given

1) Autonomy - right to choose 2) Non-maleficence - "do not harm" 3) Beneficence - promote well-being to other 4) Justice - concept of moral rightness based on ethics 5) Fidelity - being faithfully or loyal 6) Veracity - Truth/truthfulness

1) All client information 2) incident date, time and location 3) describe facts of the incident not opinions 4) use client quotes 5) identify witness 6) identify eqipment and medications 7) Identify what was done and follow ups

1) Inspections 2) Auscultation 3) Palpation 4) Percussion

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