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Psychosocial and Culturally Competent Care
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- 1What is holistic nursing?Healing the whole person as a goal
- 2What is critical care nursing?nursing care of critically ill patients who have a manifest of potential disturbances of vital organ functions
- 3Critical care nursing requires:advanced assessment skills
ability to understand and use medical technology
in depth knowledge
equally important roles - 4Patients perception of critical illnesspertain to attitudes that shape persons beliefs
- 5Critical care patients are admitted due topotentially ill or already ill
risk of serious complications
may require intensive and complicated nursing support - 6Threat of helplessness/loss of controlloss of function and self -esteem
failure of former defences
sense of isolation
fear of dying - 7Patient relatives - valuehonesty, understand explations, know specific facts
- 8Types of care in critical carepsychosocial care
culturally competent care
critical care nursing
variety of stressors - 9What is psychosocial care?emotional and social support to protect patient
interventions for holistic approach
culturally sensitive provisions - 10What is culturally competent care?1. knowledge
2. attitude
3. decision making skills
4. critical thinking
5. judgements
6. morals - 11Stressors of critical illness and srugerylack of natural light, disruption of sleep patterns, lack of contact with family, onset of delirium
- 12Cultural sensitivityall aspects of human experience and backgrounds
include usual response to illness and norms, beliefs, world views
explores meaning of critical event - 13Cultural considerations: death and dyingawareness of own attitudes, values and beliefs
ask clear and concise questions, use effective interpersonal skills - 14Care at end of lifewithdrawing and withholding specific therapies, optimise care of patients
- 15Cultural considerations - paediatricsfamily factors, health beliefs of parents, family-centred care
- 16ICU psychosisdisorder in which patients in ICU experience serious psychiatric symptoms
become delirious - 17What causes ICU psychosissensory deprivation - lack of natural light, family
sleep disturbances and deprivation - noise, give meds
continious light levels - no reference to day or night
stress - loss of control
lack of orientation - loss of time and date
medical monitoring - continuous of vital sings, can create sensory overload - 18Medical causes of ICU psychosispain
critical illness
medication reaction or side effects
infection
metabolic disturbances
heart failure
cumulative analgesia
dehydration
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- Created by Elizabeth Then · Jul 23, 2018
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