Trauma Effects on families - ANSWER no warning with weather related
trauma, affects family pets, little research on trauma and families, families
who choose to stay experience higher levels of distress
Why do town residents report difficulty concentrating and making decisions
post weather related trauma - ANSWER temporary symptoms from weather
related trauma losses
Example of nursing role in assisting families who are experiencing trauma -
ANSWER most current and in the moment: ensuring elderly couple receives
medications during trauma
Example of collaboration and mutuality of nurses during trauma informed
care - ANSWER discussing community resources with the client to find the
best fit for them
Strategies of trauma informed care - ANSWER understand nurses own history
of traumatic experiences, collaborate with other professionals, be informed
about long term effects of trauma
Which element of experiencing a disaster adds the most additional stress on
families - ANSWER Separation
Priority question for someone who's husband was diagnosed with PTSD -
ANSWER A: how long has your family member been in war
B: have you felt fearful or unsafe around him
,C: Do you talk freely with friends about him
D: is anyone else in your family been in war
Ans. B
Brother returns home from war with PTSD, sister asks when will he return to
normal, what does nurse say? - ANSWER A. give it a few months then he will
be fine
B. You're probably depressed about this and need medication
C. Tell me more about your family and what you consider normal
D. Family counseling is needed for all of you without your brother
Ans. C
Define Terminal Care - ANSWER care that focuses on management of
symptoms to relieve suffering during the last few days or weeks of life when
it becomes apparent that the patient is in state of decline and cure is not
possible
Define Palliative Care - ANSWER care that focuses on improving quality of
life for patients and families associated with life-limiting illness, to help them
live well through prevention and relief of suffering by early identification and
excellent assessment and treatment of pain and other symptoms
Define LIfe support - ANSWER care that includes extraordinary measures to
prolong or sustain life such as a ventilator
, Define Hospice Care - ANSWER care that focuses on providing support to
people in the final phase of a terminal illness, with focus being on comfort
and quality of life rather than cure. Usually only 6 months or less from
diagnosis
Dying at home is often preferred for terminal patients, but fearful for
families, why? - ANSWER care at home requires family members to perform
medical care such as medication adminstration, family members fear process
of dying, family feels hospice is higher quality care, family fears burn out
from care
Barriers to end of life care - ANSWER lack of knowledge, delayed referral to
hospice, not available in some areas, acute care settings rarely focus on it,
lack of support for nurses who frequently experience death of patients
Define culturally competent nurses - ANSWER respect individuals from
different cultures and value diversity
Example of cultural safety - ANSWER When nurse realizes she is not an
expert in regard to patients culture and shifts focus from nurse as expert to
someone of the culture as the expert
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