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CVI s/s - difficulty returning blood to the heart - ANSWER- 1. "Floppy"; 2. Varicose veins, aching, heaviness or cramping, itching, redness 3. Edema- Leg swelling 4. Skin ulcers of the legs and ankles DVT s/s - a blood clot that forms in a deep vein - ANSWER- "SHEP" -positive homans -leg pale and cool to touch -decreased peripheral pulses -leg swelling -erythema -heat -tenderness Thrombophlebitis/DVT - Clotting - ANSWER- Inflammation of a vein associated with the formati...

S&S DVT - ANSWER- SHEP, seen only unilaterally (one leg), extreme or hardly noticeable, no S&S PE (pulmonary embolus) - ANSWER- preventing dislodgment of the clot, if the clot loosens or floats away, it can get vacuumed right into the heart then into the lungs causing _____________ in the lung S&S PE (pulmonary embolus) - ANSWER- chest pain, SOB, hemoptysis, shock (low BP) Virchow's Triad - ANSWER- Stasis of blood flow, Hypercoagubility, Endothelial damage Virchow's Triad RF - ANSWE...

What are the three historical approaches to health in Canada? - ANSWER- - medical approach - behavioural approach - socio-environmental approach Describe the medical approach to health (6) - ANSWER- - western thinking - focuses on treatment of disease - must have adequate health-care system - prevalent after WWII with influx of economic growth - national health insurance was created - less emphasis on health promotion & disease prevention The physicians role in the medical model - ANSWE...

Marie Rollet Hebert - ANSWER- Respected aboriginal people for their knowledge and health practices provided care to settlers and indigenous who were ill Jeanne Mance - ANSWER- Founded Hotel Dieu de Ville in Montreal; Founded first hospital, CNA gives an award in her honor actively recruited funding, fundraise to keep things going Florence Nightingale - ANSWER- Founder of modern nursing, provided that a clean environment led to reduced disease and wound infection first brought to public a...

3 approaches to health - ANSWER- Medical, behavioral, socio-environmental Ottawa charter - ANSWER- Socio-environmental, 5 main strategies to health promotion Epp report - ANSWER- Socio-environmental approache, 3 major challenges: reducing inequalities, improving prevention, enhancing coping Lalonde report - ANSWER- Changed to behavioral approache Canada health act - ANSWER- Socio-environmental approach, 5 principles Romanow commission - ANSWER- Medicare is sustainable, must maintain Kirby...

Guardianship - ANSWER- appointed by the Court, has the legal responsibility to make decisions for an adult who lacks the capacity to make personal decisions. Trusteeship - ANSWER- Put into place by the Court when an adult lacks the capacity to make financial decisions. Autonomy - ANSWER- your ability to make choices for yourself based on full understanding free of controlling influences Beneficence - ANSWER- doing or promoting good for others, involves taking positive actions to help othe...

Personal Knowing - ANSWER- Emerges from interpersonal relationship between client & nurse. - Complex Requires: - awareness of self, values and beliefs -Acceptance of others freedom to create self. -Active, empathetic participation. - Authenticity & integrity - true to personal values. -Understanding own way of "being with". -Reflection and examination of our experiences- enhances personal knowing. Ethical Knowing - ANSWER- The moral knowledge of a nurse based on service & respect ...

Nursing process - ANSWER- A systemic and rational method of planning and providing patient care organized around a series of phases that facilitates evidence-informed and ethical practice Nursing process: 5 steps - ANSWER- 1: Assessment 2: Nursing diagnosis 3: Planning 4: Implementation 5: Evaluation Assessment - ANSWER- Beginning of providing patient- centered car. Entails gathering data and compiling a health history. 4 types of assessment - ANSWER- Initial (complete), Focused, time-l...

Adpie - answer- steps of the nursing process Implementation - answer- involves action/doing the actual nursing interventions outlined in the care plan Nursing interventions - answer- actions the nurse can take Collaborative interventions - answer- actions the nurse, client, family, and health care team can take together Evaluation - answer- final step of the nursing process - you do this to see if the goals have been met. Principles of the canada health act - answer- public administratio...

Continuing competency - ANSWER- The ongoing ability of a registered nurse to integrate and apply the knowledge, skills, judgment, and personal attributes required to practice safely and ethically in a designated role and setting Health Professions Act (HPA) - ANSWER- -Requires all health professional colleges to follow common rules to investigate complaints and set educational and practice standards for registered members -Regulates the standards health professionals must follow -Intended...