HNB-BC flashcards

32 cards. Read the term and the definition here. The deck at the top of this page is optional.

Watson's Theory of Human Caring

A nursing theory centering on transpersonal caring relationships and ten Caritas Processes that honor the unity of mind-body-spirit and promote healing.

Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings

Theory describing humans and environment as irreducible, open energy fields with pattern and pandimensionality; nursing promotes harmony through patterning.

Newman's Health as Expanding Consciousness

Theory that health is the evolving pattern of the whole person in interaction with environment, expanded through caring partnership in nursing.

Parse's Human Becoming Theory

Theory of nursing as a human science with three principles: structuring meaning, cocreating rhythmic patterns, and cotranscending with possibles.

Leininger's Culture Care Theory

Theory holding that culturally congruent care preserves, accommodates, or repatterns practices to fit a person's cultural values, beliefs, and lifeways.

AHNA five core values

Holistic philosophy and education; ethics, theories, and research; nurse self-care; communication, environment, and cultural diversity; and the holistic caring process.

Principle of beneficence

Ethical obligation to act for the patient's benefit, balancing potential good against harm in holistic and integrative care decisions.

Holistic nursing definition

AHNA defines holistic nursing as all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal, integrating mind, body, spirit, and environment.

Teach-back method

Technique where the learner explains or demonstrates information in their own words, allowing the nurse to confirm understanding and correct misunderstandings.

Motivational interviewing OARS

Core communication skills: Open questions, Affirmations, Reflective listening, and Summaries, used to strengthen a person's own motivation and commitment.

Transtheoretical model stages

Behavior change stages: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination; interventions are matched to the person's current stage.

Health literacy plain language

Communication approach using everyday words, short sentences, and limited key points at about a fifth-to-sixth grade reading level to support understanding.

Adult learning principles

Knowles' assumptions that adult learners are self-directed, bring experience, are readiness-driven, and need problem-centered, immediately relevant education.

Qualified medical interpreter use

Trained interpreters convey information accurately and confidentially; family members, especially children, should not interpret sensitive or complex health information.

Compassion fatigue signs

Emotional exhaustion, reduced empathy, irritability, sleep disturbance, and avoidance in caregivers exposed to repeated suffering and trauma.

Self-care as professional standard

AHNA standards expect holistic nurses to practice self-care, self-reflection, and self-awareness as essential to safe, effective, whole-person care.

Self-compassion three elements

Kristin Neff's components: self-kindness rather than self-judgment, common humanity rather than isolation, and mindfulness rather than over-identification.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction

Structured program using mindfulness meditation and body awareness to reduce stress and enhance present-moment attention and self-regulation.

Secondary traumatic stress

Indirect trauma response in nurses from exposure to others' suffering, with symptoms resembling post-traumatic stress, including intrusive thoughts and hyperarousal.

Critical reflective inquiry

Systematic self-examination of beliefs, assumptions, and actions to improve practice and cultural humility, often through journaling or guided reflection.

Holistic assessment domains

Data collection covering physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, social, and environmental dimensions, including the person's values, beliefs, and goals.

HOPE spiritual assessment

Tool asking about Hope sources, Organized religion, Personal spirituality and practices, and Effects on care and decision-making.

FICA spiritual history

Assessment mnemonic: Faith and belief, Importance, Community, and Address in care, used to integrate spiritual needs into the plan.

Nursing diagnosis spiritual distress

NANDA-I diagnosis describing suffering related to impaired meaning, hope, or connection with self, others, or a higher power.

Informed consent complementary therapies

Before integrative modalities, nurses verify the patient understands purpose, risks, benefits, alternatives, and the right to refuse, within scope of practice.

Holistic caring process steps

Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation applied to the whole person, family, and environment.

Outcome identification holistically

Expected outcomes are measurable, person-centered, culturally congruent, and address mind, body, spirit, and environment, developed collaboratively with the patient.

Therapeutic communication techniques

Active listening, open-ended questions, reflection, clarification, silence, and empathy invite expression; advice, false reassurance, and changing topics block it.

Cultural humility definition

Lifelong self-reflection and openness to others' cultural identities, acknowledging power imbalances and one's own biases without assuming expertise about another culture.

Campinha-Bacote cultural competence

Model with five constructs: cultural awareness, knowledge, skill, encounters, and desire, culminating in culturally responsive care.

Healing environment elements

Design and care practices such as noise control, natural light, privacy, comfort, aesthetics, safety, and respectful presence that support the body's healing capacity.

Interpreter for sensitive information

Use trained interpreters, not family or children, for confidential, sensitive, or complex discussions; document the interpreter's name and language used.