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- Holistic nursing definition
- A specialty that integrates conventional and complementary approaches to care for the whole person-body, mind, spirit, and environment-within a caring-healing relationship.
- Nightingale's Environmental Theory
- Proposes that health is influenced by environmental factors such as fresh air, clean water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light; nurses manipulate these to support natural healing.
- Watson's Theory of Human Caring
- Emphasizes transpersonal caring moments and ten caritas processes, including loving-kindness, authentic presence, and creating a healing environment.
- Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings
- Views humans and environment as irreducible energy fields in continuous mutual process; nursing promotes pattern manifestation and well-being.
- Autonomy
- The ethical principle that respects a patient's right to make informed decisions about their own care, including refusal of treatment.
- Beneficence
- The ethical obligation to act in the patient's best interest, balancing benefits against risks and burdens of interventions.
- Nonmaleficence
- The duty to avoid causing harm; includes preventing harm and ensuring that interventions do not outweigh benefits.
- Holistic assessment components
- Includes physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and environmental data, plus patient's values, beliefs, and use of complementary therapies.
- Nursing diagnosis
- A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes; provides basis for selecting interventions.
- SMART outcomes
- Patient-centered goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound; used to evaluate care effectiveness.
- Evaluation phase
- The step in the nursing process where actual outcomes are compared to expected outcomes, and the plan is modified if needed.
- Active listening
- A therapeutic communication technique that involves fully attending to the patient's verbal and nonverbal messages and reflecting back understanding.
- LEARN model
- A cultural assessment tool: Listen, Explain, Acknowledge, Recommend, Negotiate; used to bridge cultural differences in care.
- Teach-back method
- A communication technique where the patient explains or demonstrates information in their own words to confirm understanding.
- Therapeutic environment
- A healing space that ensures safety, privacy, comfort, minimal noise, access to nature/light, and support for spiritual practices.
- FICA spiritual assessment
- A tool to assess spirituality: Faith/belief, Importance of spirituality, Community involvement, and Address in care.
- Motivational interviewing
- A collaborative, person-centered counseling approach to strengthen motivation for change, using open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries.
- Stages of change
- Prochaska and DiClemente's model: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance; interventions should match the patient's stage.
- Health literacy
- The degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand health information to make informed decisions; requires plain language and teach-back.
- Adult learning principles
- Knowles' assumptions: adults are self-directed, goal-oriented, relevancy-oriented, and bring life experience; education should be practical and problem-centered.
- Reflective practice
- Deliberate, critical thinking about one's actions and experiences to enhance self-awareness and professional growth, often using journaling or debriefing.
- Compassion fatigue
- A state of emotional exhaustion and reduced empathy resulting from prolonged exposure to others' suffering; requires self-care and support.
- Johari Window
- A model of self-awareness with four quadrants (open, blind, hidden, unknown); feedback and self-disclosure expand the open area.
- Mindfulness
- Non-judgmental awareness of the present moment; reduces stress and improves focus and emotional regulation.
- Guided imagery
- A mind-body intervention using mental visualization of peaceful or healing scenes to reduce anxiety, pain, and stress.
- Aromatherapy precautions
- Assess allergies, asthma, and pregnancy; avoid topical use of irritant oils; ensure proper dilution and ventilation; document response.
- Herbal supplement interactions
- Some herbs interact with medications (e.g., St. John's wort induces CYP3A4; ginkgo increases bleeding risk); always assess supplement use.
- Energy therapies
- Interventions such as Healing Touch, Reiki, and Therapeutic Touch that aim to balance human energy fields; used as adjuncts, not substitutes for medical care.
- Acupressure
- Applying pressure to specific points on the body; avoid in pregnancy (certain points may stimulate labor) and over inflamed or infected areas.
- Evidence-based practice
- Integrating the best available research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences to make care decisions.
- Levels of evidence
- A hierarchy ranking study designs: systematic reviews/meta-analyses of RCTs > RCTs > cohort > case-control > case series > expert opinion.
- Transformational leadership
- A leadership style that inspires and motivates followers through a shared vision, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration.
- PDSA cycle
- A quality improvement method: Plan (identify change), Do (implement on small scale), Study (analyze results), Act (adopt, adapt, or abandon).