NUR 2462C Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Intentional Tort, Physical Restraint, Glove
8 Jun 2020
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Level of consciousness, nursing ethical principles, patient rights, informed consent. If patient does not understand, have the provider come back and answer the questions: restraints. Intentional tort: battery: hits the patient, administers medication against the patient"s will, assault: threatens the patient, false imprisonment: inappropriately restrains a patient, administers a chemical restraint (sedative) Intrapersonal communication: thinking thoughts without verbalizing them, self-talk, internal debate or dialogue inside without verbalizing it. Identification: where an individual would adopt the characteristics of another individual or group so they identify with a group of people. Levels of anxiety, nurse/patient therapeutic relationship, levels of prevention. Levels of anxiety: mild anxiety: normal experience for most people, enhances the individual"s perception, signs and symptoms: restlessness, irritability, fidgeting, toe-tapping. Alzheimer"s disease and dementia vs delirium: non-reversible neurocognitive disorder; results in memory loss problems with judgement changes in personality, stages, stage i: memory lapses will frequently misplace items; difficulty concentrating; not have issues with their.
