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R – respiratory infection
S – skin infections
W- wound infections
M – measles
T – TB
V – Varicella
Droplet: SPIDERMAN
I – influenza
D – diphtheria (pharyngeal)
E – epiglottis
R – rubella
M – mumps/meningitis
AN – adenovirus
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Watson’s Transpersonal Caring - Promotes healing and wholeness, Rejects the disease
orientation to health care, Places care before cure, Emphasizes the nurse-patient relationship
Swanson’s Theory of Caring - Defines caring as a nurturing way of relating to an individual,
States that caring is a central nursing phenomenon but is not necessarily unique to nursing
practice
Understand and advocate for your patient
Providing Presence
o Being with /Eye contact /Body language/ Tone of voice/ Listening /Positive and
encouraging attitude
Listening
o Creates trust/ Opens lines of communication/ Creates a mutual relationship
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Eliminating disparities in the health status of people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural
backgrounds has become one of the two most important priorities of Healthy People 2020.
In every culture: ➢
o Health, illness, and caring have meanings that are unique. ➢
o Groups interpret and define experiences relevant to birth, illness, and death through a
certain context.
Culture & life transitions:
o Rites of passage pregnancy childbirth newborn postpartum period rites
of passage grief and loss
Culture-bound syndromes are illnesses that are specific to one culture.
Cultural care preservation or maintenance—Retain and/or preserve relevant care values so
patients maintain their well-being, recover from illness, or face handicaps and/or death.
Cultural care accommodation or negotiation—Adapt or negotiate with others for a beneficial or
satisfying health outcome.
Cultural care repatterning or restructuring—Reorder, change, or greatly modify patients’
lifestyles for a new, different, and beneficial health care pattern.
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Physical hazards in the environment threaten a person’s safety and often result in physical or
psychological injury or death.
o Motor vehicle accidents, Poison, Falls, Fire, Disasters
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