Pharmacokinetic Variables:
~ developmetn, size, weight, nurtrition, hydration, gener, genetics, culture,
psychological, pathology, Environment, timing
Serum blood
~ Amount of med in the blood
peak
~ Most med in blood
trough
~ Lowest amount in blood, usually right before next dose
...
Identify diverse cultural beliefs and how they affect client and family
interaction with healthcare systems
✓~ Cultural beliefs are an integral component of health and illness. Nurses must be
culturally sensitive to the fact that there are many different cultures and they all have
different practices for family interaction and desires for how they want to interact
with the nurse. (IE eye contact, personal space, talking about pain, etc.)
Delineate steps to developing cultural competence.
✓~ 1. Develop cultural self-awareness 2. Develop cultural knowledge 3. Apply
knowledge Cultural competence takes time: it involves developing awareness,
acquiring knowledge, and practicing skills.
Describe techniques for assessing people of diversity.
✓~ Perform a cultural assessment: ask PT how they want to be treated. Never
assume, you are more likely to offend by assuming than by being open and honest.
, Compare the professional and legislative regulation of nursing practice, including
the State Nurse Practice Acts.
✓~ Professional legislation: "Legal Standards" Regulated by organizations such as
the American Nurses Association which provides voluntary standards, peer reviews,
and continually reassess the functions, standards, and qualifications of it's members.
Legislative regulation: Regulated by the State Board of nursing, government
entity that sets standards for licensure, and rules/punishments for violations.
State Board provides the State's Nurse Practice Acts, sets well defined
practice limits.
Differentiate between intentional & unintentional torts, and how to avoid them.
✓~ Intentional torts: assault, battery, slander/libel, invasion of privacy, false
imprisonment, fraud (harm intentionally caused)
Unintentional torts: Negligence, malpractice, direct action, or lack of action.
Based on a reasonably prudent standard of care.
Describe standards of care and how they are applied to the practice of nursing.
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