Sorrentino: Mosby’s Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker, 4th Edition

Chapter 12: Promoting Client Well-Being, Comfort, and Sleep

STUDENT ASSIGNMENT

Date: ________________________________ Name: ________________________________

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Give examples of the needs identified in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs:

1. Physical needs:

a. ____________________________________________________________________

b. ____________________________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________________________

2. Safety needs:

a. ___________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________

c. ___________________________________________________________________

3. Love and belonging:

a. ___________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________

c. ___________________________________________________________________

4. How can you help your clients meet their self-esteem needs?

a. ___________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________

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a. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

e. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

f. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

g. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

h. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

equipment to meet which of the person’s basic needs?

a. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

e. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

f. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

g. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

o describe pain.

a. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

e. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

f. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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g. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

h. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

i. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

j. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

k. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

l. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

m.

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n. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

o. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. What behaviours are signs of pain?

a. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

e. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

f. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

g.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________

h. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

i. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

j. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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k. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

l. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

m. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

n. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

o. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. List some measures that promote sleep.

a. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

e. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

f. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

g.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________

INDEPENDENT LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Answer the questions to understand

differences in pain perception and management.
a. What experiences have you had with
pain? Accident? Illness? Childbirth? Surgery?
b. How long did your pain last? What type of
pain was it? Chronic? Acute?
c. How would you rate the pain on a scale of
1 to 10?
d. How did your family, friends, and others
respond to your pain? How did you feel about their responses?
e. How did you deal with the pain? What
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measures did you use to relieve the pain?

f. How will this discussion about personal
experience with pain affect your approach to a person who has pain?

2. Check the temperature in your home. Different

people are comfortable at different temperatures. Answer these questions about yourself
to help you understand the importance of individual preferences for people in a health
care setting.
a. Do you prefer hot or cold rooms? Why?
b. How does the temperature that you prefer compare with that of your spouse,
children, parents, or friends?
c. Would the temperature you prefer be appropriate for an infant? An older adult?
Why or why not?

3. How does noise in your home affect you?

Answer these questions to help you understand the importance of noise levels in the
health care facility.
a. How do you study best? With the radio or TV on? With silence?
b. When you go to bed, do you prefer silence to help you to sleep? Do you like
the sound of soft music or the TV as you go to sleep?
c. Does everyone in your household agree on what volume to keep the radio
or TV? How do you resolve conflict over this if it is a problem?
d. If the noise level in your surroundings is unacceptable to you, how do you
react? How does it affect your ability to think? Rest? Study? How does it affect your
relationship with others?

CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISES

1. You are caring for a client from China. He denies a complaint of pain. You notice he is
splinting and guarding his right side when he moves. He is grimacing and his jaw is
clenched. You note he is frequently repositioning himself in the chair and you
occasionally hear him grunt with the effort. What could you derive from your
observations and what should you do?