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NUR 112 DWETN Notes
NUR 112 DWETN Notes
Four objectives of International Labor Organization’s └ An employee performs work that is not usually
decent work necessary or primarily related to the employer’s
business or trade
└ To create jobs └ Outside works are usually done
Greater job opportunities
For better sustainable development Working conditions and rest periods, and hours or work
To boost the economy └ Nurses should only work 8 hours/day, 40 hours per
└ To provide guarantee in worker’s rights and rights at week (5 days)
work └ Some hospitals have 12 hours (4 days of duty only)
Employees should be well recognized of duty especially in special areas
There should be no discrimination
└ To extend social protection to workers of all Article 83. normal hours of work
categories └ The normal hours of work of any employee shall not
Safety condition of all aspects exceed eight hours a day
Right to rest, day offs
└ To help workers in resolutions in conflicts and Article 85. meal periods
promotion of social dialogue
└ It shall be the duty of every employer to give his
Conflicts will always arise in work
employees not less than sixty minutes time-off for
environments but should be well managed
their regular meals
Night differential
Types of employment in the Philippines
└ Every employee shall be paid a night shift differential
1. Regular or permanent employment
of not less than ten percent of their regular wage for
└ Will not be fired immediately, unless you violate each hour of work between 10 o’clock in the evening
rules and six o’clock in the morning
└ They enjoy the benefit of security of tenure └ 10 pm-6 am duty or work
└ You will have the job, unless, you resign
Overtime work
└ After retirement, there will be compensations
└ An additional compensation equivalent to their └ Every employee shall be assured security of tenure
regular wage plus at least 25% thereof └ No employee can be dismissed from work except for
a just or authorized cause, and only after due process
Undertime not offset by overtime Dismissal is not permitted unless there are
└ Undertime work on any particular day shall not be breach to code of ethics and rules
offset by overtime work on any other day Work days and work hours
└ Overtime does not fix undertime
└ The normal hours of work in a day are eight hours
Emergency over time work └ An employee must be paid his or her wages for all
└ When the country is at war hours worked
└ When it is necessary to prevent loss of life or Weekly rest day
property (imminent danger to public safety)
└ When there is urgent work to be performed └ A day-off of 24 consecutive hours after six days of
└ When the work is necessary to prevent loss or work should be scheduled by the employer upon
damage to perishable goods consultation with the workers
Food delivery Wage and wage related benefits
└ When the completion or continuation of work started
before the eighth hour is necessary to prevent serious └ An employer cannot make any deduction from an
obstruction to the business employee’s wage except for insurance premiums with
the consent of the employee
Right to weekly rest day
Pag-ibig, SSS, Philheath
└ It shall be the duty of the employer, whether Gross pay- total salary received before taxes
operating for profit or not, to provide each of his are deducted
employees a rest period of not less than 24 Net pay- total wage when taxes are already
consecutive hours after six consecutive normal deducted
working days Premiums are deducted at the last salary of
the month (30th)
Article 92. When employee may be required to work on a
rest day Payment of wages
└ In case of actual or impending emergencies caused by └ Wages shall be paid in cash, legal tender at or near
serious accidents: fire, flood, typhoons, earthquake, the place of work. Wages shall be given not less than
epidemic, or other disasters or calamity to prevent once every two weeks or twice within month at
loss of life and property or imminent danger to the intervals no exceeding 16 days
public safety 15th and 30th day salary
└ In cases of urgent work to be performed on the According to DOLE, salary should not be
machinery, equipment, or installation to avoid serious late but can be given early
loss which the employer would otherwise suffer
Employment of women
└ In the event of abnormal pressure of work due to
special circumstances, where the employer cannot └ Night work prohibition unless allowed by the rules
ordinarily be expected to resort to other measures In industrial undertakings from 10 pm to 6
└ To prevent loss or damage to perishable goods am
└ Where the nature of work requires continuous In commercial/non-industrial undertakings
operations from 12 mn to 6 am
Even when the employee is on leave or on o Industrial workers
rest day they will be called to report to work In agricultural undertakings, at night time
Article 93. Compensation for rest day, Sunday, or holiday unless given not less than nine consecutive
work hours of rest
For pregnant women, a month before they
└ When an employee is made or permitted to work on should already file a maternity leave till 90
his scheduled rest day, he shall be paid an additional days
compensation of at least 30% of his regular wage
Employment of children
Article 94. Right to holiday pay
└ Minimum employable age is 15 years old. A worker
└ The employer may require an employee to work on below 15 years of age should be directly under the
any holiday but such employee shall be paid a sole responsibility of parents or guardians; work does
compensation equivalent to twice his regular rate not interfere with the child’s schooling or normal
development
For emancipated minors, they are allowed to
work since they are already living
The Basic Rights of Employees independently
Equal Work Opportunities for all Safe working conditions
└ The state shall protect labor, promote full
employment, provide equal work opportunity └ Employers must provide workers with every kind of
regardless of gender, race, or creed; regulate on-the-job protection against injury, sickness, or
employee-employer relations death through safe and healthful working conditions
Security of tenure
All aspects of the work should be secured of └ Philippine nursing act of 2002
safety (holistic health, building structure,
etc.)
Protective equipment should be provided by
the company or employer
Sec. 32. Salary
Right to self-organization and collective bargaining
└ The minimum base pay of nurses working in public
└ Right to self-organization health institution shall not be lower than salary grade
Right of every worker to form or join any 15 prescribed under RA 6758 otherwise known as
legitimate worker’s organization, association “Compensation and Classification Act of 1989”
or union of his or her own choice SG15 = Php 32,000.00
└ Labor unions and organizations of employees Government: Entry level is nurse I until
They demand the rights of employees nurse V and salary is also increasing
Not applicable to private hospitals
└ If he/she is unfit for work due to personal illness or └ Work alone in situations where they may have to give
injury (Sick Leave) immediate care to patients with serious injuries, they
Medical certificate should be presented need to be fully informed about their legal
└ If a member of the employee’s immediate family responsibilities
suffers a serious injury or illness or dies (2 days paid └ Companies may have their own nurses
care leave) └ Emergency situations in the workplace, especially
Study leave needed when toxic or hazardous products are handled
└ Study leave shall be granted by the university only on in the company
the basis of the needs of the university and the
interests of staff development
└ Usually applicable to teachers and professors
Interventions Communications
└ Recognize the presence of many individual subgroup └ Languages include Spanish and Portuguese
variations └ Members tend to be verbally expressive
└ Build a relationship based on trust └ Avoiding eye contact with a person in authority
└ Clarify the meaning of client’s verbal and nonverbal indicates respect and attentiveness
behavior └ Direct confrontation is disrespectful and the
└ They do not like rigid scheduling of care, be flexible expression of negative feelings is impolite
in scheduling └ Dramatic body language is used to express emotion
└ Encourage family involvement in care or pain
└ Alternative modes of healing may include herbs, Gestures, facial expressions are used to
express emotions and pain
prayers, and laying of hands
Time orientation and personal space
EUROPEANS
└ Members are oriented more to the present
└ Members may be late for an appointment because They are still listening even if they are not
relationships and events are valued more than being looking at your eyes
on time └ Body language is important
└ Members are comfortable with close proximity with
family and friends Time orientation and personal space
└ Members are very tactile and use embraces and └ Oriented more to present
handshakes └ Personal space is important
└ Value physical presence of others └ Members will lightly touch another person’s hands
└ Politeness and modesty are essential during greetings
Social roles └ Massage is used for the newborn infant to promote
bonding between infant and mother
└ The nuclear family is the basic unit └ Some tribes may prohibit touching of a dead body
But still takes regard of the extended family Unless there is permission from family
└ Needs of the family take precedence over individual members
family members’ needs
└ Men are the decision makers
They are the breadwinners Social roles
Women are homemakers and caretakers
└ Religions include Catholicism, evangelicalism, └ Members are family oriented
Jehovah’s witness, and Mormons └ Basic family unit is the extended family
└ Social organizations and church affiliations are strong └ Elders are honored
within the community Children are taught to respect this tradition
Involved in decision-making about care
Health and illness └ The father does all the work outside the home and the
└ Health may be a reward from God mother assumes responsibility for domestic duties
Health is also a sign of good luck The mother is the caretaker of the family
└ Health results from a state of balance between “hot └ Sacred myths and legends provide spiritual guidance
and cold” forces and “we and dry” forces └ Community social organizations are very important
└ Illness may be viewed as a result of God’s Health and illness
punishment for sins
└ Members may adhere to folk medicine traditions └ Health is a state of harmony between person, family
and environment
Health risks If you have conflict with family, neighbor,
└ Lactose intolerance community you are considered unhealthy
└ Diabetes mellitus └ Illness is caused by supernatural forces and
└ Parasites (diet is usually raw foods) disequilibrium, between person and environment
└ Traditional health and illness beliefs may continue to
└ Hypertension
be observed, including natural and religious folk
└ Heart disease
medicine tradition
Interventions
Health risks
└ Allow time for the client to discuss treatment options
└ Alcohol abuse
with family members
└ Injury (physical; may be d/t nature of work)
└ Protect privacy
└ Heart disease
└ Offer to call clergy because of the significance of
└ Diabetes mellitus (too much carbohydrates)
religious practices related to illness
└ Tuberculosis
└ Ask if it would be all right to touch a child before
└ Arthritis
examining him or her
└ Be flexible in scheduling care └ Lactose intolerance
└ Herbs, consultation with lay healers (alternative └ Gall bladder disease
modes of healing) └ Some American Eskimos are susceptible to glaucoma
Diet between hot and cold foods should be Interventions
balanced
└ Clarify communication
NATIVE AMERICANS └ Understand that the client may be attentive even
Communications when eye contact is absent
└ Obtain input from members of the extended family
└ Languages include English, Navajo, and other tribal Include them in decision-making
languages └ Encourage client to personalize space in which health
└ Silence indicates respect for the speaker care is delivered
When another person speaks, the person Allow them to include his/her personal items
listening should be quiet └ Alternative modes healing includes herbs, restoration
└ Members speak in a low tone of voice and expect of balance between the person and the universe, and
others to be attentive consultation with traditional healers
They value listening and attentiveness
└ Eye contact is viewed as a sign of disrespect
Most Treatment plans for alternative medicine include:
avoidance, immunotherapy, nutritional supplements,
Complementary and Alternative detoxification, restricted diets, and drugs.
MOXIBUSTION
a manipulative and body-based practice
a therapy within traditional Chinese medicine
Dried moxa herb (a mugwort) is burned usually just above
but sometimes directly on the skin over acupuncture
points
The herb may be in the form of incense sticks or wool
BENEFITS
o Expelling cold and dampness
o Relieves back pain and pain from arthritis and
menstrual camping
o Improving female health issues
o Relieving male health problems
o Increasing resistance to cold and flu
o Stimulating the immune system to fight more
serious illnesses
o Regulating the digestive system to relieve
constipation and chronic diarrhea
o Reducing numbness in the fingers and toes
o Reducing the risk of developing blood clots
o Easing anxiety disorders and certain symptoms
of depression
o Eliminate general fatigue TAI CHI AND QI GONG
Tai chi and qi gong are centuries-old, related mind and
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE body practices
Massage is the practice of rubbing and kneading the TAI CHI
body using the hands. o a practice that has grown from the Qigong
During a massage, a massage therapist will apply gentle tradition
or strong pressure to the muscles and joints of the o more complex, including foot movements, thus it
body to ease pain and tension. is excellent for brain plasticity maximization
o involve certain postures and gentle movements promote healing through restoring harmony to a person's
with mental focus, breathing, and relaxation energy fields.
o movements can be adapted or practiced while "Some people use therapeutic touch to reduce pain, ease
walking, standing, or sitting tense muscles, speed healing, and improve sleep. It is
QI GONG sometimes used to help people who have pain or
o movements associated with the practice, was discomfort from cancer or other diseases"
designed solely as a meditative and healing Why use it?
practice o Healing touch works with your personal energy
o movements developed as a part of the Tai Chi field to support the body’s own natural ability to
tradition can be used as a martial art or applied to heal
self- defense What to expect?
o Qigong can be very easy, thus it soothes the o Therapeutic touch can be practiced while you are
nervous system sitting, standing or lying down.
Qi gong, tai chi movements, if practiced quickly, can be a o Before beginning, the therapist may perform a
form of combat or self-defense. meditation and then assess your energy field by
Exercise programs, including tai chi, may reduce falling observation and movements of the hands over
and the fear of falling in older people. the body.
Tai chi also may be more effective than other forms of
exercise for improving balance and stability in people REIKI
with Parkinson’s disease. Reiki is an energy healing technique that promotes
relaxation, reduces stress and anxiety through gentle
touch.
ENERGY THERAPIES Reiki practitioners use their hands to deliver energy to
focus on energy originating within the body or on your body, improving the flow and balance of your
energy from other sources energy to support healing.
include therapeutic touch and magnetic therapy Reiki is an ancient form of Japanese healing that is
Energy therapy is based on the belief that the body has an practiced by many practitioners around the world
invisible energy field, and that when this energy flow is o there is an omnipotent energy that gives life to
blocked or unbalanced, you can become sick. every living thing, and the Japanese call this
Unblocking this energy can help promote healing and “Ki”
wellbeing. o It is also known as Chi by the Chinese, Prana by
The purpose of energy therapies can be broadly defined as a number of Asian cultures, and most of the
"The healing of mental or physical disorders by western world refers to it as the Holy Spirit.
rebalancing the energy fields in the human body or by “Because it works on the entire self – mind, body and
drawing upon spiritual energies or forces for such emotions – and because it is universal life force energy,
healing". reiki may be successful in all types of physical, emotional,
o Some energy therapies include internal mental and spiritual healing”
detoxification or release of trauma-related How does Reiki work?
memories as additional purposes. o Reiki practitioners act as a conduit between you
energy therapies consist of interventions that are and the source of the universal life force energy.
designed to interact with the biofield of a person o The energy flows through the practitioner’s
The concept of the biofield is based on the assumption hands to you.
that all living things have a natural flow of energy that is o The term reiki is a Japanese word meaning
integral to their basic composition. universal life energy.
The concept of energy flowing through and around the o It is a form of gentle hands-on therapy using
physical body has a long-standing history and is the basis energy fields within and around the body.
for various ancient healing practices and many Why use it?
complementary and alternative therapies. o People use reiki to improve physical, emotional
and spiritual wellbeing, on or slightly above your
BENEFITS body.
There is no scientific evidence of an energy field or that o The aim is to use their own healing energy to
energy therapies have any benefits. identify energy imbalances and promote health.
Energy therapies are very gentle and do not require the o This may generate a feeling of warmth.
therapist to make any heavy physical adjustments. What to expect?
They are used to help people feel relaxed and less o During a reiki session a client sits or lies down
anxious, and to improve overall wellbeing fully clothed.
o The therapist places their hands in a series of
SIDE EFFECTS positions.
As energy therapies are not invasive, they are considered o Reiki treatments typically last about 50 minutes.
to be safe. o During a session, you’ll lie on a massage table
fully clothed, as your reiki practitioner gently
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH places their hands, palms down, on or just above
The placement of hands in specific sequences above or on your body in specific energy locations.
the body to assess and determine areas of energy o They use a series of 12 to 15 different hand
imbalance, which are generally, experienced as positions.
temperature, texture or vibration changes. Evidence
Therapeutic touch uses a practice called "laying on of o Anecdotal evidence suggests that reiki is calming
hands" to correct or balance energy fields. Despite the use and relaxing, often helping to relieve pain and
of the word "touch," the hands usually hover over the anxiety, reduce stiffness and improve posture.
body and do not physically touch it. The goal of the
What does Reiki feel like?
technique is to help people relax, relieve their pain, and
help them heal faster. Therapeutic touch is thought to
o “You may experience the energy in the form of UNIPOLAR MAGNETS
sensations like heat, tingling or pulsing where the Magnets that have north on one side and south on the
Reiki practitioner has placed their hands” other.
o By placing the hands over the corresponding
seven major chakra centers that are experiencing NORTH POLE SOUTH POLE
any of the imbalances mentioned and performing CHARACTERISTICS CHARACTERISTICS
Reiki, these centers can be rebalanced leading to Sedating, Stimulating,
better health. Cooling Heating
Negative: Yin Positive: Yang
Low back pain Tingling
Arthritis Numbness
Inflammation Weak muscles
Acute headaches Paralysis
Sharp pain Scars