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# Adult health and psychosocial care

The older adult, chronic illness, therapeutic communication, culture, sleep, non-drug pain relief, spirituality and body image.

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## Safe practice

- [**Culturally competent care in practice** The nurse asks about each person's beliefs and customs and adapts care to them, as long as…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/culturally-competent-care-in-practice/)
- [**Non-drug pain relief: what nurses do** Positioning, heat or cold, distraction, relaxation, presence and education ease pain alongside…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/non-drug-pain-relief-what-nurses-do/)
- [**Promoting sleep in hospital** Hospitals disturb sleep with noise, light, pain and frequent checks; the nurse plans care so the…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/promoting-sleep-in-hospital/)
- [**Therapeutic communication: techniques and barriers** Therapeutic communication is talk with a purpose: techniques that invite the patient to share…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/therapeutic-communication-techniques-and-barriers/)

## Fundamental

- [**Living with chronic illness: self-management and the nurse's role** A chronic illness lasts for years; the person manages it every day, and the nurse helps them…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/living-with-chronic-illness-self-management-and-the-nurse-s-role/)
- [**Self-concept and body image after illness or surgery** Losing a body part or function, or living with a stoma or scar, changes how a person sees…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/self-concept-and-body-image-after-illness-or-surgery/)
- [**Sensory alterations: deprivation, overload and caring for people with vision or hearing loss** Too little or too much stimulation, or a loss of sight or hearing, can confuse a patient; simple…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/sensory-alterations-deprivation-overload-and-caring-for-people-with-vision-or-he/)
- [**Sexuality and sexual health in nursing care** Illness, surgery, medicines and age can affect sexuality; the nurse opens the topic…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/sexuality-and-sexual-health-in-nursing-care/)
- [**Spiritual care** Spirituality is how a person finds meaning, hope and connection; the nurse asks about it…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/spiritual-care/)

## Assessment

- [**Nursing the older adult: functional assessment and geriatric syndromes** The nurse checks what the older person can do day to day and looks for the common problems of…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/nursing-the-older-adult-functional-assessment-and-geriatric-syndromes/)

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