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Nursing Fundamentals 3

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why are young children at greater risk for respiratory infection?






2. Acceptable sources of assessment data when evaluating a confused patient would be






3. What is the cognitive difference between a preschooler and schoolage child?






4. Inspiration sounds are heard longer than expiration sounds In What area?






5. What factors may indicate plural rub?






6. QUESTT is a tool for What type of an assessment?






7. Where can wheezes best be heard?






8. What is responsible for transporting O2 in the blood






9. What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development






10. What is a definition of a delusion?






11. Fluid volume deficit is a __________ dx






12. Diabetes is a _________ dx






13. ABG's would be an important lab value for What types of patient's?


14. When speaking with a patient with moderate hearing loss the RN should






15. Data gathered via instrumention (pulse ox) is considered






16. Which patient would be most likely to experience sensory overload?






17. What is the difference between a nursing dx and a med dx?






18. What would cause changes in congitive development later in life (middle adulthood)?






19. What is pain?






20. What is the formula for determining pack years?






21. When dealing with a confused patient - should the nurse acknowledge the patient's underlying feelings or the content of the delusion?


22. What does CAM stand for






23. The site where gas exchange occurs is






24. Would a nursing dx be part of the primary or secondary dx?






25. What are the steps of the nursing process?






26. When performing an ongoing assessment for a patient with disturbed thinking the nurse should be sure to include






27. Asking a patient what would you do if there is a fire in the wastebasket - is a way to assess their






28. Ageusia is






29. Intermittent claudication is caused by?






30. Nursing dx provides basis of






31. A patient failing to answer questions or displaying a reluctance to participate in group or family activities may be experiencing






32. Hypogeusis is






33. Are changes in vital signs a reliable indicator of chronic pain?






34. What is the nursing process?






35. The basis for a plan of care comes for which stage of the nursing process?






36. Ongoing assessments are useful in


37. What scale is used to determine eating and feeding issues in adults with confusion






38. At What age do you begin to use logical thought process?






39. The order of air flow into the lungs is






40. The purpose of an intitial assement serves to?






41. A nursing dx is best described as






42. What is intermittent claudication?






43. Factors that may reduce the efficacy of pulse oximetry include






44. Nursing interventions should be based on who's theory?






45. The assessment that includes the patient's overhall health status






46. Data from the last 24/48 hours that included patterns would be a part of






47. What are the components of an assessment?






48. What is the difference between hallucination and delirium?






49. When performing an interview with a patient with vision loss - select the correct questions for obtaining an accurate vision history






50. What is the purpose of the nursing process?