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Nursing Fundamentals 3

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1. The path of blood from the heart to the lungs is






2. Describe the purpose of a mental status exam






3. What is the purpose of the nursing process?






4. Examples of personal information






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






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






7. What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development






8. An example of a nursing dx would be






9. Subjective data could include






10. If patient reports pain of 3 on scale of 0-10 - What is the appropriate class of pain reliever?






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






12. What are Cheyne Stokes?






13. One way to test a person's cognitive ability and abstract thinking ability would be to






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






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






16. Two indicators that are REQUIRED for classification via the CAM tool include






17. Hypogeusis is






18. Fluid volume deficit is a __________ dx






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






20. What is a component of the cognitive part of critical thinking skills?






21. When a patient has increased lymphocytes - this may indicate what?






22. At patient that state their shoes are tighter at the end of the day may be experiencing






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






24. Side effects of putting confused pts in restraints include






25. If an abnormal finding is revealed during assessment - the nurse should






26. The purpose of an initial assessment is






27. When noticing a patient with dementia has stopped eating - the RN's first response is?






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






29. Another term for a focused assessment is






30. What are the components of an assessment?






31. What is a definition of a delusion?






32. In Which part of the nursing process will you find delegation?






33. Orthopnea is described as?






34. At What age do you begin to put thoughts into words?






35. Expiration sounds are heard longer than inspiration In What area?






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






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

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38. What is pain?






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






40. Ageusia is






41. What is the formula for determining pack years?






42. Blood passes through the heart valves In what order?






43. A nursing dx is best described as






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






45. When using restraints in a confused patient






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






47. Other factors that may indicate confusion using the CAM tool could be






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






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






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