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Nursing Fundamentals 3

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ongoing assessments are useful in

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






3. What are Cheyne Stokes?






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






5. What do rhonchi sound like?






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






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






8. What are the components of an assessment?






9. What is the nursing process?






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






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






12. What is a chochlear implant?






13. What is the formula for cardiac output?

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14. Nursing dx provides basis of






15. Where can you hear bronchovesicular breath sounds?






16. Keeping patient's belongings - shoes - suitcases and street clothes - etc. out of view are helpful for preventing: wandering?






17. A potential adverse rx of chemically restraining a confused patient would be






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






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






20. Where can wheezes best be heard?






21. What is the purpose of the nursing process?






22. Name the 5 'W's' of assessing a change in LOC






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






24. What is pain?






25. What factors may indicate plural rub?






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

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






28. An ongoing assessment is performed






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






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






31. What do rales sound like?






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






33. Orthopnea is described as?






34. An example of a secondary source is






35. A patient that is easily fatigued may have a HgB lab value of?






36. Diabetes is a _________ dx






37. The fifth vital sign is






38. Sleep deprivation can effect






39. Examples of personal information






40. Describe the purpose of a mental status exam






41. A patient that is dying is on morphine. The family is concerned the prs breathing will stop. What is the correct RN response?

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42. An example of a primary source is






43. What does CAM stand for






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






45. The order of air flow into the lungs is






46. What are the ABCDE's of pain management?






47. What is the difference between hallucination and delirium?






48. What is the correct approach when dealing with older adults?






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






50. What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development