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Nursing Fundamentals 3

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Are changes in vital signs a reliable indicator of chronic pain?






2. Sleep deprivation can effect






3. What is a chochlear implant?






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






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






6. An ongoing assessment is performed






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






8. Ageusia is






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






10. What factors may indicate plural rub?






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






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






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






14. When using restraints in a confused patient






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






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






18. Once a medical dx has been made - who is accountable for the reporting s/s of complications?






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






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






21. What do rales sound like?






22. What is the formula for determining pack years?






23. Nursing dx provides basis of






24. What are the components of an assessment?






25. All body system data is not necessary which type of assessment






26. Diabetes is a _________ dx






27. The order of air flow into the lungs is






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

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






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






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






32. The purpose of an intitial assement serves to?






33. Hypogeusis is






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






36. Types of hearing loss include






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






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






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






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






41. An infant is in which Paiget stage?






42. What is intermittent claudication?






43. Kussamaul respirations describe

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






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






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






47. What is a definition of a delusion?






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






49. Why are young children at greater risk for respiratory infection?






50. Another term for a focused assessment is