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Nursing Fundamentals 3

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is responsible for transporting O2 in the blood






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






3. What is a definition of a delusion?






4. When a patient has increased neutrophils - this may indicate what?






5. Orthopnea is described as?






6. The site where gas exchange occurs is






7. Diabetes is a _________ dx






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






9. An ongoing assessment is performed






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






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






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


13. The order of air flow into the lungs is






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






15. At What age do you begin to use decision making?






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






17. An infant is in which Paiget stage?






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






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






20. Examples of personal information






21. Intermittent claudication is caused by?






22. What is a chochlear implant?






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






24. What does CAM stand for






25. Where can you hear bronchovesicular breath sounds?






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






27. What is cognition?






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






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






30. Hypogeusis is






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






32. An example of a secondary source is






33. What is the formula for cardiac output?


34. Fluid volume deficit is a __________ dx






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






36. Describe the purpose of a mental status exam






37. Data that is recorded for an immediate need (code blue or fall) would be included in






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






39. Ongoing assessments are useful in


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






41. What is pain?






42. What is the nursing process?






43. What is the purpose of the nursing process?






44. The fifth vital sign is






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






46. Data validation assures






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






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






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






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