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Nursing Fundamentals 3

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






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






3. Ageusia is






4. What do rales sound like?






5. The fifth vital sign is






6. What is the nursing process?






7. Hypogeusis is






8. What does CAM stand for






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






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






11. When using restraints in a confused patient






12. Side effects of putting confused pts in restraints include






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






14. What are the components of a mental status exam that are not part of a regular assessment?






15. What is a chochlear implant?






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






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






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






19. What is a definition of a delusion?






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






21. Where can wheezes best be heard?






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






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






24. Ongoing assessments are useful in

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

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






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






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






29. What is the formula for determining pack years?






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






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






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






34. What is intermittent claudication?






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






36. 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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37. Examples of personal information






38. Types of hearing loss include






39. Kussamaul respirations describe

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40. Sleep deprivation can effect






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






42. Intermittent claudication is caused by?






43. An example of a nursing dx would be






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






45. What are the steps of the nursing process?






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






47. Orthopnea is described as?






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






49. An ongoing assessment is performed






50. The order of air flow into the lungs is