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Nursing Fundamentals 3

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If an abnormal finding is revealed during assessment - the nurse should






2. What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development






3. What factors may indicate plural rub?






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


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






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






7. What are the components of an assessment?






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






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






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






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






12. What is a chochlear implant?






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






14. The purpose of an intitial assement serves to?






15. Diabetes is a _________ dx






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






17. Describe the purpose of a mental status exam






18. Types of hearing loss include






19. Nursing interventions should be based on who's theory?






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


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






22. What is pain?






23. An example of a nursing dx would be






24. An example of a secondary source is






25. Intermittent claudication is caused by?






26. Sleep deprivation can effect






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






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






29. Subjective data could include






30. What is cognition?






31. What is a definition of a delusion?






32. The purpose of an initial assessment is






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


34. What is the purpose of the nursing process?






35. What is the formula for cardiac output?


36. Where can you hear bronchovesicular breath sounds?






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






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






39. Ageusia is






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Examples of personal information






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






48. What do rales sound like?






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






50. What is the difference between hallucination and delirium?