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Nursing Fundamentals Theory
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Patient's voluntary agreement to undergo a procedure or treatment after receiving the following information in layman's terms: Description of procedures & potential alternatives - Underlying disease process & its course - Name & qualifications of per
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2. Brings large intestine to surface Can be created anywhere along large intestine - Consistency of stool depends on how far stool travels through colon before diversion - May be able to train bowel to evacuate at same time each day - if solid stool
Sanguineous wound drainage
Pallative Care
What is adpie & why do we use it
Characteristics of a colostomy
3. Lifestyle - Psychosocial - Environmental - Developmental - Biologic risks
Stoma Care Assessments
Altruism
Reservoir
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
4. To remove a diseased body part (Ex: appendectomy - amputation)
Susceptibility
Ablative surgery
Terminal weaning from ventilator
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.
5. Wash gently with gauze or clean cloth & water - Pat dry
Stoma Care Cleansing
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Surgical asepsis
6. Recognized by others as well as patient (Ex: loss of job - spouse)
Actual loss
Catheter Urine Specimen procedure
Reservoir
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
7. Point of escape of the organism from the reservoir (Ex: Respiratory - GI - Genitourinary - break in skin)
Fidelity
Smoking destroys What type of fat
DNR and the nurse's duty
Portal of Exit
8. Build - up of fat - cholesterol & calcium on inside of artery walls - Leads to hardening of walls with loss of elasticity or ability to expand fully - Plaque build up roughens walls so clotting factors can stick to walls - Plaque narrows lumen of art
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
How one provides continuity of care
Advocacy
Combination Directive
9. Binds fat & cholesterol to decrease absorption into bloodstream from GI tract
solube fiber
Maturational loss
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Medical Asepsis - clean technique
10. Health history & physical assessment within 24 hrs of surgery to identify risk factors & allergies - Identifying medications & treatments patient is currently receiving - surgery cancels all prior medication orders (Ex: no cumadin - Plavix - aspirin
Functional Incontinence
Pre - operative assessment includes
What is adpie & why do we use it
Social Justice
11. Allow individual to state in advance What their choices would be should certain circumstances develop
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Advance Directives
Purulent wound drainage
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
12. Reach full potential through development of capabilities - Continues throughout life: Acceptance of self & others as they are -
Maturational loss
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self - Actualization
Pre - operative assessment includes
13. Recovery period; returns to a healty state; feeling better
Pre - operative assessment includes
Convalescent period
Autonomy
Fidelity
14. Specific signs & symptom
Purulent wound drainage
Post - operative complications Often painful
Full stage of illness
Diagnostic surgery
15. - Peel fruits & vegetables - Eat dry foods & foods that are piping hot & cooked thoroughly - avoid tap water - ice cubes - fruit juice - fresh salads - unpasteurized dairy products - cold sauces & toppings - open buffets - & undercooked or reheate
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16. skin should be intact - free of redness - Watch for any irritation - rash - signs of infection - Erosion around stoma can cause stoma to become flat or indented
Community Factors Affecting Health
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
Affective teaching strategy
Medical Asepsis - clean technique
17. Act for patient without their consent; Overrides patient autonomy; Nurse decides What is in best interest of patient
Paternalism
Nursing considerations for peristomal care.
Autonomy
Nonmaleficence
18. Right of self - determination; informed choices for patients - right to choose
Autonomy
Where dietary intake of cholesterol can be found
Definition of acute illness
Diagnostic surgery
19. Medications - narcotics - iron preparations - chronic use of stimulant laxatives - antibiotics - Constipation or diarrhea is common side effect of meds Treat Constipation: - increasing fiber - fluids - activity - allowing time daily - may use bulk
Terminal weaning from ventilator
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
TPN
Smoking destroys What type of fat
20. Diet - should include adequate fiber or bulk - Whole grains - fruits - vegetables - legumes - Eating at regular intervals helps stimulate peristalsis (gastrocolic reflex) - Food allergies or food poisoning may lead to diarrhea - Some foods cause
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Post - operative complications Incentive Spirometry
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Where dietary intake of cholesterol can be found
21. Current Trends in Nursing - Nursing shortage - Evidence - based practice - Community- based nursing - Decreased length of hospital stay - Aging population - Increase in chronic care conditions - Independent nursing practice - Culturally competent ca
How one provides continuity of care
Surgical Classification - emergent
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
During Peristomal Bag or Applaince change - opening in karaya
22. ability to excrete excess nitrogen
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health
Post - operative complications Often painful
Cognitive teaching strategy
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
23. Changes in attitude - values - feelings (emotional)
Enuresis
Functional Incontinence
chronic illness
Affective learning
24. Must be done within a reasonably short time frame to preserve health - but is not an emergency.
Surgical asepsis
Surgical classifications: Urgent
Actual loss
Advance Directives
25. Most common nosocomial infection (esp. in elderly) - may cause systemic infections in elderly - more common in females - urethra is shorter; urinary meatus is closer to anus - E. coli - cause of most UTI's - Risk Factors - Sexually active female - ca
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26. Retards growth of organisms & is bacteriostatic
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient
Nonmaleficence
What antiseptic does
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
27. Process of emptying the bladder
Stress Incontinence
Virus
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
micturition - urination - or voiding
28. Uses reagent substances to detect the enzyme peroxidase in the hemoglobin molecule
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Ways to help a patient manage pain
Nurses role with 'informed consent'
Fecal Occult Blood Test
29. Felt by person but intangible to others (Ex: loss of youth - independence)
What antiseptic does
Cognitive teaching strategy
Community Factors Affecting Health
Perceived loss
30. Stool production will usually not begin for a few days after surgery - surgery inhibits peristalsis - patient has been NPO - enemas to cleanse prior - Mucus may be passed from stoma prior to production of stool - Colostomy may require irrigation
Nursing considerations for peristomal care.
Actual loss
Signs of patient nearing death
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient
31. Works to stimulate peristalsis by distending & irritating bowel - Used to remove stool and/or flatus - relieve constipation or fecal impaction - prevent escape of fecal material during surgical procedures - promote visualization of GI tract by radiog
cleasing enema
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
Pallative Care
Surgicale Classification - elective
32. Understanding & Acceptance: Involve family / friends in patient care - Establish trusting relationship - Refer to support groups
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33. Loss of voluntary control of urination
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
Components of a clear liquid diet
Incontinence
Cognitive teaching strategy
34. Combination of Power of Attorney for Healthcare & Living Will
Beneficence
ostomy
Combination Directive
Peristomal Bag or Applicance changes
35. Altered self - image
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Psychological loss
Portal of Entry
Questions to ask during an abdominal health history
36. Health - state of complete physical - mental - & social well being - not merely the absence of disease - Wellness - active state - oriented toward maximizing the potential of the individual
Retention - Altered urine pattern
Portal of Exit
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Factors that affect a patients health state
37. Incontinence in child after toilet control expected
Enuresis
Nursing considerations for peristomal care.
Living Wills
Integrity
38. Dysuria - urinary frequency or urgency - cloudy urine with foul odor
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
How to prevent 'travelers diarrhea'
Symptoms of UTI
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
39. Integration of mental & muscular activity (physical)
Maturational loss
Susceptibility
Palliative surgery
Psychomotor learning
40. Developmental considerations - child has limited understanding but needs to grieve - Family - Who has died - Socioeconomics - financial burden or loss; Cause of Death - Culture - Gender - Religion
Justice
Nurses role with 'informed consent'
Factors that affect a patient's health state.
Factors affecting grief and dying
41. Containing or mixed with blood
How one provides continuity of care
Symptoms of UTI
Sanguineous wound drainage
Pre - operative assessment includes
42. Gradual withdrawal of mechanical ventilation from a patient with a terminal illness or an irreversible condition with a poor prognosis.
Post - operative complications Coughing
Fungi
Clean Catch Specimen Collection
Terminal weaning from ventilator
43. Provide information on What is happening - Provide private area to grieve - Allow family time alone with patient before & after death - if so desired - Assist with contacting mortician - May attend funeral services
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44. Can be harmful if taken in large amounts - All nutrients work with others to promote good health - Adding large amounts of one vitamin can make the body believe it is deficient in another vitamin - Food is the best source of nutrients - Supplements s
Affective teaching strategy
Justice
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state
Functional Incontinence
45. Avoid causing harm (Nightengale Pledge
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Surgical Classification - emergent
'informed consent'
Nonmaleficence
46. Oxygen; skin color - V/S - mental responsiveness; Intake & elimination of fluids;I & O - skin turgor - weight - mucous membranes; Food;weight - muscle mass - labs; Temperature;Physical activity;Rest & sleep
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47. Deep breathing (TCDB - Turn - Cough - Deep Breathing) - During surgery - cough reflex is suppresses - mucus accumulates - & lungs do not ventilate fully. After surgery - respirations are less effective due to anesthesia - pain meds - & pain - hyperv
Altruism
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
What disinfectant does
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.
48. Activity - movement stimulates intestinal muscle action = peristalsis - abdominal & pelvic muscle exercises to maintain tone for intra - abdominal pressure
What antiseptic does
Causes of food poisoning
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
49. Interval between pathogen's invasion of the body & the appearance of symptoms; organisms are growing & multiplying
Human Dimensions of Health
Reconstructive surgery
Incubation period
Perceived loss
50. North American Nursing Diagnosis Association is a way to define what nurses can diagnose in the nursing realm & a way to find interventions & outcomes. Nursing Diagnosis must be a NAndA approved diagnosis - NIC - Nursing Interventions Classification
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
Surgical asepsis
Factors affecting a vegan diet