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Nursing Fundamentals Theory
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Allow individual to state in advance What their choices would be should certain circumstances develop
Surgicale Classification - elective
Nursing Ethics
Altruism
Advance Directives
2. Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen): obtain correct container & preservative or ice if needed - Instruct patient/family about collection - Begin with empty bladder - end with empty bladder - Have patient void before beginning - Have patien
Maturational loss
Symptoms of UTI
Where dietary intake of cholesterol can be found
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
3. Plantlike organisms - molds (Ex: Athlete's foot - Ringworm)
Social Justice
Fungi
Sanguineous wound drainage
Cognitive learning
4. - Allow to verbalize feelings - fears - Do not leave alone - Include family
Maturational loss
Advance Directives
Factors that affect a patients health state
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient
5. 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
Diagnostic surgery
Situational loss
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
pre - operative assessments & screenings
6. Total Parenteral Nutrition - nutritional therapy that bypasses the GI tract for patients who are unable to take food orally; meets patient's nutritional needs by way of nutrient - filled solutions administered intravenously through a central vein
What a nurse needs to do about the spiritual needs of a dying patient
Smoking destroys What type of fat
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
TPN
7. 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
Smoking destroys What type of fat
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
Stress Incontinence
Terminal weaning from ventilator
8. 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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9. Mixture of serum & red blood cells
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Signs of patient nearing death
Hesitancy - Altered urine pattern
Serosanguineous wound drainage
10. Respect values & beliefs - Role change - Body image change - Encourage to set attainable goals - Facilitate support from family / friends
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
What elevates HDL
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Diagnostic surgery
11. Composed of white blood cells - liquefied dead tissue debris - & dead & live bacteria
Purulent wound drainage
Portal of Exit
Serous wound drainage
Functional Incontinence
12. Improves musculoskeletal system - Improves cardiovascular function - Improves circulation - tissues get oxygen & nutrients - Promotes relaxation
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13. To remove a diseased body part (Ex: appendectomy - amputation)
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
Ablative surgery
How to stimulate a patients appetite
14. Lifestyle - Psychosocial - Environmental - Developmental - Biologic risks
Bacteria
micturition - urination - or voiding
Risk Factors for Altered Family Health
Stress Incontinence
15. Complete lack of control over urination
Human dignity
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
16. Salmonella bacillus from raw eggs or chicken - Bacterial enteropathogens - viruses - or parasites - cause Traveler's diarrhea - Undercooked meat
Causes of food poisoning
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state
Definition of acute illness
17. Inability to get to toilet in time or inability to recognize need to urinate
Enuresis
Dysuria - Altered urine pattern
Living Wills
Functional Incontinence
18. Hematest & guaiac test are chemical tests commonly used - False - positive results - from ingesting red meat - animal liver & kidneys - salmon - tuna - mackerel & sardines - tomatoes - cauliflower - horseradish - turnips - melon - bananas - & soybean
Test used for determng blood in stool
Nursing considerations for peristomal care.
splinting and its use in the health care setting
Purulent wound drainage
19. Must be done within a reasonably short time frame to preserve health - but is not an emergency.
Affective learning
Functional Incontinence
Surgical classifications: Urgent
Ethical dilemma
20. no harsh or abrasive cleansers - use mild soap & water - dry gently - use skin protectant products to toughen area & protect from irritating stool
Living Wills
Peristomal Skin Care Cleansing
Signs of patient nearing death
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
21. Personal habits - Defecate at the same time each day - Privacy & time allotment - Positioning - sitting upright with feet on ground
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Patient teaching regarding post operative pain management.
22. Appoints an agent that the person trusts to make decisions in the event of subsequent incapacity.
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
splinting and its use in the health care setting
23. 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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24. Recovery period; returns to a healty state; feeling better
Diagnostic surgery
Surgical Classification - emergent
Convalescent period
Sanguineous wound drainage
25. Recognized by others as well as patient (Ex: loss of job - spouse)
Slow Code
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
Actual loss
Ways to help a patient manage pain
26. 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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27. Uses reagent substances to detect the enzyme peroxidase in the hemoglobin molecule
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging
Fecal Occult Blood Test
Virus
Human dignity
28. 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
Anticipatory loss
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes
Pre - operative assessment includes
Ethical distress
29. Patients who require in - hospital care are more acutely ill or injured than in the past - Length of stay has decreased; Often leads to re - admissions - Nurses in hospitals must have knowledge & skills to perform complex care to very ill patients
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Factors affecting UTI's
Incontinence
30. Inspect
Abdominal physical assessment
How one provides continuity of care
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Safety and Security
Overflow Incontinence
31. 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
Components of a clear liquid diet
Factors affecting UTI's
Nursing role with grief and death
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
32. Early signs & symptoms are present but are often vague & nonspecific; patient does not realize he is contagious
Ileostomy -
Full stage of illness
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
Cognitive learning
33. Role modeling - discussion - panel discussion - audiovisual materials - role playing - printed materials
Affective teaching strategy
Components of a clear liquid diet
What disinfectant does
Where dietary intake of cholesterol can be found
34. Containing or mixed with blood
solube fiber
Altruism
Sanguineous wound drainage
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
35. 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
Sanguineous wound drainage
Susceptible Host
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
cleasing enema
36. Provide specific instructions about kinds of healthcare that should be provide or forgone
ostomy
Living Wills
Susceptibility
splinting and its use in the health care setting
37. Concern for the welfare of others; patient advocacy; respect for other cultures - perspectives
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Physiologic Needs - essential to life
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
Altruism
38. Understanding & Acceptance: Involve family / friends in patient care - Establish trusting relationship - Refer to support groups
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39. Personal emotional involvement - Need to explore own beliefs about death - Burn - out from work in areas of frequent death - Critical Care - ER - Hospice - Long Term Care
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.
Nursing role with grief and death
Altruism
Community Factors Affecting Health
40. Point where an organism enters a new host; GI - GU - Respiratory - break in skin or mucous membranes
Combination Directive
How to stimulate a patients appetite
Portal of Entry
Clean Catch Specimen Collection
41. Risk factors for illness - Factors in the human dimensions that influence health - illness status - Beliefs and practice - Basic human needs - Self - concept
Living Wills
What a nurse needs to do about the spiritual needs of a dying patient
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
42. Voiding too often but normal total amounts
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
43. Rapid onset - lasts short period of time
Stoma Care Cleansing
Definition of acute illness
solube fiber
Where dietary intake of cholesterol can be found
44. Result of unpredictable event (Ex: injury - disaster)
Components of a clear liquid diet
Situational loss
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
Psychomotor learning
45. Bowel sounds - auscultate every 4 hrs when patient is awake - reduced or absent; should return within 8-24 hrs after surgery - Distention - assess; esp. if bowel sounds are absent or high - pitched (could indicate paralytic ileus) - Is there an infe
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health
'informed consent'
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
46. ability to break down nitrogen to excrete
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient
DNR and the nurse's duty
Psychomotor learning
Slow Code
47. 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
Overflow Incontinence
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
48. Most significant & most commonly observed infection - causing agents in healthcare institutions
Bacteria
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes
Autonomy
49. Death expected within a limited period of time - What patient needs to know - how disease will progress; go through stages of grief; support in decision making; right to consent to or refuse any & all treatment - What family needs to know - how disea
Human dignity
Terminal Illness
Maturational loss
'informed consent'
50. Wash gently with gauze or clean cloth & water - Pat dry
Stoma Care Assessments
Factors that affect a patients health state
Nonmaleficence
Stoma Care Cleansing