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Nursing Fundamentals Theory
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Appoints an agent that the person trusts to make decisions in the event of subsequent incapacity.
Terminal weaning from ventilator
Characteristics of a colostomy
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Nursing Ethics
2. Most significant & most commonly observed infection - causing agents in healthcare institutions
Full stage of illness
Social Justice
Risk Factors for Altered Family Health
Bacteria
3. Disposable one - piece bags may be used at first - will have karaya or stomahesive attached - After stoma is stable - two - piece bag may be used - face plate attaches to skin around stoma - bag attaches to face plate - easy to remove & empty bag w
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.
Nonmaleficence
Surgical asepsis
Peristomal Bag or Applicance changes
4. Liquids can have color but must be able to see through (Coffee is ok) - No milk products - Nutritionally inadequate over time - Used as preparation for surgery - diagnostic studies - post - operative advancement - Hydrates - rests GI tract - N
Actual loss
Components of a clear liquid diet
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state
Integrity
5. 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
Incubation period
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
Hospice Care
6. Process of emptying the bladder
micturition - urination - or voiding
Incontinence
Hesitancy - Altered urine pattern
Nursing Ethics
7. Activity - movement stimulates intestinal muscle action = peristalsis - abdominal & pelvic muscle exercises to maintain tone for intra - abdominal pressure
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Paternalism
Test used for determng blood in stool
Stoma Care Assessments
8. Give each his/her due & act fairly
Post - operative complications Coughing
Dysuria - Altered urine pattern
Deception
Justice
9. Altered self - image
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Human Dimensions of Health
Psychological loss
Human dignity
10. Must be done within a reasonably short time frame to preserve health - but is not an emergency.
Cognitive teaching strategy
Surgical classifications: Urgent
Palliative surgery
Challenges to health care access
11. Fluid intake - at least 2000 mL daily
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
12. ability to break down nitrogen to excrete
Definition of acute illness
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Postmortem Care
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient
13. Anatomical position - Removal of soiled dressings & tubes - Who will bathe the body? - Identification tags - Personal items - Order to release body / mortuary notification - Special handling for communicable disease
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes
Incubation period
Postmortem Care
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
14. Point where an organism enters a new host; GI - GU - Respiratory - break in skin or mucous membranes
Peristomal Bag or Applicance changes
Cognitive teaching strategy
Portal of Entry
Actual loss
15. Role modeling - discussion - panel discussion - audiovisual materials - role playing - printed materials
Affective teaching strategy
Factors that affect a patient's health state.
Social Justice
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes
16. HDL - 'good' type
Comfort Measures Only
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Reconstructive surgery
Smoking destroys What type of fat
17. Lifestyle - Psychosocial - Environmental - Developmental - Biologic risks
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
18. Helps remove mucus & is usually taught with deep breathing (esp. important for patients with increased risk of respiratory complications)
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.
Post - operative complications Coughing
Ileostomy -
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
19. Plantlike organisms - molds (Ex: Athlete's foot - Ringworm)
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Where dietary intake of cholesterol can be found
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Fungi
20. 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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21. Obtaining complete proteins - soy products
Ablative surgery
Actual loss
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Susceptibility
22. Avoid causing harm (Nightengale Pledge
Nonmaleficence
Surgical classifications: Urgent
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
23. Uses reagent substances to detect the enzyme peroxidase in the hemoglobin molecule
What a nurse needs to do about the spiritual needs of a dying patient
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
Fecal Occult Blood Test
How to stimulate a patients appetite
24. Lifestyle - Psychosocial - Environmental - Developmental - Biologic risks
Surgical Classification - emergent
Paternalism
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
Risk Factors for Altered Family Health
25. Maintain patient confidentiality within legal & regulatory parameters - Act as patient advocates - Deliver care in nonjudgmental manner & are sensitive to diversity - Deliver care that protects patient autonomy - dignity - & rights - Seek available
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state
Postmortem Care
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Fungi
26. Act for patient without their consent; Overrides patient autonomy; Nurse decides What is in best interest of patient
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Peristomal Bag or Applicance changes
Paternalism
Test used for determng blood in stool
27. Inability to empty bladder
Bacteria
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
Retention - Altered urine pattern
Physical loss
28. Specific signs & symptom
Full stage of illness
Nursing role with grief and death
Pallative Care
Signs of patient nearing death
29. Need to void without ability to hold or delay
Affective learning
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
Portal of Entry
30. To remove a diseased body part (Ex: appendectomy - amputation)
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging
Actual loss
Ablative surgery
31. Complete lack of control over urination
What a nurse needs to do about the spiritual needs of a dying patient
Symptoms of UTI
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Purulent wound drainage
32. Voiding too often but normal total amounts
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
Definition of acute illness
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
Portal of Entry
33. Goal of treatment is a comfortable dignified death & that further life - sustaining measures are no longer indicated.
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Ways to help a patient manage pain
Comfort Measures Only
Susceptibility
34. Concern for the welfare of others; patient advocacy; respect for other cultures - perspectives
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Altruism
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
35. 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
Nonmaleficence
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
Advance Directives
Terminal Illness
36. Acceptable environment for an infectious agent
Physical loss
'informed consent'
Susceptible Host
urinary retention
37. Sense of hopefulness - participation in decisions - expression of feelings & emotions - Not die alone - religious or spiritual needs - honesty
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38. Dysuria - urinary frequency or urgency - cloudy urine with foul odor
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
Psychomotor learning
Symptoms of UTI
39. Felt by person but intangible to others (Ex: loss of youth - independence)
Test used for determng blood in stool
cleasing enema
Challenges to health care access
Perceived loss
40. - Skin care - clean & dry - Oral & nasal care q 2 hr - Turn & reposition q 2 hr - Pain control - Maintain nutrition & hydration - Patent airway - Vision may diminish - control lighting in the room
Components of a clear liquid diet
Anticipatory loss
Causes of food poisoning
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient
41. Sterile technique; practices that render & keep objects & areas free from microorganisms
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Surgical asepsis
What is adpie & why do we use it
Nursing Consideratins for stoma care
42. Containing or mixed with blood
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
Sanguineous wound drainage
Ways to help a patient manage pain
Post - operative complications Coughing
43. 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
Convalescent period
Pre - operative assessment includes
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
Postmortem Care
44. 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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45. Inspect
Psychomotor learning
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Abdominal physical assessment
Nonmaleficence
46. I & O - monitor for fluid volume deficit or overload - Bladder distention - assess by palpating above pubic symphysis if patient has not voided within 8 hrs after surgery or if patient has been voiding frequently in amounts less than 50 mL
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Incubation period
Components of a clear liquid diet
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative urinary elimination needs.
47. 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
How to stimulate a patients appetite
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Risk Factors for Altered Family Health
How one provides continuity of care
48. Rapid onset - lasts short period of time
Nurses role with 'informed consent'
Definition of acute illness
Affective learning
Post - operative complications Often painful
49. Respect values & beliefs - Role change - Body image change - Encourage to set attainable goals - Facilitate support from family / friends
cleasing enema
Peristomal Skin Care Cleansing
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
solube fiber
50. Inability to get to toilet in time or inability to recognize need to urinate
Functional Incontinence
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
urinary retention
Psychological loss