Nursing Fundamentals Theory

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Felt by person but intangible to others (Ex: loss of youth - independence)
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Where dietary intake of cholesterol can be found
Perceived loss


2. Recovery period; returns to a healty state; feeling better
chronic illness
Dysuria - Altered urine pattern
Signs of patient nearing death
Convalescent period


3. Respect for inherent worth & uniqueness of the individual; patient privacy & confidentiality
Nursing role with grief and death
'informed consent'
Ablative surgery
Human dignity


4. Lecture or discussion - panel discussion - discovery - audiovisual materials - printed materials - programmed instruction - computer - assisted instruction programs
Nursing Ethics
Cognitive teaching strategy
Serous wound drainage
Ways to prevent or treat constipation


5. Social support systems - Community healthcare structure - Economic resources - Environmental factors - Nursing in the community
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
Components of a clear liquid diet
Physical loss
Community Factors Affecting Health


6. 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 to
Nursing Consideratins for stoma care
Nonmaleficence
ostomy
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.


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
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Risk Factors for Altered Family Health
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient


8. Smallest of all microorganisms - visible only with an electron microscope (Ex: common cold - AIDS)
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.
Virus
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Post - operative complications Turning in bed


9. 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
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self - Actualization
Post - operative complications Often painful
How to prevent 'travelers diarrhea'
Test used for determng blood in stool


10. Nurse knows the right thing to do but factors make it difficult to follow correct course of action.
Terminal weaning from ventilator
Ethical distress
Susceptibility
Characteristics of a colostomy


11. Lab / Screenings - Chest x- ray - is there fluid or anything pressing on the heart? - ECG - heart health - circulatory - ischemia - CBC - WBC's - infection - RBC's - platelets - bleeding time - Chemistry profile - Urinalysis
Integrity
Where dietary intake of cholesterol can be found
Terminal Illness
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery


12. Physical: protect from potential or actual harm Emotional: Free of fear - anxiety Allow independence Explanations

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13. Frequency that occurs during sleeping hours
pre - operative assessments & screenings
Paternalism
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Psychomotor teaching strategy


14. So patient should be taught to splint the incision (support with pillow or folded bath blanket) & cough during period after pain medication has been administered
Nursing role with grief and death
Reconstructive surgery
Post - operative complications Often painful
Sanguineous wound drainage


15. Kills organisms but not spores & is bacteriocidal - Betadine - alcohol - chlorine - Depends On what organisms & How many are present - Type of item being disinfected - Time & strength of disinfecting agent is critical
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
What disinfectant does
Deception
'informed consent'


16. Understanding & Acceptance: Involve family / friends in patient care - Establish trusting relationship - Refer to support groups

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17. Give each his/her due & act fairly
Risk Factors for Altered Family Health
Factors that affect a patient's health state.
Justice
Convalescent period


18. 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
Surgical Classification - emergent
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
What antiseptic does
Situational loss


19. ability to excrete excess nitrogen
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
pre - operative assessments & screenings
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health
Patient teaching regarding post operative pain management.


20. Wash gently with gauze or clean cloth & water - Pat dry
Actual loss
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
Physical loss
Stoma Care Cleansing


21. Voiding too often but normal total amounts
Psychological loss
Pallative Care
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient


22. Sense of hopefulness - participation in decisions - expression of feelings & emotions - Not die alone - religious or spiritual needs - honesty

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23. Right of self - determination; informed choices for patients - right to choose
Autonomy
How to stimulate a patients appetite
Bacteria
Pallative Care


24. 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
Surgical asepsis
Physical loss
Postmortem Care
Nonmaleficence


25. Specific signs & symptom
Full stage of illness
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Overflow Incontinence


26. 1. Denial & Isolation 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance

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27. A natural habitat of an organism (Ex: other humans - animals - soil - inanimate objects - water - milk - food)
Perceived loss
Ileostomy -
Reservoir
Fecal Occult Blood Test


28. Two or more clear moral principles apply but support mutually inconsistent courses of action
Beneficence
What elevates HDL
Benefits of exercise as it relates to a patient's ability to heal - rest - etc.
Ethical dilemma


29. 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

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30. Improves musculoskeletal system - Improves cardiovascular function - Improves circulation - tissues get oxygen & nutrients - Promotes relaxation

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31. Uses reagent substances to detect the enzyme peroxidase in the hemoglobin molecule
Clean Catch Specimen Collection
Postmortem Care
Fecal Occult Blood Test
Diagnostic surgery


32. 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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33. 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
Benefits of exercise as it relates to a patient's ability to heal - rest - etc.
Urge Incontinence
Community Factors Affecting Health
What is length of stay & How do we control it?


34. In the case of cardiopulmonary or respiratory arrest - calling a code & resuscitating the patient are to be delayed until these measures will be ineffectual.
cleasing enema
Paternalism
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Safety and Security
Slow Code


35. Concern for the welfare of others; patient advocacy; respect for other cultures - perspectives
Palliative surgery
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
Questions to ask during an abdominal health history
Altruism


36. Interval between pathogen's invasion of the body & the appearance of symptoms; organisms are growing & multiplying
Stress Incontinence
Incubation period
Anticipatory loss
Factors affecting a vegan diet


37. Respect values & beliefs - Role change - Body image change - Encourage to set attainable goals - Facilitate support from family / friends
Nursing Consideratins for stoma care
Perceived loss
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Clean Catch Specimen Collection


38. Inability to swallow - Pitting edema - Decreased GI & GU activity - Incontinence - Loss of motion - sensation - reflexes - Elevated temp but cold - clammy skin - Cyanosis - Lowered BP - Noisy - irregular respirations - Cheyne - Stokes - May
Signs of patient nearing death
urinary retention
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
Post - operative complications Incentive Spirometry


39. 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
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Components of a clear liquid diet
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
Ways to prevent or treat constipation


40. Absence of basic human needs results in illness - Presence of basic human needs helps prevent illness or signals health - Meeting basic human needs restores health - One feels something missing when needs are unmet - One feels satisfaction when need

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41. Loss of voluntary control of urination
Incontinence
Stoma Care Assessments
What disinfectant does
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self - Actualization


42. Procedure that is preplanned & based on the patient's choice & availability of scheduling for the patient - surgeon - & facility; Non - urgent; does not have to be done immediately
Virus
Factors affecting UTI's
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
Surgicale Classification - elective


43. - 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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44. Composed of white blood cells - liquefied dead tissue debris - & dead & live bacteria
Purulent wound drainage
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
'informed consent'


45. Freedom from pathogenic organisms in a specific area - Clean' vs 'Soiled' - patient or in patient's room - Achieved by: Confining pathogens within a given area - Limiting growth & numbers of pathogens - Limiting transmission of pathogens from place
Cognitive teaching strategy
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
Medical Asepsis - clean technique
Community Factors Affecting Health


46. Body part or function
Physical loss
Ways to help a patient manage pain
Symptoms of UTI
Reservoir


47. Sterile technique; practices that render & keep objects & areas free from microorganisms
Surgical asepsis
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
Anticipatory loss


48. Gradual withdrawal of mechanical ventilation from a patient with a terminal illness or an irreversible condition with a poor prognosis.
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Terminal weaning from ventilator
Surgical asepsis
Peristomal Skin Care Cleansing


49. To remove a diseased body part (Ex: appendectomy - amputation)
Functional Incontinence
solube fiber
Ablative surgery
How one provides continuity of care


50. Integration of mental & muscular activity (physical)
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
Paternalism
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Psychomotor learning