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Nursing Fundamentals Theory
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Changes in attitude - values - feelings (emotional)
Affective learning
Deception
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient
Human dignity
2. Point of escape of the organism from the reservoir (Ex: Respiratory - GI - Genitourinary - break in skin)
Portal of Exit
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self - Actualization
Components of a clear liquid diet
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
3. Lifestyle - Psychosocial - Environmental - Developmental - Biologic risks
How to stimulate a patients appetite
Incontinence
Hesitancy - Altered urine pattern
Risk Factors for Altered Family Health
4. Interval between pathogen's invasion of the body & the appearance of symptoms; organisms are growing & multiplying
Justice
Questions to ask during an abdominal health history
Palliative surgery
Incubation period
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
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self - Actualization
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.
Total (reflex) Incontinence
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
6. Plantlike organisms - molds (Ex: Athlete's foot - Ringworm)
Fungi
What antiseptic does
What elevates HDL
Affective learning
7. Mixture of serum & red blood cells
Risk Factors for Altered Family Health
Integrity
Enuresis
Serosanguineous wound drainage
8. Integration of mental & muscular activity (physical)
Surgical Classification - emergent
Affective learning
Psychomotor learning
chronic illness
9. Should be moist & red or pink if circulation is adequate - Pale or bluish indicates problem - bleeds easily (mucosa) but amount is minimal - Very edematous at first - but will shrink down to normal size as healing occurs (6-8 weeks) - Protrude above
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health
Stoma Care Assessments
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
10. supports & immobilizes a body part - helps a surgical incision helps with comfort and pain.
Nursing role with grief and death
Paternalism
Medical Asepsis - clean technique
splinting and its use in the health care setting
11. Specific signs & symptom
Total (reflex) Incontinence
What antiseptic does
Full stage of illness
Portal of Entry
12. Urinary retention - inability to empty bladder
Post - operative complications Often painful
Deception
Test used for determng blood in stool
urinary retention
13. Inability to empty bladder
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
Purulent wound drainage
Retention - Altered urine pattern
Terminal weaning from ventilator
14. To restore function to traumatized or malfunctioning tissue (Ex: plastic surgery - breast reconstruction - skin graft)
Reconstructive surgery
Combination Directive
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
15. 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
Post - operative complications Turning in bed
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
How one provides continuity of care
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.
16. 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
Serous wound drainage
Combination Directive
How to prevent 'travelers diarrhea'
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative urinary elimination needs.
17. Medicate for pain - N/V - Rest periods before each meal - Offer mouth care prior to each meal - Be sure dentures are clean & in mouth - Offer foods patient likes & can eat - Cold - soft foods may be better tolerated - Smaller portions - More frequent
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
Combination Directive
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
How to stimulate a patients appetite
18. Recognized by others as well as patient (Ex: loss of job - spouse)
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Symptoms of UTI
Actual loss
Post - operative complications Coughing
19. 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
Cognitive learning
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Post - operative complications Often painful
Purulent wound drainage
20. 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
Terminal weaning from ventilator
Sanguineous wound drainage
Surgicale Classification - elective
Postmortem Care
21. Improves musculoskeletal system - Improves cardiovascular function - Improves circulation - tissues get oxygen & nutrients - Promotes relaxation
22. 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
Terminal weaning from ventilator
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.
Test used for determng blood in stool
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Safety and Security
23. Smallest of all microorganisms - visible only with an electron microscope (Ex: common cold - AIDS)
Post - operative complications Often painful
Dysuria - Altered urine pattern
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs & Meeting Basic Human Needs and how it's used to treat patients.
Virus
24. - 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
25. Two or more clear moral principles apply but support mutually inconsistent courses of action
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
Surgical Classification - emergent
Maturational loss
Ethical dilemma
26. Result of natural development
Maturational loss
Symptoms of UTI
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Retention - Altered urine pattern
27. Legal document that protects patient - physician - & healthcare institution - Person who is performing procedure (physician) is responsible for securing consent & explaining procedure to patient - Nurse signs as a witness - signifying that patient si
28. Lecture or discussion - panel discussion - discovery - audiovisual materials - printed materials - programmed instruction - computer - assisted instruction programs
Nursing Ethics
Cognitive teaching strategy
Nursing role with grief and death
urinary retention
29. - 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
ostomy
Sanguineous wound drainage
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient
Components of a clear liquid diet
30. Point where an organism enters a new host; GI - GU - Respiratory - break in skin or mucous membranes
Portal of Entry
Combination Directive
Susceptibility
Challenges to health care access
31. Personal habits - Defecate at the same time each day - Privacy & time allotment - Positioning - sitting upright with feet on ground
Sanguineous wound drainage
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative urinary elimination needs.
DNR and the nurse's duty
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
32. 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
Peristomal Skin Care Cleansing
Factors that affect a patients health state
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs & Meeting Basic Human Needs and how it's used to treat patients.
33. Early signs & symptoms are present but are often vague & nonspecific; patient does not realize he is contagious
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
Characteristics of a colostomy
Clean Catch Specimen Collection
34. To make or confirm a diagnosis (Ex: breast biopsy - laparoscopy)
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health
Palliative surgery
Diagnostic surgery
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state
35. 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
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
Medical Asepsis - clean technique
What elevates HDL
Characteristics of a colostomy
36. Process of emptying the bladder
micturition - urination - or voiding
Sanguineous wound drainage
Fidelity
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
37. Collect from specimen port on drainage tubing - Cleanse with alcohol & use sterile syringe to pull out urine - Collect urine only from upper tubing - never from drainage bag - Urinalysis - collect 30 mL; Culture & Sensitivity (C&S) - collect 10 mL -
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Catheter Urine Specimen procedure
Psychomotor learning
Surgicale Classification - elective
38. Equal care & rights for all
Post - operative complications Incentive Spirometry
Psychomotor learning
Social Justice
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient
39. 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
Pre - operative assessment includes
Functional Incontinence
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes
40. Assess for: - illness - fever - fatigue - N/V - medications - can alter taste or decrease appetite (chemo - steroids) - poor fitting dentures - no teeth - bad teeth - mouth problems - lesions - inflamed mucosa - pain - dislike of certain foods - unfa
Post - operative complications Turning in bed
Factors affecting a vegan diet
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
41. Provide specific instructions about kinds of healthcare that should be provide or forgone
Catheter Urine Specimen procedure
Neurogenic - Altered urine pattern
Living Wills
Post - operative complications Coughing
42. Incontinence in child after toilet control expected
Enuresis
Test used for determng blood in stool
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state
Factors affecting UTI's
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
44. Regular exercise
Physical loss
Nursing role with grief and death
What elevates HDL
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
45. 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
46. Keep promises
Fidelity
Psychomotor learning
How to prevent 'travelers diarrhea'
Terminal weaning from ventilator
47. Process by which healthcare providers give appropriate - uninterrupted care & facilitate the patient's transition between different setting & levels of care - Teaching patient & family - self - care - medications - Involve patient & family in care p
Full stage of illness
How one provides continuity of care
Social Justice
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
48. Demonstration - discovery - audiovisual materials - printed materials
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Psychomotor teaching strategy
49. Uses reagent substances to detect the enzyme peroxidase in the hemoglobin molecule
Palliative surgery
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Fecal Occult Blood Test
How to prevent 'travelers diarrhea'
50. Wash gently with gauze or clean cloth & water - Pat dry
Altruism
Questions to ask during an abdominal health history
Stoma Care Cleansing
Symptoms of UTI