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Nursing Fundamentals Theory
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inability to get to toilet in time or inability to recognize need to urinate
Functional Incontinence
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Safety and Security
Components of a clear liquid diet
2. To make or confirm a diagnosis (Ex: breast biopsy - laparoscopy)
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Physiologic Needs - essential to life
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Diagnostic surgery
Medical Asepsis - clean technique
3. 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
Bacteria
Nursing Ethics
Factors that affect a patients health state
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
4. Helps remove mucus & is usually taught with deep breathing (esp. important for patients with increased risk of respiratory complications)
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
What disinfectant does
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient
Post - operative complications Coughing
5. 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
Paternalism
Integrity
Test used for determng blood in stool
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
6. 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
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
'informed consent'
7. Containing or mixed with blood
Smoking destroys What type of fat
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Sanguineous wound drainage
8. 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
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
Ways to help a patient manage pain
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Post - operative complications Often painful
9. Lecture or discussion - panel discussion - discovery - audiovisual materials - printed materials - programmed instruction - computer - assisted instruction programs
Cognitive teaching strategy
Perceived loss
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
Diagnostic surgery
10. Acceptable environment for an infectious agent
Stoma Care Cleansing
Susceptible Host
Symptoms of UTI
Components of a clear liquid diet
11. 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
Medical Asepsis - clean technique
Situational loss
Serosanguineous wound drainage
DNR and the nurse's duty
12. Permanent change - cause is irreversible alterations in normal anatomy & physiology - require long period of care
Susceptible Host
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
chronic illness
Full stage of illness
13. 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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14. Result of natural development
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Overflow Incontinence
Enuresis
Maturational loss
15. Two or more clear moral principles apply but support mutually inconsistent courses of action
Ethical dilemma
Stoma Care Assessments
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs & Meeting Basic Human Needs and how it's used to treat patients.
Fidelity
16. Risk factors for illness - Factors in the human dimensions that influence health - illness status - Beliefs and practice - Basic human needs - Self - concept
Factors Affecting Health Status - Beliefs - & Practices
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Terminal weaning from ventilator
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
17. 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
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18. 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
Psychomotor learning
'informed consent'
Hospice Care
Stoma Care Assessments
19. Provide specific instructions about kinds of healthcare that should be provide or forgone
Fidelity
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health
Actual loss
Living Wills
20. 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
Total (reflex) Incontinence
What is adpie & why do we use it
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
Surgicale Classification - elective
21. Avoid causing harm (Nightengale Pledge
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
What disinfectant does
Nonmaleficence
cleasing enema
22. Equal care & rights for all
Definition of acute illness
chronic illness
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Social Justice
23. Delay or problem starting urinary stream
Hesitancy - Altered urine pattern
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Catheter Urine Specimen procedure
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
24. Improves venus return - respiratory function - & peristalsis - relieves skin pressure. Patient should practice before surgery
pre - operative assessments & screenings
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Post - operative complications Turning in bed
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
25. Felt by person but intangible to others (Ex: loss of youth - independence)
Reconstructive surgery
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
Factors that affect a patients health state
Perceived loss
26. 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
Palliative surgery
Patient Teaching necessary to prevent potential post - operative complications.
Peristomal Bag or Applicance changes
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
27. Early signs & symptoms are present but are often vague & nonspecific; patient does not realize he is contagious
Nurses role with 'informed consent'
Nursing role with grief and death
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
What is adpie & why do we use it
28. Dysuria - urinary frequency or urgency - cloudy urine with foul odor
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
splinting and its use in the health care setting
Symptoms of UTI
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
29. Body part or function
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Safety and Security
Anticipatory loss
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
Physical loss
30. Understanding & Acceptance: Involve family / friends in patient care - Establish trusting relationship - Refer to support groups
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31. Nurse knows the right thing to do but factors make it difficult to follow correct course of action.
Ethical distress
Altruism
Portal of Entry
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient
32. Give each his/her due & act fairly
Fungi
Paternalism
Justice
Slow Code
33. Bladder - nervous system damage
Enuresis
Factors affecting UTI's
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Neurogenic - Altered urine pattern
34. Helps increase lung volume & inflation of alveoli which Facilitates venus return; Practice prior to surgery
Post - operative complications Incentive Spirometry
Incubation period
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.
35. Wash gently with gauze or clean cloth & water - Pat dry
Surgical classifications: Urgent
Symptoms of UTI
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.
Stoma Care Cleansing
36. Activity - movement stimulates intestinal muscle action = peristalsis - abdominal & pelvic muscle exercises to maintain tone for intra - abdominal pressure
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Surgical classifications: Urgent
Fungi
Full stage of illness
37. 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
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes
TPN
Surgical Classification - emergent
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
38. Physical: protect from potential or actual harm Emotional: Free of fear - anxiety Allow independence Explanations
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39. Allow individual to state in advance What their choices would be should certain circumstances develop
Advance Directives
Integrity
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Situational loss
40. HDL - 'good' type
How one provides continuity of care
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Advance Directives
Smoking destroys What type of fat
41. Gradual withdrawal of mechanical ventilation from a patient with a terminal illness or an irreversible condition with a poor prognosis.
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Signs of patient nearing death
Terminal weaning from ventilator
Clean Catch Specimen Collection
42. Cultural - views on healthcare - Environmental - access to healthcare - Socioeconomic - financial resources - insurance - Physical - mobility
Definition of acute illness
Advocacy
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
Challenges to health care access
43. 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
Reconstructive surgery
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Purulent wound drainage
44. Respect values & beliefs - Role change - Body image change - Encourage to set attainable goals - Facilitate support from family / friends
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Psychomotor teaching strategy
Fidelity
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes
45. Salmonella bacillus from raw eggs or chicken - Bacterial enteropathogens - viruses - or parasites - cause Traveler's diarrhea - Undercooked meat
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Causes of food poisoning
Stoma Care Cleansing
46. Altered self - image
Peristomal Bag or Applicance changes
micturition - urination - or voiding
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Psychological loss
47. Sterile technique; practices that render & keep objects & areas free from microorganisms
Surgical asepsis
Post - operative complications Often painful
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient
Hesitancy - Altered urine pattern
48. 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
Risk Factors for Altered Family Health
How one provides continuity of care
Nursing considerations for peristomal care.
Post - operative complications Often painful
49. 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
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Social Justice
Post - operative complications Often painful
Factors affecting grief and dying
50. Palliative - to relieve or reduce intensity of an illness; is not curative (Ex: colostomy - arthroscopy - balloon angioplasties)
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
Perceived loss
Factors that affect a patient's health state.
Palliative surgery