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Nursing Fundamentals Theory
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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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2. Pain reported by patient is determining factor of pain control - Assess pain q 2 hrs after major surgery - Older patient is at risk for undertreatment & overtreatment of pain
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
Nursing role with grief and death
Incubation period
What disinfectant does
3. Voiding too often but normal total amounts
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)
Integrity
Post - operative complications Leg exercises
4. Cultural - views on healthcare - Environmental - access to healthcare - Socioeconomic - financial resources - insurance - Physical - mobility
Postmortem Care
Challenges to health care access
Causes of food poisoning
Bacteria
5. Inability to delay need to urinate
Nursing role with grief and death
How does renal disease affect a patients nutrional health
Altruism
Urge Incontinence
6. 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
Altruism
Serosanguineous wound drainage
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
Factors affecting grief and dying
7. 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
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Psychomotor teaching strategy
Nursing considerations for peristomal care.
8. 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
pre - operative assessments & screenings
Fecal Occult Blood Test
Surgical Classification - emergent
Nursing Consideratins for stoma care
9. 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
Terminal Illness
Stoma Care Cleansing
Post - operative complications Coughing
10. 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
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Human dignity
Challenges to health care access
urinary retention
11. Need to void without ability to hold or delay
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Maturational loss
Terminal Illness
12. Right of self - determination; informed choices for patients - right to choose
Clean Catch Specimen Collection
Incubation period
Autonomy
Diagnostic surgery
13. Frequency that occurs during sleeping hours
Fungi
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Susceptibility
Beneficence
14. Bladder - nervous system damage
Neurogenic - Altered urine pattern
Nonmaleficence
Psychological loss
Living Wills
15. Point of escape of the organism from the reservoir (Ex: Respiratory - GI - Genitourinary - break in skin)
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
Psychomotor teaching strategy
Portal of Exit
16. Retention with leakage that exceeds bladder capacity
Overflow Incontinence
Terminal Illness
Palliative surgery
Bacteria
17. Inability to empty bladder
Post - operative complications Often painful
Retention - Altered urine pattern
Atherosclerosis effects on nutritional status of patient
Total (reflex) Incontinence
18. identify factors that may place the patient at greater risk for complications during & after surgery - often conducted several days before surgery as part of pre - operative laboratory screening & teaching
What a nurse needs to do about the spiritual needs of a dying patient
Community Factors Affecting Health
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs & Meeting Basic Human Needs and how it's used to treat patients.
pre - operative assessments & screenings
19. Early signs & symptoms are present but are often vague & nonspecific; patient does not realize he is contagious
Psychomotor teaching strategy
Social Justice
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
How one provides continuity of care
20. Keep promises
What a nurse needs to do about the spiritual needs of a dying patient
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Fidelity
21. Must be done immediately to preserve life - a body part - or function
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Surgical Classification - emergent
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self - Actualization
Purulent wound drainage
22. Concern for the welfare of others; patient advocacy; respect for other cultures - perspectives
Altruism
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging
Peristomal Skin Care Cleansing
Affective learning
23. 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
Patient teaching regarding post operative pain management.
Reasons a patient not have an appetite.
What disinfectant does
Community Factors Affecting Health
24. Mixture of serum & red blood cells
Reconstructive surgery
Abdominal physical assessment
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Paternalism
25. Appoints an agent that the person trusts to make decisions in the event of subsequent incapacity.
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
Portal of Entry
Characteristics of a colostomy
26. Brings small intestine to surface - usually the ileum - stool is always liquid - may drain liquid stool without any control OR - can create inverted nipple & pouch 'continent ostomy' so stool is retained until catheter is inserted to drain OR - diver
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
Ileostomy -
Fungi
How to stimulate a patients appetite
27. Incontinence in child after toilet control expected
How to prevent 'travelers diarrhea'
Enuresis
Social Justice
splinting and its use in the health care setting
28. 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
Post - operative complications Coughing
Hospice Care
Questions to ask during an abdominal health history
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
29. 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
Components of a clear liquid diet
Terminal Illness
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient
Anticipatory loss
30. Permanent change - cause is irreversible alterations in normal anatomy & physiology - require long period of care
Characteristics of a colostomy
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
chronic illness
31. Dishonesty to alleviate patient anxiety or concern
Deception
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.
Clean Catch Specimen Collection
Pre - operative assessment includes
32. A tool nurses use to think critically - solve problems - & evaluate the way they care for patients. Dynamic - systematic or ever changing - depending on patient & all variables that impact patient - Helps nurse think about outcomes for patients & is
What is adpie & why do we use it
Stoma Care Cleansing
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
Incubation period
33. Activity - movement stimulates intestinal muscle action = peristalsis - abdominal & pelvic muscle exercises to maintain tone for intra - abdominal pressure
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss
Nursing Consideratins for stoma care
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Paternalism
34. 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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35. Plantlike organisms - molds (Ex: Athlete's foot - Ringworm)
How to prevent 'travelers diarrhea'
Bacteria
Fungi
Terminal weaning from ventilator
36. Combination of Power of Attorney for Healthcare & Living Will
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
Combination Directive
Integrity
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
37. Urinary retention - inability to empty bladder
Stoma Care Assessments
urinary retention
Factors affecting a vegan diet
Combination Directive
38. Interval between pathogen's invasion of the body & the appearance of symptoms; organisms are growing & multiplying
Incubation period
Nursing Ethics
What disinfectant does
Challenges to health care access
39. no harsh or abrasive cleansers - use mild soap & water - dry gently - use skin protectant products to toughen area & protect from irritating stool
What antiseptic does
Peristomal Skin Care Cleansing
Fidelity
Causes of food poisoning
40. Result of natural development
pre - operative assessments & screenings
Portal of Exit
Urge Incontinence
Maturational loss
41. 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
How to stimulate a patients appetite
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
How one provides continuity of care
Risk Factors for AlteresFmily health.
42. 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
Virus
Human dignity
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
Challenges to health care access
43. Altered self - image
Justice
Psychological loss
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
Altruism
44. Felt by person but intangible to others (Ex: loss of youth - independence)
Affective learning
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
Perceived loss
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative bowel elimination needs.
45. Physical - genetic inheritance - age - developmental level - race - & gender - Emotional - how the mind affects body function & responds to body conditions - Intellectual - cognitive abilities - educational background - & past experiences - Environme
Human Dimensions of Health
splinting and its use in the health care setting
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Surgical classifications: Urgent
46. 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
How to stimulate a patients appetite
DNR and the nurse's duty
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self - Actualization
Portal of Exit
47. supports & immobilizes a body part - helps a surgical incision helps with comfort and pain.
Liver disease effects on nutritional status of a patient
What antiseptic does
splinting and its use in the health care setting
Living Wills
48. 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
Ethical distress
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
How one provides continuity of care
49. Taking care of the whole person - body - mind - spirit - heart - soul - Provide best quality of life by symptom management
Factors affecting UTI's
urinary retention
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Pallative Care
50. Complete lack of control over urination
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Ethical dilemma
Symptoms of UTI
Nursing role with grief and death