Nursing Fundamentals Theory

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
• If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
• Match each statement with the correct term.
• Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. To remove a diseased body part (Ex: appendectomy - amputation)
Effects of cholesterol on patients nutritional status
Stoma Bag/Appliance changes
What a nurse needs to do about the spiritual needs of a dying patient
Ablative surgery


2. Frequency that occurs during sleeping hours
Ways to help a patient manage pain
Nocturia - Altered urine pattern
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Incontinence


3. Interval between pathogen's invasion of the body & the appearance of symptoms; organisms are growing & multiplying
Peristomal Bag or Applicance changes
Bacteria
Incubation period
Factors that affect a patient's health state.


4. Integration of mental & muscular activity (physical)
Psychomotor learning
Cognitive learning
Anticipatory loss
Ways to prevent or treat constipation


5. Keep promises
Integrity
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Combination Directive
Fidelity


6. 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
Affective teaching strategy
Overflow Incontinence
Ileostomy -
Current changes in the healthcare delivery system (chronic diseases - aging population - etc.)


7. Respect for inherent worth & uniqueness of the individual; patient privacy & confidentiality
Fungi
Most effective way to prevent spread of organisms
Benefits of exercise as it relates to a patient's ability to heal - rest - etc.
Human dignity


8. 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
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
How to review - assess and develop a nursing diagnosis based on patients clinical presentation.
Fidelity
Challenges to health care access


9. 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
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Psychomotor teaching strategy
Postmortem Care


10. Combination of Power of Attorney for Healthcare & Living Will
Combination Directive
Actual loss
Fecal Occult Blood Test
Clean Catch Specimen Collection


11. 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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


12. Nurse knows the right thing to do but factors make it difficult to follow correct course of action.
Convalescent period
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
What is length of stay & How do we control it?
Ethical distress


13. Smallest of all microorganisms - visible only with an electron microscope (Ex: common cold - AIDS)
Questions to ask during an abdominal health history
Virus
Perceived loss
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging


14. Ensure that food is safe for consumption & prepared & stored properly - Never purchase food with damaged packaging - Take items that require refrigeration home immediately - Never use raw eggs in any form - Cook ground meat thoroughly; should not hav
Abdominal physical assessment
Ways to prevent food poisoning
Advance Directives
Causes of food poisoning


15. Leakage when coughing - sneezing - or increased intra - abdominal pressure
Stress Incontinence
Patient teaching regarding post operative pain management.
Peristomal Bag or Applicance changes
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging


16. Incontinence in child after toilet control expected
Anticipatory loss
Terminal Illness
Human dignity
Enuresis


17. For bowel diversions that bring portion of small or large intestine to abdominal surface for stool elimination - Permanent or temporary diversion - If permanent - may do abdominal - perineal resection to close off rectum & anal area (esp. if cancer i
Beneficence
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient
Definition of acute illness
ostomy


18. Changes in attitude - values - feelings (emotional)
Peristomal Skin Care Cleansing
Signs of patient nearing death
Affective learning
Nursing considerations for peristomal care.


19. Improves venus return - respiratory function - & peristalsis - relieves skin pressure. Patient should practice before surgery
Ways to help a patient manage pain
DNR and the nurse's duty
Affective teaching strategy
Post - operative complications Turning in bed


20. Complete lack of control over urination
Comfort Measures Only
Nursing Interventions to promote post - operative urinary elimination needs.
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Situational loss


21. 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
Dysuria - Altered urine pattern
solube fiber
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Factors affecting grief and dying


22. Voiding too often but normal total amounts
Nurses role with 'informed consent'
ANA code for nurses - ethical & professional standards for a nurse to follow.
Frequency - Altered urine pattern
pre - operative assessments & screenings


23. 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 to prevent potential post - operative complications.
Situational loss
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
Ways to prevent or treat constipation


24. Result of unpredictable event (Ex: injury - disaster)
Situational loss
Enuresis
Nursing role with grief and death
Post - operative complications Incentive Spirometry


25. A natural habitat of an organism (Ex: other humans - animals - soil - inanimate objects - water - milk - food)
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Ways to help a patient manage pain
Reservoir
Stages of Kubler - Ross's psychosocial responses to grief & loss


26. Degree of resistance the potential host has to the pathogen
How one provides continuity of care
Timed specimen collections (24- hour specimen)
Urgency - Altered urine pattern
Susceptibility


27. Wash gently with gauze or clean cloth & water - Pat dry
Retention - Altered urine pattern
Maslows Hiearchy of Needs - Self Esteem
Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - Love and belonging
Stoma Care Cleansing


28. 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
splinting and its use in the health care setting
Pre - operative assessment includes
Cognitive learning
Components of a clear liquid diet


29. Statement of ethical obligations & duties of every person who enters practice of nursing; Non - negotiable ethical standard; Expression of nursing's own understanding of commitment to society
Justice
Nursing Ethics
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Factors affecting a vegan diet


30. supports & immobilizes a body part - helps a surgical incision helps with comfort and pain.
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
How to stimulate a patients appetite
splinting and its use in the health care setting
Fungi


31. 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
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Characteristics of a colostomy
Advance Directives
Ileostomy -


32. Most significant & most commonly observed infection - causing agents in healthcare institutions
Ways to help a patient manage pain
Overflow Incontinence
Bacteria
Factors that affect a patient's health state.


33. Do - not - resuscitate - an order specifying that there be no attempt to resuscitate a patient in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest - Nurse is obligated to attempt CPR if there is no DNR order - Nurse should clarify the patient's code status: if th

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


34. Altered self - image
Integrity
Ways to prevent or treat constipation
Prodromal stage (most infectious stage)
Psychological loss


35. Helps increase lung volume & inflation of alveoli which Facilitates venus return; Practice prior to surgery
Comfort Measures Only
Functional Incontinence
Peristomal Skin Care Assessments
Post - operative complications Incentive Spirometry


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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


37. Frequency & amount of stools - history of diarrhea - constipation - impaction - Any abnormality of stool appearance - Use of laxatives or enemas - Dietary habits - food allergies - fluids - fiber - Amount of activity & exercise - Medications - Stress
Total (reflex) Incontinence
Justice
Questions to ask during an abdominal health history
Fidelity


38. Appoints an agent that the person trusts to make decisions in the event of subsequent incapacity.
Overflow Incontinence
How one provides continuity of care
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
Justice


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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


40. 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 that affect a patients health state
Convalescent period
Patient teaching necessary for post - operative pain control - Management of acute surgical pain.
How to stimulate a patients appetite


41. 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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


43. Dishonesty to alleviate patient anxiety or concern
Fungi
Factors that affect a patient's health state.
Affective teaching strategy
Deception


44. 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
Surgicale Classification - elective
Ethical dilemma
How a nurse supports grieving patient's family
Ways to help a patient manage pain


45. 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
Enuresis
How a nurse provides psychological support to a dying patient
How vitamins can affect a patients nutritional state
How a nurse can meet the physical needs of a dying patient


46. Body part or function
Affective learning
Bacteria
Justice
Physical loss


47. Composed of clear - serous portion of the blood & from serous membranes
Serous wound drainage
Slow Code
Surgical asepsis
Total (reflex) Incontinence


48. Salmonella bacillus from raw eggs or chicken - Bacterial enteropathogens - viruses - or parasites - cause Traveler's diarrhea - Undercooked meat
Signs of patient nearing death
Dying patient's Bill of Rights
Causes of food poisoning
Nursing Consideratins for stoma care


49. Role modeling - discussion - panel discussion - audiovisual materials - role playing - printed materials
Post - operative complications Leg exercises
Comfort Measures Only
Affective teaching strategy
Smoking destroys What type of fat


50. Mixture of serum & red blood cells
Psychomotor learning
What happens during the pre - op phase of surgery
Serosanguineous wound drainage
Human Dimensions of Health