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This level of priority in patient care includes life-threatening conditions such as respiratory distress, cardiac arrest, or severe bleeding.
What is first-level priority
This is the first step in the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, requiring the nurse to collect and validate patient data from assessments, vitals, and diagnostics
What is Recognize Cues
This diagnostic manual is used by mental health professionals to classify psychiatric disorders and standardize terminology.
What is the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition)
This antibiotic class inhibits bacterial DNA synthesis, is used for UTIs and pneumonia, and carries a black box warning for tendon rupture.
What are Fluoroquinolones
This term describes what the body does to a drug, including absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
What is pharmacokinetics
According to the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), this type of professional should be used instead of a family member when communicating with a patient who has limited English proficiency.
What is a trained medical interpreter
In prioritizing patient care, nurses follow this three-letter rule, ensuring airway, breathing, and circulation are addressed first.
What is the ABC approach
A patient who is deemed a danger to themselves or others may be admitted to a psychiatric facility under this type of legal commitment.
What is involuntary admission
This potent class of antibiotics, which includes Gentamicin and Amikacin, is primarily used for serious gram-negative infections and requires monitoring of peak and trough levels due to nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity risks
What are Aminoglycosides
After a drug is approved by the FDA, it continues to be monitored for safety and adverse effects in this phase of testing.
What is Phase 4 (post-marketing surveillance)
In skin cancer screening, this letter in the ABCDE rule refers to changes in a mole’s size, shape, or color over time.
What is 'E' for Evolution
When a nurse makes a medication error, this is the first action that should be taken.
What is Assess the patient for adverse effects
A person experiencing a psychological crisis due to a natural disaster, such as a flood or earthquake, is undergoing this type of crisis.
What is an adventitious crisis
This class of antibiotics is used for acne and Lyme disease, should be avoided in children under 8 due to tooth discoloration, and should not be taken with dairy or antacids.
What are Tetracyclines
This herbal supplement can interact with SSRIs, leading to a dangerous condition known as serotonin syndrome.
What is St. John's Wort
This type of pain, commonly seen in diabetic neuropathy, is caused by abnormal processing of pain signals due to nerve fiber damage and often described as burning, shooting, or tingling.
What is neuropathic pain
"A patient is prescribed a prodrug that must be converted by the liver to become active. In a patient with significant liver impairment, this pharmacokinetic process is compromised. Identify this process and explain the clinical implication for drug therapy in this patient."
What is metabolism , and impaired liver function may lead to reduced activation of the prodrug, resulting in subtherapeutic effects and the need for dosage adjustment or alternative therapy?
A nurse conducting depression screenings in a community clinic is engaging in this level of prevention.
What is secondary prevention
This antibiotic, used for MRSA and C. difficile, must be infused slowly to prevent "Red Man Syndrome" and requires kidney function monitoring due to nephrotoxicity.
What is Vancomycin
This drug schedule includes substances with no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse, such as heroin and LSD.
What is Schedule I?
This four-question screening tool, commonly used to identify alcohol dependence, asks about Cutting down, Annoyance by criticism, Guilt, and Eye-openers.
What is the CAGE questionnaire
These types of medications have an increased risk of causing significant harm to a patient if administered incorrectly. According to The Joint Commission and ISMP, two nurses must independently verify the dosage before administration for medications. What are these medications called, and why is double-checking required, and what are some examples of these drugs?
What are high-alert medications? Double-checking is required because these drugs have a narrow therapeutic range and can cause severe complications, including hypoglycemia, hemorrhage, or cardiac arrest if dosed incorrectly.
Some examples include insulin, opioids, narcotics, IV heparin, injectable KCl
This nurse theorist developed the interpersonal theory and emphasized the importance of the nurse-patient relationship in psychiatric care.
Who is Hildegard Peplau
This antibiotic class inhibits folic acid synthesis, is commonly used for UTIs, and requires patients to stay well-hydrated to prevent kidney stone formation.
What are Sulfonamides?
This acronym, "A PINCH," is used to remember high-risk medications. What are they?
What are Anti-infectives, Potassium chloride, Insulin, Narcotics, Chemotherapy drugs, and Heparin/anticoagulants?