Pain
True or False: It is safe to use over the counter medications as long as needed with no side effects.
What is false?
True or False: As a student nurse you are expected to perform at the level of a professional nurse.
What is true?
List 2 requirements for informed consent.
Patient is 18 or older, alert & oriented, receives explanation of procedure, receives names & qualifications of those involved, receives description of potential harm/death that can occur with anticipated pain/discomfort, receives explanation of alternative therapies and risks of doing nothing, understands right to refusal.
The is the protection of patient rights for privacy & confidentiality.
What is HIPAA?
These are civil wrongful acts or omissions of care made against a person or property.
What are torts?
A beam fell on a person's leg while working at a facility. The patient describes the pain as a 8/10 on a 0-10 pain scale. This is known as ______ pain.
What is acute pain?
This ethical framework supports the belief that immunizations prevent diseases.
What is utilitarianism?
Nurse practice acts: This is the appropriate action when a provider states a medication order that is deemed unsafe for the patient.
This protects rights of people with physical or mental disabilities.
What is ADA?
This is a deliberate act against a person or property that may result in both civil and criminal actions.
What is an intentional tort?
This is the best assessment of a patient's pain. (I'm looking for a category in the pain assessment.)
What is severity?
This ethical principle is at risk of violation when a procedure offers no improved patient outcome with exposures to negative risks.
What is nonmaleficence? (Do no harm)
This is the result of nursing care falling below the standard of care by a professional healthcare provider.
What is malpractice?
This requires written information be provided to patient regarding decisions in healthcare.
What is Patient Self-Determination Act?
_____ occurs when one speaks falsely about another and _____ is the written defamation of character.
What is slander and libel?
These are 2 contraindications for ibuprofen.
What is a history of asthma and a history of gastric ulcers?
A home health nurse observes an unsafe environment for the children of a patient she is caring for. This is the appropriate action for the nurse to complete.
What is notify the appropriate community child protection facility? A HCP is a mandated reporter.
This is conduct that falls below the accepted standard of care of a reasonably prudent person.
What is negligence?
This is the protection of patient rights for privacy and confidentiality with use of social media and technology.
What is Health Information Technology Act?
List 2 education points regarding PCA.
What are teach how to use the PCA before procedures so that patient understands how to use it after awakening from anesthesia or sedation. Include demonstration of use of pump, instruct patient in the purpose of PCA, emphasizing that patient controls medication delivery, and explain that the pump reduces risk of overdose.
• Reinforce instruction as needed with teach-back.
This route of pain medication is recommended for opioid tolerant patients those with cancer and/or chronic pain.
What is transdermal? For example, a fentanyl patch is 100 times more potent than morphine. It delivers predetermined doses for up to 72 hours.
This ethical principle obligates a nurse to report missing medications.
What is responsibility?
This is the appropriate action for a nurse to complete when a 15 year old patient on hospice wants to be removed from the organ transplant list.
This is the rights, protection, and affordable care for individuals.
What is PPACA?
Three criteria pieces to include in opioid education.
What is walk daily, drink plenty of fluids, and eat a diet high in fiber?