Stress and Coping
Nursing students often rely on this anxiety inducing chemical to get through nursing school
What is Caffeine
The nurse understands that this form of measurement is specific to insulin syringes
What is Units
The nurse follows this order when assessing the patients abdomen
What is Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion, and Palpation
The nurse correctly delegated ambulating a patient to this team member.
What is the CNA
The nurse would expect these three clinical manifestations in an anxious patient.
What is tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypertension
When administering insulin the nurse identifies this location of the body as being optimal for absorption.
What is the abdomen
The nurse is correct in utilizing this side of the stethoscope when assessing for bruits
What is the Bell
True or False: The nurse is behind on passing medications and has just received a message that one of their patients are ready for discharge education. The nurse is correct in delegating the discharge education to the LPN.
What is False
This questioning style allows the patient to express their feelings and the nurse to gather more data.
What is open ended questioning
The nurse is correct in identifying this medication as a first line antidiabetic medication
What is Metformin
When assessing the patients lungs the nurse correctly identifies high pitched whistling breath sounds on expiration as this
What is wheezing
The nurse is correct in seeking this interdisciplinary team member when determining a patients swallow ability after a stroke.
The nurse recognizes that having the anxious patient practice box breathing can prevent this oxygenation complication.
What is hyperventilation
The nurse is correct in following this order when mixing NPH and Regular Insulin.
What is clear before cloudy
The nurse is safely assessing the patients neck when avoiding this dangerous action.
What is palpating both carotid arteries at the same time.
This interdisciplinary team member is a great asset to the nurse when the patient needs to relearn fine motor skills (i.e. brushing teeth, buttoning their shirt).
What is Occupational Therapist
24 hours after a patients admission they begin to exhibit tremors, hypertension, diaphoresis and heightened anxiety. The nurse is correct in recognizing these manifestations as signs of?
What is Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
This nurse is correct in understanding this insulin should never be mixed in the same syringe
What is Insuline Glargine
The nurse is correct in identifying this area as the point of maximal impulse
What is the apical pulse, found left of the mid clavicular line fifth intercostal space
This specific to each state document determines the nurses role and guidelines in delegation.
What is The Nurse Practice Act