Theory, Research, and Evidence Based Practice
What is a group of concepts that describe a pattern of reality?
Rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a short time
What is acute illness?
What is altruism?
What is concern for welfare and well-being of others?
Which is the most important law affecting nursing practice?
What is the state nurse practice act?
You are working as an LPN, and the charge nurse orders you to deliver meds to all of the patients on the floor, this is an example of
What is over-delegation
What is a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a desired result?
What is process?
Assuming a dependent role is which stage of illness behavior?
What is State 3?
What does ADPIE stand for?
What is:
Assess
Diagnose
Plan
Implement
Evaluate?
A wrong committed by a person against another person or that person's property: tried in civil court?
What is tort?
As a CNA you are assigned to watch several patients. Which concern puts a patient at the top of your priority lists?
What is safety? What is a high-risk patient?
Research conducted by first hand observation and interviews; conducted by phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and historical methods.
What is Qualitative Research?
Economic level, lifestyle, family, and culture are part of which dimension that affects health?
What is sociocultural dimension?
Education, policy making, case review, consultation, and research are the four functions of which comittee?
What is the Ethics comittee?
What does HIPPA stand for?
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
The ADM (automated drug cabinets) system is down and has lost communication with the pharmacy temporarily. As an RN, you accidentally dispense the incorrect medication because of this. You are at risk for
What is malpractice?
P = patient/population
I = intervention of interest
C = comparison of interest
O = outcome of interest
T = time
Assessing children for normal growth and development and encouraging regular medical, dental, and vision exams is which level of illness prevention?
What is Secondary?
What are the four A's to respond and rise above moral distress?
Ask, Affirm, Assess, Act
The four elements of liability
What is duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages?
Which institute supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the nursing care of individuals?
What is NINR or National Institute of Nursing Research?
Which model of health and illness views health as a
constantly changing state, with high-level wellness and
death being on opposite ends of a graduated scale?
What is health-illness continuum?
Name all of Beauchamps and Childress's principles
Autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity, veracity
a law providing immunity from liability to a person whose negligent administration of aid causes injury
Good Samaritan law
What is provision #2 of the Nursing code of ethics?
What is commitment to the patient?