Nursing Ethics
Pain
Nursing
Lung sounds
Misc
100

This ethical principle means to be honest.

What is Veracity?

100

The amount of pain a person endures

What is pain tolerance?

100
Data that is observable and measurable facts
What is objective data
100
Lung sounds that are noisy like a wet snoring sound
What are rhonchi
100
When listening you hear periods of silence between gurgles
What is hypoactive bowel sounds
200
This principle of ethics means doing no harm to a client
What is Nonmaleficence
200

When a person needs more and more of a medication to get the same effect.

What is med(ication) tolerance

200
This is determining if an nursing intervention worked (in the Nursing Process)
What is evaluation
200

Lung sounds that are light popping/ crinkly noises

What are crackles

200
Listening to body sounds using a stethoscope
What is auscultation
300
This principle of ethics is keeping ones promises and never abandoning a client
What is Fidelity
300
This will constrict vessels and decrease swelling therefore reducing pain
What is cold therapy
300
This is an organized sequence of problem-solving steps used to identify and treat clients problems.
What is the Nursing Process
300
Lung sounds that seem distant
What is diminished lung sounds
300
Belief that ones one ethnicity is superior
What is Ethnocentrism
400
This principle of ethics refers to giving each client their due and acting fairly
What is Justice
400
Past experiences, culture, learned behaviors, genetics, current stress level
What influences pain?
400
Nurses ask for clarifications from clients when needed. This is an example of what
What is active listening.
400

Lung sounds that are heard when there is fluid in the lungs

What are rhonchi?

400
Accrediting agency that oversees agencies in that receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.
What is Joint Commission
500
This principle of ethics respects the rights of clients to make health care decisions
What is Autonomy
500

Sedation, respiratory depression, and constipation

What are the side effects of narcotics?

500
Nurses use this in choosing the best interventions to implement in caring for clients. It combines caring with science.
What is evidence-based practice
500

"Can you take a deep breath and cough please"

What do you do when you hear crackles

500

Not typing while listening to a patient, asking questions to clarify what is being said, and if possible being at eye level with the patient when listening are examples of what?

What is ACTIVE listening -which is part of the therapeutic communication with patients.

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