Professional Nursing
One factor contributing to the professional burnout of nurses
What is...
(choose one)
long hours, physicality, workplace hazards, bullying & harassment, nursing shortage, technology, stress, social isolation, mandatory overtime, workplace violence?
Physical, mental, and social well-being
What is health?
Cessation of breath and pulse
What is clinical death?
Brain and spinal cord
What is the central nervous system?
Most common dementia
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Pose a question
What is the first step of the research process?
Example of primary prevention
What are methods reduce risk factors that lead to injury of disease (example: vaccinations, exercise programs, nutrition programs, anti-smoking campaigns)?
Curative treatment, symptom control, and interdisciplinary team support
What is palliative care?
Three primary headaches
What are migraines, cluster, tension?
Modifiable risk factors of vascular dementia
What are control of BP, blood sugar, and cholesterol; smoking cessation; physical activity; healthy diet; avoidance of alcohol?
Randomized control trial
What is the highest level of research-based evidence?
Example of tertiary prevention
What are ways to reduce the complications for those who have disease or illness. (Examples: cardiac rehab after CV event, chemo or radiation after cancer dx, etc)?
Respite care
What is the option to be admitted to a facility to give their caregivers a break in care lasting from hours to weeks?
GCS score with severe TBI
What is <9?
Neurological tests for Alzheimer's disease
What are Mini-Mental State Examination or Montreal Cognitive Assessment or Mini-Cog?
A complex cognitive process where nurses use their knowledge, experience, and intuition to make sound decisions about patient care
What is clinical judgement?
Modifiable risk factors of cardiovascular disease
What are chaplains?
Site of injury seen in paraplegia
What is between T2 and S5?
Reversibility
What is the factor that differentiates dementia from delirium?
The nursing process
What are
assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation?
The 5 Social Determinants of Health
What are economic stability, education access/quality, health care access/quality, neighborhood/built environment, social/community context?
Four principles of nursing ethics
What are justice, nonmaleficence, beneficence, fidelity?
Incontinence, saddle anesthesia, sexual dysfunction
What are red flag symptoms of severe spinal stenosis?
Clinical setting with high risk of delirium
What is the ICU?