Nursing Philosophy
Health and Wellness
Critical Thinking and Nursing Process
Promoting Asepsis and Preventing Infection
Physical Activity and Mobility
100
A modern type of nursing care that allows the nurse to examine the entire person and their world to include but not limited to cultural beliefs, fears, and physiological needs.
What is holistic nursing care?
100
Factors that may impact a person's perception of health.
What are genetic makeup, gender, age and developmental stage, nutrition, sleep and rest, meaningful work, lifestyle choices, personal relationships, culture, religion and spirituality, environmental factors, finances?
100
The 5 steps of the nursing process.
What are Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation?
100
A type of precaution used with all clients and in all settings, regardless of suspected or confirmed presence of infection.
What is standard precaution?
100
Safety equipment that should be placed on patients when transferring and ambulating.
What is gait belt?
200
A type of nursing that focuses on the avoidance of disease, infection, and other co-morbidities.
What is prevention?
200
Massage, guided imagery, music, therapeutic touch, journaling, active listening, art, and meditation.
What are interventions that may be used to promote wellness and stress management?
200
The 4 types of nursing knowledge.
What are theoretical knowledge, practical knowledge, self knowledge, and ethical knowledge?
200
MDRO
What is the abbreviation of multi-drug resistant organisms?
200
Exercise that involves tightening the muscle without moving body parts.
What is isometric?
300
Patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics
What are QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) Competencies?
300
A grid that plots a person's health-illness continuum against environmental conditions
What is Dunn's Health Grid?
300
A systematic problem-solving process of critical thinking that guides nursing actions.
What is the nursing process?
300
Requires the use of hand soap and water rather than alcohol-based hand rubs.
What is C. diff?
300
Wide base of support and lower center of gravity, face the direction of movement, use arms and legs, avoid lifting: roll, turn or pivot when able.
What are appropriate body mechanics?
400
Direct care provider, communicator, client/family educator, client advocate, counselor, change agent, leader, manager, case manager and research consumer.
What are the roles and functions of the nurse?
400
Altering the stressor, adapting to the stressor, and avoiding the stressor.
What are the approaches to coping with stressors?
400
The step within the nursing process in which the nurse and patient determine the desired patient outcomes.
What is planning?
400
Number one way that nurses can prevent HAIs.
What is hand washing?
400
Benefits of activity and exercise.
What are improved cardiovascular health, respiratory health, musculoskeletal health, mental health, GI health, Immune health, endocrine health, urinary health, nervous system health and overall health?
500
A theory that believes lower-level needs must be met prior to higher needs.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Basic Human Needs?
500
Factors that disrupt health.
What are physical disease, injury, mental illness, pain, loss, impending death, competing demands, the unknown. imbalance isolation?
500
Implementation
What is the step in the nursing process in which the nurse does or delegates the planned interventions?
500
Very young, the very old, tobacco and substance abuse, a break down in skin:surgical, bug bite, etc., recent illness or injury, chronic illness(es), undergoing an invasive procedure, taking medications that weaken the immune response, and increased exposure.
What are risks for infection?
500
Factors that impact activity and exercise.
What are age, physical ability, lifestyle, experience, support, education, environment, pain, and culture?
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