Nursing Practice
The activities legally permissible for a nurse to perform in a particular state
What does the "scope of nursing practice" refer to?
A plan is developed for nursing care.
When a nurse assess a client's condition and identifies appropriate nursing diagnosis.
Servant leader
A type of leader that demonstrates passion for serving staff rather then being served; takes time to listen, and prefers to be a teacher first before a leader.
Immunizations
What is an example of primary prevention or preventative care?
This theory revolves around 3 phases: unfreezing, moving, and refreeazing.
What is Lewin's Change Theory?
Nurse Practice Acts
What is the legal source of rules of conduct for nurses?
Client-centered goals and expected outcomes are established.
What occurs during the planning stage of the nursing process?
Transformational Leadership
What is a leadership style that can inspire positive changes in those who follow; who is energetic, enthusiastic, and passionate.
Intensive Care Unit
What is an example of a setting in tertiary level of care?
A theory that tends to focus on a concept found in a specific field of nursing, such as uncertainty, incontinence, social support, quality of life, and caring, rather than reflect on a wide variety of nursing care situations.
What is a middle-range theory?
Alcohol or drug abuse
What is the most frequent reason for revocation of suspension of a nurse's license?
Urgency of problems
Priorities are established to help the nurse anticipate and sequence nursing interventions when a client has multiple problems or alterations. How are priorities determined for a client?
Transactional Leadership
What is a leadership style where the leader is someone who values order and structure?
Programs that lower the overall costs of health care by reducing the incidence of disease, minimizing complications, and reducing the need to use more expensive health care resources.
What are Health Promotion Programs?
When applying this grand theory, a nurse continually assesses a patient’s ability to perform self-care and intervenes as needed to ensure that the patients meets physical, psychological, sociological, and developmental needs.
What is Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory?
Nurses use a holistic perspective of patient care.
What distinguishes nursing from medicine?
Elevate head of bed 30 degrees before meals.
What is an example of a correctly written nursing intervention?
After RT performs suctioning on a client who is intubated, the CNA measures VS. Which value should be reported to the RN immediately?
Heart rate of 98, resp of 24, BP of 168/90, tympanic temp of 101.4 F
Tympanic temperature of 101.4 F
Infections are always a threat to the patient receiving mechanical ventilation. The endotracheal tube bypasses the body’s normal air-filtering mechanisms and provides a direct access route for bacteria or viruses to the lower part of the respiratory system.
The focus is on diagnosis and treatment of illness
What are secondary and tertiary levels of care?
This middle-range theory's goal of nursing care is to provide a patient with culturally specific nursing care
What is Leininger's Culture Care Theory?
RN: more supervision role, develops care plan
LPN: requires guidance, participates in gathering data
Both: care for the patient, collaborate with others
Compare and contrast stands of practice for a RN vs. a PN
Client complains of chest pain and dyspnea.
What is an example of subjective data?
You are assigned to provide nursing care for a client receiving mechanical ventilation. Which action should you delegate to an experienced CNA?
Assessing the client's respiratory status q4 hours; Taking VS and Pulse Ox q4 hours; Checking the ventilator settings to make sure they are as prescribed; observing whether the client's tube needs suctioning q2 hours.
Taking VS and Pulse Ox q4 hours
Services that helps individuals regain maximal function and enhance quality of life
That are restorative services?
This model is based on the belief that the patient assumes an
active role in managing his or her own health.
What is Pender's Health Promotion Model?