Cultural/Spiritual Care
An Asian-American resident in a nursing home is declining to follow the diet she has been prescribed. What is one intervention you could do to improve her willingness?
Ask her about her favorite foods and try to incorporate them into the diet plan.
What is the primary goal of healthcare?
To restore optimal physical, emotional, and spiritual health to clients.
What is the first wide-sweeping piece of legislation to address health care since Medicare was added to the Social Security Act in 1965?
The Affordable Care Act.
List 3 workforce opportunities available to LPNs.
The four phases of the nursing process are integrated into the NCLEX-PN exam. What are the four phases of the nursing process the LPN is directly involved in?
Assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation
Describe the role of the LPN in meeting a patient's spiritual needs.
Listen ask questions to help patients verbalize beliefs, encourage involvement in self-care, allow families to participate in care, improve access to spiritual resources
A team of healthcare professionals from different disciplines who work together to manage the physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of the patient.
Under the Medicaid program, what criteria do patients have to meet to qualify?
It is for Americans with disabilities or low income. Each state establishes their own eligibility criteria.
What are some tips for using social media for professional net-working?
Be careful with your social media presence, try to maintain professionalism.
Describe what a graduate nurse needs to do to apply for licensure by examination:
Request transcripts sent from school to BON, submit an application for licensure by exam, obtain fingerprinting, await approval to test by Pearson Vue, schedule exam
Improve patient coping, increase quality of life, decrease depression, increase caregiver satisfaction
Describe two different nursing care delivery models you are familiar with.
Total patient care, team nursing, functional nursing, primary nursing, nursing case management
Compare and contrast fee for service and capitation as ways to pay for healthcare.
Fee for service is when physicians are directly reimbursed for services provided. Capitation involves a set monthly fee charged by the provider for health care services.
What is the reference hierarchy of individuals you could ask for a positive work reference?
Current of former instructor, clinical staff, supervisors from past nursing related work, past employers, personal references or friends.
What is the function of the Nurse Practice Act in each state?
Regulates nursing education and nursing scope of practice, licensure, discipline
How is religion different from spirituality?
Religion makes rules and captures the experience in an organized system. Spirituality focuses on what happens in the heart, and includes the beliefs and values that give one strength and hope
How does the cost of US healthcare relate to life expectancy and mortality rates compared to other industrialized countries?
The US has the highest healthcare spending of industrialized countries, but lower life expectancy and higher infant/maternal mortality.
List 3 ways the ACA improves health care.
Expanded Medicaid program to cover more people
Prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
Pays 100% of preventative services
Improves access to healthcare
What is the schedule, orientation, team culture, weekend requirement
What will happen if you attempt to access your cellphone during your NCLEX-PN exam?
The test center will dismiss the candidate and cancel the test result.
Describe how you can become a more culturally sensitive nurse.
Don't make assumptions, practice active listening, overcome language barriers, build trust, learn about other cultures.
List 3 ways you as an LPN can improve the cost of healthcare?
Follow facility policy for charging patients for all supplies, be efficient when delivering care, ensure reimbursement and decrease length of stay, provide patient centered care.
Congestive heart failure, MI, pneumonia, hip and knee surgery
Send a written or email thank you note thanking them for their time and asking about follow up.
What would you do if a team member asked you to perform a skill that you are not sure is in the scope of practice of an LPN?
Go to the MT BON website and determine if the rules specifically state the information you are looking for. If not, use the decision tree to determine what to do. (ex; training and policy)