The Nursing Process
Legal Stuff
Documentation
It's only skin deep
Potpourri
100

This phase of the nursing process involves setting goals and creating a care plan.

What is the Planning Phase?

100

This member of the healthcare team is responsible for explaining all aspects of a procedure before the client signs the consent form.

The healthcare provider who is performing the procedure.

100

This is a numerical scale used to document a client's level of pain.

One to ten scale

100

This the term used when an abdominal incision opens and internal organs become visible

Evisceration

100

The time of day patients should be given diuretics

Morning

200

The letter 'A' in ADPIE means this

Assessment

200

This word is a legal term that is applied when a nurse fails to follow a prescribed order which results in harm to the client. 

Negligence

200

A client states their pain in a 6 on a 1-0 scale. This is a example of what type of data.

Subjective

200

This is a priority action for the nurse to perform in the client with an evisceration when the patient is otherwise stable (normal vital signs 

Apply STERILE saline soaked gauze or dressing

200

After a patient is given short acting insulin they should be checked within this time frame to ensure they are not hypoglycemic

30 to 60 minutes

300

This five letter word is an acronym used to remember all the components of a client related goal. 

SMART

300

This term is used when a nurse threatens to force a client to take their medication after the patient has refused. 

Assault

300

The client's vital signs are an example of this type of data

Objective

300

Another name for a pressure injury (name one)

  • Bed Sore

  • Pressure Ulcer

  • Decubitus Ulcer

  • Decub

300

This nursing theory believes that adaptation to changes in the environment is the basis of health

Roy
400

This type of nursing diagnosis does not have a "related to" portion. 

Diagnosis that is a "risk for"

400

This term is used when a nurse restrains a conscious patient against their will without a valid order from a healthcare provider. 

Battery

400

Complete the following sentence related to charting. "If it wasn't charted then it wasn't....

Done

400

Patients need to be turned every ____ hours to prevent pressure injuries

Two

400

This is a specially trained nurse who is considered a specialist in their clinical field

Clinical Nurse Specialist

500

Each letter in the SMART acronym stands for these words. Must list all five words to obtain points.

  • S: Specific

  • M: Measurable & Observable

  • A: Attainable

  • R: Realistic/Relevant

  • T: Time-based

500

This is a form that describes an "out of the ordinary" occurrence that should never be included in a client's chart

An incident report or occurrence report

500

This five letter abbreviation is the law that protects patients privacy. (Must list the full name associated with each of the 5 letters)

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

500

These are signs of a surgical site infection (must name at least 2)

Fever/chills

Foul discharge

Redness 

Warm to touch

Edema

Elevated WBC

500

The study of conduct and character that is concerned with what is good or valuable for individuals, groups, and society at large

Ethics

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