Week 1
What is Nurse Practice Act?
What are the 5 steps of the nursing process?
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementing
Evaluating
Describe the Point of Maximum Impulse
What is the fifth intercostal space, left midclavicular line?
What is sleep apnea.
What is the most reliable indicator of pain?
What is the patient?
What is the witness is usually a member of the health care team or an employee in the admissions department?
What is the nurse is responsible for ensuring that all necessary parties have signed the consent form and that it is in the client’s chart before the client goes to the operating room?
Which transmission based precautions will the nurse utilize for rubeola?
What is Airborne precautions?
Which direction do you pull the pinna when assessing a child's tympanic temperature?
What is:
Pull the pinna up and back (for adult) or down and back (for children 3 years and younger).
List 6 factors that promote sleep.
Darkness, dim light
Consistent sleep schedule
Secretion of melatonin
Familiar sleep environment
Optimal warmth and ventilation
Performance of sleep rituals
Sedative, hypnotic drugs
Depression
Relaxation
Satiation
Proteins containing L-tryptophan
Excessive alcohol consumption
Comfort
Quiet
Effortless breathing
What is at 6 months?
Teach a patient how to mobilize with crutches utilizing the four point gait.
What is one crutch, opposite foot, other crutch, remaining foot?
Give 5 examples of objective data.
What is weight, temperature, skin color, blood cell count, vomiting, bleeding.
Blood pressure 188/96
Radial heart rate 88 bpm
Apical heart rate 80 bpm
What is 188-96=92
List 6 factors that suppress sleep
Sunlight, bright light
Inconsistent sleep schedule
Suppression of melatonin
Strange sleep environment
Cold, hot, stuffy room
Disturbance of sleep rituals
Stimulant drugs
Depression, anxiety, worry
Activity
Hunger, thirst
Protein-deficient diets
Metabolism of alcohol
Pain, nausea, full bladder
Noise
Difficulty breathing
What are three types of patients are appropriate for use of the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale?
What is children 3 years and up, cognitively impaired patients, and clients with language barriers?
What is beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, veracity, fidelity, and justice?
Describe the order to don and doff PPE.
Don:
Gown, Mask, Goggles, Gloves
Doff:
Gloves, Goggles, Gown, Mask
Give 5 examples of when vital signs should be obtained.
What is:
On admission, when obtaining database assessments
• According to written medical orders
• Once per day when a client is stable
• At least every 4 hours when one or more vital signs are abnormal
• Every 5–15 minutes when a client is unstable or at risk for rapid physiologic changes such as after surgery
• Whenever a client’s condition appears to have changed
• A second time, or more frequently, when there is a significant difference from the previous measurement
• When a client is feeling unusual
• Before, during, and after a blood transfusion
• Before administering medications that affect any of the vital signs and after to monitor the drug’s effect
Which sleep disorder is characterized as the sudden onset of daytime sleep, a short NREM period before the first REM phase, and pathologic manifestations of REM sleep?
What is narcolepsy?
List 5 examples of complementary and alternative medical interventions that can be used for pain management.
What is....
Guided Imagery, Meditation, Distraction, Relaxation, Heat & Cold Therapies, Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation, Acupuncture, Acupressure, Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Biofeedback, and Hypnosis?
Name the 5 types of intentional torts.
What is assault, battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, and defamation?
Which type(s) of fire extinguishers will the nurse use to extinguish an electrical fire?
What is C and ABC?
Describe the vital sign parameters that indicate that a patient has orthostatic hypotension.
What is: Postural hypotension is validated by a fall in the standing systolic blood pressure equal to or more than 20 mm Hg and or a decrease in diastolic blood pressure equal to or more than 10 mm Hg within 2 minutes of standing when compared with the supine blood pressure reading. An increase in the pulse rate of 15 to 30 bpm accompanying an upright position further supports the conclusion that the client experiences postural hypotension.
Which sleep disorder is characterized as difficulty falling asleep, awakening frequently during the night, or awakening early?
What is insomnia
What are the components of a basic pain assessment?
What is onset, quality, intensity, location, and duration?