A nurse protects sensitive patient information by maintaining this
Confidentiality (HIPPA)
16th century nurse that influenced nursing practice by changing the patients environment as a method of health promotion
Florence Nightingale
This disorder requires the use of insulin
Type 1 Diabetes
The best nursing intervention to prevent the spread of disease and germs
Handwashing
A device commonly provided to patients recovering from surgery to promote lung expansion by practicing taking deep breaths
Incentive Spirometer
The nurse seeks advice for an ethical dilemma by consulting this group
Ethics Committee
What Act specifies the scope of practice for all nurses in every state
Nurse practice act
A solution that has a large amount of solutes in it
hypertonic solution
What precautions are to be used in any setting
Standard Precautions (universal Precautions)
What maneuver involves asking the patient to hold their breath and strain
valsalva maneuver
What is the medical term for "Doing Good"
Beneficene
What nurse founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
COPD patients have difficulty eliminating what?
Carbon Dioxide
What is a another term for hospital acquired infections
Nosocomial infections
What is the lab used to measure the severity or worsening of heart failure
BNP
Medical Term for "Failing to meet a legal duty that results in harm for another"
Malpractice
Primitive medical interventions were based on the belief that illness was caused by
Evil Spirits
Initiates fight or flight responses
Sympathetic nervous system
What type of infection affects the entire body
systemic infection
The term given to a vascular access device when the tip terminates at the superior vena cava
Central Line
What act sets rules and limits on who can look and receive health care information
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Florence nightingale cared for soldiers during what war
Crimean War
excessive growth hormone leads to what disorder
Acromegaly
A client is diagnosed with methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. What type of isolation is MOST appropriate for this client?
Contact precautions
This oxygen delivery method is appropriate for a patient with COPD . The FiO2 delivered ranges from 24% to 44%.
venturi mask