Nursing Ethics
Nursing History
Anatomy and physiology
Infection control
Medical Interventions
100

A nurse protects sensitive patient information by maintaining this 

Confidentiality (HIPPA)

100

16th century nurse that influenced nursing practice by changing the patients environment as a method of health promotion 

Florence Nightingale 

100

This disorder requires the use of insulin

Type 1 Diabetes

100

The best nursing intervention to prevent the spread of disease and germs

Handwashing

100

A device commonly provided to patients recovering from surgery to promote lung expansion by practicing taking deep breaths

Incentive Spirometer

200

The nurse seeks advice for an ethical dilemma by consulting this group

Ethics Committee 

200

What Act specifies the scope of practice for all nurses in every state

Nurse practice act

200

A solution that has a large amount of solutes in it

hypertonic solution

200

What precautions are to be used in any setting

Standard Precautions (universal Precautions)

200

What maneuver involves asking the patient to hold their breath and strain

valsalva maneuver

300

What is the medical term for "Doing Good"

Beneficene

300

What nurse founded the American Red Cross

Clara Barton 

300

COPD patients have difficulty eliminating what?

Carbon Dioxide 

300

What is a another term for hospital acquired infections

Nosocomial infections

300

What is the lab used to measure the severity or worsening of heart failure

BNP

400

Medical Term for "Failing to meet a legal duty that results in harm for another"

Malpractice 

400

Primitive medical interventions were based on the belief that illness was caused by

Evil Spirits 

400

Initiates fight or flight responses 

Sympathetic nervous system

400

What type of infection affects the entire body

systemic infection

400

The term given to a vascular access device when the tip terminates at the superior vena cava

Central Line

500

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)

500

Florence nightingale cared for soldiers during what war 

Crimean War

500

excessive growth hormone leads to what disorder

Acromegaly 

500

A client is diagnosed with methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. What type of isolation is MOST appropriate for this client?

Contact precautions

500

This oxygen delivery method is appropriate for a patient with COPD . The FiO2 delivered ranges from 24% to 44%.

venturi mask

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