Nursing Process
This is the first step of the nursing process.
What is assessment?
This type of question encourages patients to elaborate.
What is an open-ended question?
The best way to prevent falls is to perform this type of evaluation.
What is fall risk assessment?
This principle supports a patient’s right to make decisions about their own care.
What is Autonomy?
This is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
After assessment, the nurse develops this step.
What is a nursing diagnosis?
Repeating the patient’s message in your own words is called this.
What is paraphrasing?
When lifting, the nurse should bend at these joints.
What are the knees?
Failing to report suspected abuse is considered this type of violation.
What is negligence?
Gloves are required when contact with this is anticipated.
What are blood and body fluids?
This step determines whether the goals of care were met.
What is evaluation?
Crossing arms, avoiding eye contact, and tone of voice are examples of this type of communication.
What is nonverbal communication?
The nurse should lower the bed and lock wheels before leaving the room to promote this.
What is patient safety?
Taking a controlled substance from a supply of facility for your personal use.
What is a violation of criminal law?
Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to this basic type of precaution.
What are standard precautions?
These are the specific actions the nurse performs to help a patient improve their health.
What are nursing interventions?
The purpose of a time-out before surgery is to verify the correct patient, correct procedure, and correct surgical site before the incision is made.
What is to confirm the right patient, right procedure, and right site?
This device is used to assist with ambulation and is held on the stronger side.
What is a cane?
A patient asks the nurse to witness the signing of a will. The nurse should recognize that this request may create a conflict of interest and should take this action.
What is politely decline and notify the notary public of the hospital?
The proper order for donning PPE is gown, mask, goggles/face shield, and this.
What are gloves?
The nurse implements interventions primarily during this step.
What is implementation?
This structured communication tool stands for Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation and is used when reporting patient information to a provider.
What is SBAR?
When a patient begins to fall, the nurse should do this.
What is ease the patient to the floor?
This is the primary legal purpose of nursing documentation in the patient’s medical record.
What is to provide a permanent legal record of the care given?
A sterile field becomes contaminated if it is left unattended or falls below this level.
What is waist level?