Admission, Transfer, Discharge (ch. 11)
When a patient demands discharge from a medical facility without a healthcare providers order for discharge
What is leaving against medical advice?
Herb utilized for nausea, vomiting, motion sickness, liver toxicity, and burns.
What is Ginger.
The specific enzyme linked to the pancreas.
What is Lipase?
The leading cause of death in young adults
What is accidents?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
What is empathy.
The nursing care plan is initiated by the RN within ___ hours.
What is 24 hours.
A technique that uses sensors and monitoring devices to provide real-time information about your body's physiological processes,
What is biofeedback?
Diet for a patient with acute pancreatitis or acute cholecystitis.
What is NPO?
A 53 year old woman complains of night sweats and mood swings. These symptoms most likely relate to
What is menopause?
Type of nursing that addresses the mind, body, and spirit.
What is holistic nursing?
A legal document that allows someone to appoint an agent to act on their behalf. It can be used for financial or health care matters, or for both.
What is a POA (power of attorney).
Contraindicates the use of reflexology.
What is diabetics who use insulin?
Disorder causing sudden sharp pain to the RUQ spreading to back or right shoulder, N/V, possible fever and jaundice.
What is cholecystitis or cholelithiasis.
The family pattern in which the relationships are unequal and the parents attempt to control the children with strict, rigid rules and expectations
What is an autocratic family pattern.
The average resting respiratory rate for a 12-month-old child
What is 30 breaths/min?
A federal law that protects patients' health information and ensures the portability of health insurance.
What is HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Therapy that is contraindicated in patient's with defibrillators, pacemakers, cochlear implants, and insulin pumps.
What is magnet therapy?
Position that improves pain caused by pancreatitis.
What is fetal position: flexing the trunk, and or leaning forward from a seated position. (increased by lying down and/or eating)
A nurse is caring for a neonate who weighs 7 lb 3 oz at birth. The infant’s weight at 1 year is
What is 21lb 9oz?
Tube placed below the level of the common bile duct to prevent reflux of bile.
What is a T-Tube?
Refers to a digital collection of a patient's medical history, including: Demographics, Medical conditions, Medications, Immunizations, Lab results, Radiology images, and Vital signs.
What is the EHR (Electronic Health Record)
Herb intended for mild to moderate depression, anxiety, insomnia, and PMS. Associated with several drug interactions such as digoxin, warfarin, and contraceptives.
What is St. John's wort.
A flapping tremor, neurological sign characterized by an involuntary loss of muscle tone during sustained posture caused by hepatic encephalopathy.
What is Asterixis?
According to Erikson, an infant who was abandoned by his or her primary caregiver is at risk for developing
What is mistrust?
Name of intricate surgery utilized for medical management of cancer in the head of the pancreas.
What is the Whipple procedure (pancreatoduodenectomy)?