Health Care Delivery & EBP
Nonprofit organization that accredits hospitals and health care organizations.
The Joint Commission
utilitarianism
What type of initial assessment is known as a systematic process of collecting predetermined data during the first contact with the patient?
Baseline
Sodium
135-145 mEq/L
Occurs when loss of ECF volume exceeds the intake of fluid.
Hypovolemia
An Advance Practice Nurse that is to monitor and improve aggregate patient outcomes and nursing care.
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Situations in which a clear conflict exists between two or more moral principles or competing moral claims
Moral dilemmas
What type of assessment may be carried out before, during, or after the health history?
Physical assessment
Potassium
3.5-5.0 mEq/L
major intracellular electrolyte
Potassium
An evidenced based curriculum to achieve teamwork skills and communication
TeamSTEPPS
What is the term that describes that one is aware of the correct course of action but institutional constraints stand in the way of pursuing the correct action.
Moral distress
What is the therapeutic communication technique used to validate the nurse's understanding of what the patient is saying and signifies empathy, interest, and respect for the patient?
Reflection
Bicarbonate
24-31 mEq/L
What electrolyte imbalance can occur with fluid deprivation in patients who cannot respond to thirst, hypertonic tube feedings without adequate water supplements, diabetes insipidus, heatstroke, hyperventilation, and excess corticosteroids.
Hypernatremia
Name of the organization that develops key messages and recommendations for the future of nursing
The Institute of Medicine
The ethical principle used to describe benefits and burdens are distributed equitable and fairly
Distributive Justice
Communication technique defined as an underlying issues or problems experienced by the patient that emerges repeatedly during the course of the nurse-patient relationship
Theme identification
Phosphorus
2.5-4.5 mg/dL
What are the ECG effects of hypokalemia?
Flatten T wave and appearance of a U wave
Triple Aim does the following:
1. Improve population health
2. Improve the patient care experience
3. ?
Reduce per capita costs
Steps of an ethical analysis
Assessment
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
The Planning phase of the nursing process whereby the nurse identifies and plans patient education and demonstration as needed to assist the patient in learning certain self-care activities.
Determining Nursing Actions
Magnesium
1.8-3.0 mg/dL
Solution used that provides Na, Cl and free water; administer cautiously, because it can cause fluid shifts from vascular system into cells, resulting in cardiovascular collapse and increased intracranial pressure.
Hypotonic solution