Clinical Focus
Potpouri
Medications
Nursing process and Critical Thinking
Assessment
100

Call light in place, lower bed/lock wheels, over bed table replaced for patient, situate patient/sanitize hands/return/dispose of supplies/equipment properly, Exit room-privacy, document procedure

What is CLOSED?

100

The founder of modern nursing.

Who is Florence Nightingale?

100

When administering ophthalmic medication you must gently pull down what?


What is lower lid?

100

Clinical judgments about a person's response to an actual or potential health state.

What are nursing diagnosis?

100

PQRSTU

What is pain characteristics assessment?

200

Forms positive patient outcomes.

What is therapeutic communication?

200

#1 way to avoid the spread of infection.

What is hand-washing?

200

The term for a patient who has not taken narcotics previously.

What is opioid naïve?

200

ADPIE

What is Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation?

200

A. a complaint of left knee pain.
B. crepitation in the left knee joint.
C. left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days.
D. a report of impaired mobility from left knee pain as evidenced by an inability to walk, swelling, and pain on passive range of motion. 

What is B?

What is objective data?

300

Gap between our conscious beliefs and our nonconscious beliefs

What is implicit bias?

300

The term when a patient needs to take higher doses to get the same effect of a medication.  

What is tolerance?

300

Med class that has the side effect of GI bleeding and kidney issues?

What is NSAIDs?

300

What is purposeful, goal directed, and more than just cognitive skills?

What is critical thinking?

300

The nurse had to give metoprolol what nursing intervention should be done prior to giving this medication?

What is check a blood pressure and pulse?

400

 What indicates a person’s intended meaning with no spoken words?

What is nonverbal communication?

400

Normal range is for this lab value in an adult is 5000- 10000

What is WBC count?

400

Mechanism of action is to block the conversion of angiotensin 1 to angiotensin 2, promotes fluid and sodium loss, and decrease peripheral vascular resistance.

What is ACE inhibitor?

400

What we want the patient to achieve by implementing nursing/doctors orders?

What is the expected outcome?

400

The patient has a bp of 180/120 what should the nurse do immediately?

What is notify the provider?

500

Providing top-quality care to patients, while also upholding the values of accountability, respect, and integrity.

What is professionalism in Nursing?

500

What are 6 rights of medication administration?

What is the right time, right dose, right patient, right route, right medication and right documentation

500

Will alter the movement of calcium ions through the cell membrane, causing vasodilation, and lowering of the blood pressure.

What is calcium channel blocker?

500

Framework used to help nurses think critically about solving patient problems

What is the nursing process?

500

Thirst, dry mucous membranes, increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure, poor skin turgor, headache, nausea.  

What are signs and symptoms of dehydration?