1. Evolution of Nursing
A nursing program that is certified by a state agency is considered to be this.
What is approved?
This law was created to protect the expectations that patients have regarding their health care services.
What is the American Hospital Association’s Patient’s Bill of Rights?
This form explains the lapse when events are not consistent with facility or national standards of expected care.
What is an incident report?
This tone of voice works best when communicating with an older adult.
What is a lower tone?
This is a system of comprehensive patient care that considers the physical, emotional, and social environment and spiritual needs of a person.
What is holistic health care?
Basic needs must be met before the next level of needs can be met is the basis for who & what theory.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
This must be completed before a thoracentesis procedure may be performed.
What is informed consent?
This is the process used to appraise the practice of an individual nurse.
What is peer review?
This posture by the nurse demonstrates warmth & acceptance by the nurse.
What is an open posture?
You are violating this act if you leave a copy of the patient’s history and physical on the photocopier.
What is the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
This is the most effective process to ensure that the care plan is meeting the needs of the patient.
What is communication?
This is the best thing that you can do as a nurse to avoid a lawsuit.
What is provide compassionate, competent care?
This is what the nurse uses as a basis for documentation in focus charting.
What are patient problems?
This simple intervention can be used when communicating with a non English speaking patient.
What is touch?
This is the score you need on your state boards to be given your license.
What is pass?
This is a modern educational advancement program for the LPN/LVN to enter RN education.
What is articulation?
You can be sued for this if you perform a procedure without consent.
What is civil battery?
This is the legal owner of the patient’s medical record.
What is the institution?
If you keep looking at your watch while talking with a patient, they may think this?
What is that you are in a hurry?
If the nurse is standing over the patient with the patient lying in bed, this may be conveyed as this.
What is power?
This is a cost-effective delivery of care used by many hospitals that allows the LPN/LVN to work with the RN to meet the needs of patients.
What is case management?
This is something the nurse should not share with a patient when discussing values.
What is his/her opinion?
A nurse is using the data, action, response, education (DARE) system of charting, and is completing the data portion. The data portion focuses on this.
What is assessment?
This type of communication facilitates the formation of a positive nurse patient relationship.
What is therapeutic communication?
This fundamental principle is what the nurse must always have when confronted with an ethical decision.
What is respect for people?