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The principle that describes the direction of growth beginning at the head and moving toward the lower extremities is called:
What is cephalocaudal
100
When charting the nurse should
What is chart as soon and often as necessary.
100
What is objective data
What is data that can be seen, heard, measured, felt.
100
Thick yellow, green, tan or brown drainage is termed:
What is Purulent drainage.
100
The cardiac patient is to receive Cardizem 5 mg IVP. The vial contains 10 mg/2 ml. How many ml will you give?
What is 1mL
200
The introduction of solid foods to an infant should rely on:
What is introducing one new food at a time.
200
Patient health care records are:
What is Confidential, concise, legal records of all care given, and responses.
200
The patient has heart failure. When assessing her lower extremities, the nurse notices that a deep indention remains for 30 seconds when the skin over the malleolus is pressed. The nurse documents this finding as:
What is 3+ pitting edema.
200
The protrusion of an internal organ through a wound or surgical incision is termed:
What is Evisceration
200
375mg of a liquid medication is ordered.You have available 125mg per 5ml, how much do you pour?
What is 15mL
300
During early adulthood, individuals are physically:
What is fairly stable at optimal level of function.
300
Which statement is true about formats for documentation: A. FOCUS CHARTING IS A GOAL ORIENTED SYSTEM. B. CLINICAL PATHWAYS ARE THE MOST COMMONLY USED FORMAT NOW. C. CHARTING BY EXCEPTION DOCUMENTS CONDITIONS, INTERVENTIONS, OR OUTCOMES OUTSIDE OF THE NORM. D. STANDARDIZED CARE PLANS ARE NOT COST EFFECTIVE.
What is C, CHARTING BY EXCEPTION DOCUMENTS CONDITIONS, INTERVENTIONS, OR OUTCOMES OUTSIDE OF THE NORM
300
The nurse answers a patient's call light just after lunch. The patient is complaining of severe abdominal pain. What type of assessment should the nurse perform.
What is a focused assessment
300
A Nurse has a patient with orders for wet-to-dry dressing changes. Which process of wound healing is being ordered:
What is Secondary intention.
300
An order reads for 0.1mg of a medication to be given pre-op; available solution is 0.4 mg/2 ml. How much will you give?
What is 0.5mL
400
According to Erikson, the developmental tasks for older adults is:
What is ego integrity vs. despair.
400
What is the correct order of the nursing process:
What is Assessment, Diagnosis, Plan, Implement, and Evaluate.
400
A 56 year old woman has been admitted for dehydration after a prolonged period of diarrhea. Which finding do you expect to observe in this patient.
What is skin dry, pale, with decreased skin turgor.
400
What phase of wound healing begins as soon as injury occurs?
What is Hemostasis.
400
25mg of a medication is ordered IV; the vial is labeled 5mg/2ml. How many mls will you give?
What is 10mL
500
According to Piaget, the child between 7-11 years of age is in the:
What is stage of concrete operation.
500
An independent nursing intervention is:
What is an intervention that does not require a doctor's order to be implemented. Cough and deep breathing, guided imagery...etc.
500
The patient's respiratory rate of 36 is termed
What is tachypnea
500
The patient most at risk for wound dehiscence after an abdominal surgery is
What is the obese patient
500
Motrin 0.6g is ordered; available tablets contain 600mg.How many tablets will you give?
What is 1 Tablet