Nursing Process
Readiness for enhanced nutrition is an example of what kind of diagnosis?
Health Promotion
What degree do you administer a subcutaneous injection to a 190 kg patient?
90 degree
Strategies for visually impaired
Acknowledge self, speak in normal tone of voice, explain what you are doing, call light within reach
Fluid administered to relieve cerebral edema
Hypertonic saline
Assessment parameters
Readiness to learn, ability to learn, knowledge, skills and attitudes
When nurse and patient partner to determine efficacy of interventions
Evaluation
Which two labs would be checked when taking digoxin
Digoxin level and potassium
When a warm handoff can be performed
Shift change, care transitions, transport, exams
Lethargy, headache, confusion, and seizures are symptoms
Hyponatremia
Cognitive domain strategies
lecture, written materials
When concept mapping, Pulmonary edema falls into which category
Exemplar
Occurs from failure to rotate injection sites
Lipoatrophy and lipohypertrophy
Therapeutic skills
Listen, be clear, knowledgeable, open minded, use silence, touch
Smooth muscle hyperactivity in the GI tract, bradycardia, and cardiac irregularities
Hyperkalemia
Method to assess psychomotor skill knowledge
Return demonstration
This is prioritized above all else according to Maslow
Physiological needs
Which insulin should be drawn up first: Glargine or Lispro?
Neither
Strategies for hearing impaired
Talk directly, write ideas, communication board, sign language
Tachycardia, hypotension, restlessness, and fever are signs
Hypernatremia
Ask Me 3
What is my main problem, what do I need to do, why is it important for me to do this
SMART Goal components
Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, timely
Best location for 3 mL intramuscular injection
Ventrogluteal
Blocks to communication
yes/no, not listening, giving advice, probing questions
Skeletal muscle weakness, fatigue, diminished bowel sounds
Hypokalemia
How best to plan teaching for older adults
Allow extra time, break it into small sessions, ensure sensory devices, etc...