Mental Health
A positive symptom of this disease process is hallucinations and delusions
What is Schizophrenia
What class of medications can cause symptoms of severe respiratory depression.
What are opiates
This procedure is a very important nursing skill, especially to prevent and treat postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).
What is Fundus Massage
This law Protects nurses who provide care in emergency situations outside the hospital, within their level of training.
Good Samaritan Law
This class of antihypertensives can cause a dry, persistent, nonproductive cough.
ACE inhibitors
Due to the administration of sedation as part of the procedure, a signed Consent for Treatment form must be obtained for this procedure
What is Electro-Convulsant Therapy
This medication is given to correct severe bradycardia
What is atropine
What condition in a newborn is a combination of four heart defects that affect how blood flows through the heart and to the lungs.
What is Tetralogy of Fallot
Failure to act as a reasonably prudent nurse would, leading to patient harm.
What is Malpractice
This WBC is elevated when the patient has allergies or an inflammatory process happening.
What are Eosinophils
Patient teaching for this medication should include risk of suicidal thoughts
What is Sertraline
This medication for allergies and sleep can cause delirium in elderly patients
What is diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
What Erickson's stage is for 6-12 year olds
What is industry vs Inferiority
Nurses must ensure that patients have been properly educated and voluntarily agree to procedures.
What is informed consent
This change in an EKG is an indicator of Myocardial Infarction.
What is ST Elevation
This movement disorder is caused by 1st and 2nd generation Antipsychotics
What is Tardive Dyskinesia
This assessment is done when patients are admitted for alcohol withdrawal symptoms
What is CIWA
This condition happens when, after the head is delivered, the baby’s anterior shoulder gets stuck behind the mother’s pubic bone.
What is shoulder dystocia
Unauthorized sharing of patient details, even with other staff without a "need to know." is a breach in this policy.
What is HIPPA
This class of antihypertensives can cause a dry, persistent, nonproductive cough.
What are ACE inhibitors
This disease process has symptoms of Cyclothymic and type I and Type II
What is bipolar disorder
This a serious infection that happens when bacteria or other germs enter the bloodstream through a central venous catheter (central line).
What is CLABSI
It's an injection of an antibody given to Rh-negative mothers to prevent Rh incompatibility problems with their baby.
RhoGAM
Restraining a patient without proper justification (e.g., tying a patient to bed without a physician's order)
False Imprisonment
This endocrine gland is responsible for sending and receiving messages to the pancreas, ovaries and thyroid.
What is the Pituitary gland
This mental health disorder where a person has two or more distinct identities or personality states that control their behavior at different times.
What is dissociative identity disorder
This condition is the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity (the space in the abdomen that houses organs).
What is ascites
This is the term for when a pregnant woman first feels the baby move inside her womb. It's often described as: A fluttering, A light tapping, Gentle bubbles
What is quickening
This term is a legal and ethical obligation for healthcare providers to break confidentiality and warn a potential victim.
Duty to warn
This is that stimulates the bone marrow to produce more red blood cells.
What is Epogen or erythropoietin
Patients with this personality disorder struggle with fears of abandonment, self-harm behaviors, and chronic feelings of emptiness.
What is borderline personality disorder
These are the key symptoms of Diabetic Ketoacidosis
What is polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia
This is a quick assessment done on a newborn at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth to check how well the baby is transitioning to life outside the womb
What is APGAR
This term means truthfulness — the obligation for healthcare providers to tell the truth and not deceive patients.
What is Veracity
What is the strictest warning put on a medication by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
It signals that a drug can cause serious, life-threatening risks.
What is a black box warning