NURSING PROCESS
Decision-making framework used by nurses to determine the needs of patients
What is the nursing process
Assessment tool used when a nurse is performing a head to toe examination on a patient
What is inspection
True or False
Documentation serves as a temporary part of the medical record
What is false
A patient fell out of bed, after the nurse provided care to the patient and forgot to lower the bed and left one of the side rails down. The nurse could be reported to the board of nursing for
What is negligence
The examination must you take in order to practice as a nurse(LPN)
What is the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nursing (NCLEX-PN)
Approach to practice nursing using skillful reasoning and logical thoughts to determine the merits of a belief or action
What is critical thinking
Assessment technique used when the nurse is listening to a patient's heart and lungs
What is auscultation
When the nurse is making her rounds, she finds her patient fell from the bed onto the floor. The name of the report she needs to fill out is called
What is an incident report
If a nurse witnesses a coworker taking a patients medication, her first course of action should be
What is report the incident to the nurse supervisor
A nurse performing a nursing action that is not within his or her scope of practice has violated
What is the Nurse Practice Act
A step in the nursing process where the nurse gathers information by interviewing the patient to obtain a health history and reviewing the results of laboratory and diagnostic tests is called
What is assessment
When the nurse is doing an admission assessment on the patient and the patient reports feelings of fatigue, what type of data is the nurse collecting
What is subjective data
The best method to ensure documentation accuracy, is to consistently chart
What is immediately after care is provided
When the nurse is acting in the best interest for her patient she could be called
What is a patient advocate
The Nurse Practice Act is enforced by the
What is the State Board of Nursing
A step in the nursing process where a nurse administers medication to a patient who is complaining of abdominal pain is called
What is implementation
Assessment technique is being used when the nurse is touching and feeling the patient's pulses bilaterally
What is palpation
A common type of focus charting is known by the acronym DAR. DAR is known as
What is data, action, response
If you walk into a patients room and find the patient breathing and has no pulse or respiration, what is the first thing you should do
What is begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
A provider of nursing care during the Crimean war is
Who is Florence Nightingale
A step in the nursing process where a nurse is reflecting, if the patient who has received a breathing treatment, met a goal of relief is called
What is evaluation
Assessment technique being used when the physician taps on the patient's abdomen to detect abnormalities
What is percussion
Confidentiality of a patient's chart is protected by what act
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
What organization is responsible for the national standard for patient safety and also responsible for evaluating and accrediting health-care organizations and programs in the United States
What is The Joint Commission
The first visiting nurse and founder of the Henry Street Settlement is
Who is Lillian Wald