Professionalism, Ethics Week 1
Safety and Infection/Week 2 lab
Culture, Communication/Week 3 lab
Week 4 lab/misc questions
Function, cognition/Week 5 lab
100

A set of regulations created by an individual state that applies to all nurses practicing in that state, legally defining what they can or cannot do.

What is the state Nurse Practice Act?

100

This type of infection control precaution includes gown and gloves and washing hands with soap and water. Is often used for patients with C-diff.

What are contact precautions? (or contact Plus Precautions)

100


What is Apical Pulse?

100

Non blanchable redness at a point of pressure.


What is stage 1 pressure injury?

100

Secondary Screening Tool(s) used to assess cognition issues/suspected dementia.

What are the Mini-cog and Montreal?

200

For an LPN in the state of Ohio, this includes things such as taking vital signs, assessing patient's skin and passing most medications but excludes administering blood, writing a care plan for a patient and administering many IV push medications.

What is Scope of Practice?


200

When documenting this intervention you must INCLUDE

How long it was used, type used, frequency of checks and removal, how the patient responded and alternatives attempted

What are restraints(using restraints)?

200

Doing this as a nurse will often

*Decrease the cost of health care

*Decrease patient's risk for further injury

*Increase the chance that the patient gets the best patient centered care

What is Collaboration?

200

Use this on an acute injury for 24-48 hours after injury

What is ice or cold therapy?

200

If you are on the very low end of this tool, you may experience frequent cold/shivering, malnutrition and missed periods. If you are on the very high end you may be hot often, frequenly have joint pain and have increased risk for heart and blood pressure problems.

What is BMI or Body Mass Index?


300

While this concept is not always easy to define, it is why nurses refuse tips from patients and why we advocate for ideals like autonomy, beneficence, justice and veracity.

What are ethics (or code of ethics)?

300

Nurses know that hospitals track this type of infection due to the fact that these infections increase a patients risk of getting sicker (morbidity) and a patient's risk of dying (mortality)

What are CAUTI's?

300

This is known as the best way to find out about a patient's cultural preferences. 

What is ask them?

300

Two things that need assessed immediately on a stable patient being admitted. 

What are fall risk and skin assessment?

300

For this procedure the nurse will:

*Check Placement

*Check Residual

*Flush

*Feed Patient

*Flush again

What is administering a NG Tube feed?

400

A bath used to cool body temperature from a fever (cool cloths under the axilla and groin area) and a bath used for itching or dry skin.

What is a tepid bath and a medicated bath?

400

When a health care employer encourages nurses to report an error or near miss without fear of personal punishment, they participate in this.

What is Just Culture?

400

You hear this vital sign at the first Korotkoff sound.

What is the systolic blood pressure?

400

For this vital sign, normal is 60 -100. 

What is pulse or heart rate?

400

This very dangerous event can occur if

*Patient who is NPO is given fluid

*Patient with mechanical soft diet given regular tray

*Patient eats alone soon after a stroke

*Patient with NG tube is put in supine position


What is aspiration/aspiration pneumonia?

500

Providing all patients with respectful care and care based on their individual wishes is called this.

What is a Patient-Centered Care?

500

Gloves, Goggles, Gown, Mask.

What is the sequence for doffing PPE?

500

A communication method where you describe the Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation.

What is SBAR?

500

This should not be assessed on the same side as a fistula/shunt, injury, breast surgery or PICC line?

What is blood pressure?

500

These are considered the two categories of functional ability.

What are ADL's and IADL's?