Safety
The RN should perform a ____ risk assessment on patients who are older, have impaired mobility, and who have cognitive or sensory impairment.
Fall
The nurse implements contact precautions for a patient with varicella until this occurs.
The lesions crust over.
Being uninvolved and letting people work things out on their own is an example of this leadership style.
Laissez-faire
This type of nurse provides palliative care for terminally ill clients in their home.
Hospice nurse
Ordered: 7,000 units of Heparin subcutaneous
Have: 10,000 units / 1 mL of Heparin
How much will the nurse administer?
0.7 mL
The RN knows that this is the maximum time a provider can prescribe restraints before renewing the prescription.
24 hours
The RN recognizes the fecal-oral route as a means of transmission for this type of hepatitis.
Hep A
The RN knows that assigning, compared to delegating, can only be done with this type of personnel.
Another RN
This type of nurse helps coordinate care for patients leaving the hospital who will still need services at home.
Case Manager
Calculate the intake and output: Water consumed 600 mL, urine output 400 mL, stool 100 mL, IV fluids infused 1200 mL
+1300 mL
The RN recognizes that closing doors and windows is part of which step of the fire response sequence acronym?
"Contain" OR 3rd step
The RN knows that a nasal swab performed for each patient on admission is used to test for this infection.
MRSA
A patient with an obviously broken extremity is upset the RN is taking vital signs before giving pain meds. This is an example of which prioritization framework?
Life before limb OR Maslow
This division of emergency responders is trained to deal with radioactive, flammable, explosive, toxic, corrosive, or biological agents.
Hazardous material response (Hazmat) team
Have: Vancomycin 2g in 250 mL fluid to be delivered over 2 hours. What will the rate be on the infusion pump?
125 mL/hr
In addition to proper PPE, the nurse working with a radioactive patient wears this item to record the amount of exposure.
Monitoring or "Dosimeter" badge
This CDC-reportable disease is often acquired by eating undercooked poultry, meat, or seafood.
Salmonella
Providing care to patients regardless of financial or health insurance status is an example of this ethical principle.
Justice
In a mass casualty incident, a yellow tag implies that treatment can be delayed for ___ to ____.
30 minutes to 2 hours
Have: Meperidine 50mg/mL
Order: Meperidine 35mg to be delivered.
How many mL will the nurse administer?
Desired over have = 35/50
35 divided by 50 = 0.7 mL
The RN knows that prevention of pressure injuries as a consequence of long-term immobilization from spinal cord injury is an example of this level of prevention.
Tertiary prevention
An induration greater than this number on a PPD test in an immunocompromised patient indicates potential TB exposure.
>5mm
This piece of legislation requires all clients entering a healthcare facility to be offered information about advance directives.
The Patient-Self Determination Act
This section of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is responsible for coordinating federal disaster response and recovery efforts.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Have: Midazolam 5mg/1mL
Need: Midazolam 0.1mg/kg for pediatric seizure
Pt weighs 44 lbs
How many mL will the RN administer?
44lbs/2.2 = 20 kg
0.1mg x 20 kg = 2 mg
Desired over have = 2mg over 5mg
= 0.4 mL