Ethics
What type of care-management approach is designed to coordinate and link health care services across all levels of care for patients and their families?
Case management
What are the three parts of a nursing diagnosis?
Problem
Related to statement
As evidenced by statement
Nurse accidently gives a wrong medication, and this leads to a bad reaction to the patient….this can lead to what?
Malpractice
You have an order to infuse 750 ml of 0.9% NS in 8 hours. How many ml/hr do you program the pump for?
94 ml/hr
Which of the following items of subjective client data would be documented in the medical record by the nurse?
A. Client's face is pale
B. Cervical lymph nodes are palpable
C. Nursing assistant reports client refused lunch
D. Client feel nauseated
Client feel nauseated
This is a set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept.
Code of ethics
Which type of nursing intervention are physician-initiated interventions that require an order from a physician or other health care professional?
Dependent
Which type of legal documents are written by the patient to direct treatment based on their wishes in the event of a terminal illness?
Living Will
You have an order to infuse 550ml of 0.9% NS in 8 hours. How many ml/hr do you set the pump for?
69 ml/hr
During which of the five steps int he nursing process does the nurse determine whether outcomes of care are achieved?
Evaluation
nYou are floated to a nursing unit where you are given an assignment that is beyond your capability. What do you do?
Call the supervisor and discuss the situation
This is done after the application of the nursing process and the patient’s condition or well-being improves.
Evaluation
Which Federal Statutory Act requires all patients to be treated and stabilized before discharge or transferring?
EMTALA
You have an order to infuse 350 ml of 0.9% NS in 8 hours. How many ml/hr do you set the pump for?
44 ml/hr
A nurse teaches a patient to use visualization to cope with chronic pain. Which step of the nursing process is associated with this nursing intervention?
Implementation
The nurse puts a restraint jacket on a client without the client's permission and without the physician's order. What ethical principle is this an example of?
Battery
Which of the following is an example of objective data?
1.Apical pulse of 74 & irregular
2.Nausea
3.Dizziness
4.Headache
Apical Pulse of 74 and irregular
Which Federal Statutory Act allows a person over 18 years old to make the decision to be an organ donor?
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
A patient is receiving 160 mg of methylprednisolone IM every 12 hours. You have two vials that each contain 125 mg/2ml. How much will you draw into a syringe?
2.6 mL.
You are examining a patient for injury after a patient falls in the bathroom. What part of the nursing process are you completing?
Assessment
A child's immunization may cause discomfort during administration, but the benefits of protection from disease, both for the individual and society, outweigh the temporary discomforts. Which principle is involved in this situation?
Beneficence
What is the best well designed goal for a patient with a fever?
1.Give IV fluids for adequate hydration
2.Maintain fluid intake of at least 1500 ml/day
3.Pt will have a lower temp & verbalize more comfortable periods during afebrile periods
4.Give an antiemetic every 4 hours to relieve the fever
Maintain fluid intake of at least 1500 ml/day.
Verbalized form of defamation of character
Slander
You have an order for morphine 4 mg IV push every 2 hours prn for dyspnea. You have morphine 10mg per mL on hand. How many milliliters should you prepare? (round to the nearest tenth)
0.4 mL.
The only part of the nursing process a LPN cannot do...
Diagnosis