An on going process based on intellect and professional standards.
What is critical thinking?
100
An act planned out by the nurse to assist in caring for the patient.
What is a nursing intervention.
100
Founder of the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
100
becomes drier, less collagen, less bathing required, less sub-cutaneous tissue
What are characteristics of aging skin.
100
What are
200
Working and communicating with others is known as
What is team work and collaboration.
200
The nurse helps to brainstorm ideas to create a safer patient environment and then implements those ideas with patient's approval.
What is a cognitive nursing intervention.
200
You are getting ready to get a patient up after a period of bedrest, what do you do first?
What is assess for safety considerations.
200
The most effective way to decrease the spread of HAI's
What is hand hygiene.
200
You are caring for a patient who is immobile, you know you must turn your client every 2 hours to decrease pressure on the skin because pressure causes
What is a decrease in circulation to affected tissue.
300
This American resource helps describe the nursing process.
What is American Association of Colleges of Nursing's (AACN) Essential of Baccalaureate Education.
300
A pressure ulcer with noted tendons and bones showing
What is a full thickness wound
300
During a bath, the diabetic client asks to have their toe nails cut, the nurse responds by doing what
What is referring client to a podiatrist.
300
You are transfering a patient for the first time, what intervention will promote safety for both the nurse and the patient.
What is assessing for the need of a mechanical lift.
400
an illness a patient has for greater than 6 months that can impair his/her healing process.
What is chronic illness
400
A 20 pack year smoker is admitted to your unit with impaired wound healing to the left lower leg, what nursing diagnosis might you give him
What is impaired healing realated to impaired oxygen tissue perfusion.
400
fever, malaise, anorexia, nausea and vomiting
What are signs and symptoms of a systemic infection
400
wound drainage with microorganisms present
What is purulent yellow drainage
400
an assistive device used to improve the safety during patient transfers.
What is a transfer belt aka gait belt
500
this process requires the nurse to search for the date, think creatively and act off past experiences
What does critical thinking do
500
a formulated measurable realistic goal
What is outcome identified.
500
a syndrome you have when you are paralyzed and at risk for multiple complications
What is disease syndrome
500
you are getting ready to administer a bed bath to an acutely ill patient, after implementing professional behaviors what might be the first thing you ask her