Evolution of Nursing
The "Lady with the Lamp”
What is Florence Nightingale
All patients should be treated as individuals
What is autonomy
Identify the correct concept of nursing documentation
What is chart as soon and as often as necessary
Which statement about communication is most accurate?
What is Some form of communication takes place each time there is an interaction between individuals.
Organized approach to a physical examination
What is a head-to-toe assessment?
What is a set of learned values, beliefs, customs, and practices shared by a group?
What is culture?
Developed by Joseph Lister
Aseptic technique
Where should a nurse place a heavy load she is carrying?
close to the body midline
nurse correctly replace a patient’s dentures after cleaning
Inserting the upper denture first
prevent burns to small children in the home
Turn pot handles on stoves away from reach
When admitting a patient to the hospital, the nurse observes that the patient is distracted and tense.
Fear of the unknown
The key to scope and practice
What is the Nurse Practice Act
All patients have the right to nursing interventions
What is justice
accreditation agency specifies guidelines for documentation?
What is the Joint Commission
Which communication technique is considered appropriate in all interactions?
What is Listening
Parts of a patient problem statement
What is related to and as evidenced by?
belief of a supernatural force exerting influence to cause health or illness?
What is folk?
Tiny microscopic entities capable of carrying on living processes
Microrganisms
Used to prevent muscle atrophy and contractures
some type of exercise
bathing a patient with a deep vein thrombosis in the left leg
Gently washing the leg and patting dry with a towel
A disaster situation occurs and involves an explosion in a hospital laundry.
Internal
During the admission procedure, what nursing intervention would best help reduce patient anxiety?
Greet the patient by name.
The First nursing Theorist
Who is Florence Nightingale
Doing a procedure without a signed consent
What is civil battery
patients can gain access to their medical records by which means?
Submitting a written request to the facility to view the record
How can I help you with your concerns?
What is assertive
Symptoms that support the nursing diagnosis
What are defining characteristics?
Nurses from different cultures have different beliefs
What is ethnocentric?
Six elements are necessary for infection
Chain of Infection
Common strain injury in nursing
Lumbar/back
Wash from the inner canthus to the outer canthus
proper eye hygiene measures.
A type C fire extinguisher is required for which type of fire?
Electrical
When should discharge planning begin?
Shortly after admission
Philosophy that considers physical, emotional, social, economic and spiritual needs
What is Holistic Nursing
Leaving a nursing laptop open unattended with a patients information visable
What is a violation of HIPPA
Reimbursement in long term care facilities
What is a minimum data set MDS
Communication techniques not used enough
What is silence?
Type of symptoms that are visible or can be proven
What is objective data?
term describes a nurse who is aware of her or his own cultural beliefs and others as well
What is culturally competent?
Not killed by antibiotics
Viruses
Minimum hours of daily activity to prevent negative immobility consequences
2 hours
An erythematous area over the coccyx that has the potential to become an open lesion is noted
A pressure injury
open windows to the outside and call a special team to take care of the contamination
mercury spill
A patient who is alert and oriented is threatening to leave the hospital against medical advice (AMA). What action should the nurse take?
Notify the health care provider that the patient is threatening to leave AMA.
The first nurse to train in America
Who is Linda Richards
Failure to act prudently as a nurse and causing harm
What is malpractice
Reimbursement system in the hospital
What is Diagnosis-related groups DRGs
Second step of SBAR
What is background?
Type of symptom the patient feels
What is subjective data?
term for a group of people who share biological physical characteristics?
What is race?
Contaminated stethoscope
What is a fomite
Profession with highest workers comp claims
Nursing
least amount of time the nurse will instruct for a sitz bath?
20 to 30 minutes
What does PASS stand for in fire safety?
Pull, aim, squeeze and sweep
. A nurse is caring for a Haitian American patient. How might the nurse demonstrate cultural sensitivity?
Allowing the patient to walk out of the hospital when discharged