Nursing actions that do not require a physician's order.
What is
Independent nursing action
100
Tapping a body part with short sharp blows to elicit sounds or vibrations that aid in diagnosis is called.
What is
percussion
100
The act of feeling with the hand, placing the fingers on the skin to determine the condition of underlying parts is called?
What is
palpation
100
True or False
Always use a leading zero when writing decimals (i.e., 0.2 mg not .2 mg
What is
True
200
What type of diagnosis focuses on the disease process?
What is
Medical diagnosis
200
Catagorizes human needs from the most basic vital needs, survival needs (necessary to life), up through higher-level needs such as beauty, love and learning.
What is
Hierarchy of needs. Established by Maslow
200
The purpose of a spirometry test is assess and diagnose what?
What is
Respiratory status
200
Externally listening to sounds from within the body to determine abnormal conditions is called?
What is
Auscultation
200
Preferred site for IM injection for an 18-month-old toddler?
What is
Vastus lateralis
300
Systematic method in which the nurse and client work together to plan and carry out effective nursing care. (The steps include assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.) is called?
What is
Nursing process
300
When gathering data during patient assessment of pain asking "Can you rate it on a scale of 0 to 10?" what information is the nurse seeking?
What is
severity
300
What is the most common format for a general physical examination of a client?
What is
Head to toe examination
300
What type of medication order given by the primary healthcare provider needs to be done immediately?
What is
STAT
400
What is the concept five + 1 rights of drug administration?
What is
Right patient
Right drug
Right dose
Right route
Right time
+1 Right documentation
400
Guidelines used by healthcare facilities to plan the care for clients is called?
What is
Nursing care plans
400
True or False.
Hypertension is a lifestyle risk factor?
What is
False
400
What preparatory step should a nurse take when a client is having a radiology test involving the use of dye?
What is
Ask if the client is allergic to iodine
400
The nurse is unable to read the primary health care provider's handwriting. What action would be most appropriate?
What is
The nurse should question the order with the primary
health care provider.
500
Name 4 actions that a nurse can take to prevent drug errors.
What is
Rechecking all calculations
Avoiding distractions and concentrating on only one
task at a time.
Confirming any questionable orders
Practicing the five + 1 rights of drug administration
500
What association meets every 2 years to further progress in defining, classifying, and describing nursing diagnoses?
What is
NANDA International (NANDA-I)
500
Secondary infection is also called a ______________ dependent infection. It directly results from or depends on another disease or infection.
What is
Dependent infection
500
A high priority nursing diagnosis for a client with respiratory complications would be?