Nursing Fundamentals
This position is used to prevent aspiration during oral medication administration.
What is High-fowlers?
This route of medication administration goes under the tongue.
What is sublingual?
This term describes a fever.
What is febrile or pyrexia?
This unit of measurement equals 1,000 milligrams.
What is 1 gram?
This ethical principle supports a patient’s right to make their own decisions.
What is autonomy?
This type of isolation precaution requires an N95 mask.
What is airborne isolation precaution?
This is the antidote for opioid overdose.
What is Naloxone / Narcan?
This sound heard during lung auscultation may indicate fluid in the lungs.
What are crackles?
A child weighs 22 lb. The provider orders amoxicillin 10 mg/kg per dose.
The medication label says:
Amoxicillin 125 mg per 5 mL
How much do you give?
What is 4 mL per dose?
This type of consent is required before most surgical procedures.
What is informed consent?
This is the first step of the nursing process.
What is Assessment?
This medication is commonly given for anaphylaxis.
What is epinephrine?
This assessment technique should NOT be performed before auscultating the abdomen.
What is Palpation?
How many nurses are needed to waste a controlled substance?
What is 2 nurses?
This federal law protects patient health information privacy.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
This scale is commonly used to assess a patient’s level of consciousness in acute care.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
This skin complication can occur if a patient is left immobile for extended periods.
What is a pressure ulcer?
This pulse site is located on the thumb side of the wrist.
What is the radial pulse?
This is the correct conversion of 0.25 grams into milligrams.
What is 250 mg?
This type of admission occurs when a person is a danger to themselves or others due to mental illness and is held involuntarily for evaluation.
What is a 1013 (involuntary psychiatric hold)?
This pulse site is used during CPR in adults.
What is the carotid pulse?
This scale is commonly used to assess pain intensity in alert adults.
What is the Numeric Rating Scale?
This lab value is most directly related to oxygen-carrying capacity.
What is Hemoglobin?
An order reads 500 mg. Tablets available are 250 mg. This is how many tablets the nurse should administer.
What is 2 tablets?
A nurse administers the wrong medication but does not report it. This is considered this type of legal violation.
What is malpractice?