NUR 228 Exams Questions & 100% Correct Answers

What are the historical perspectives of nursing practice? ~~> Folk (caring person), Religious (devotion of selfless acts), Servant (dark) What is Nightingale's contribution to nursing and improvement of nursing education? ~~> Introduced positive images in nursing, used stats, advance...

All nursing theories and models for practice contain the same four key concepts. These concepts include human beings, health, nursing, and ______. ~~> human beings, health, nursing, environment Which nursing theory focuses on prevention being an intervention and views wellness and illness...

leadership refers to ~~> ability to guide, motivate and inspire and instill vision and purpose. management ~~> planning, organizing, directing, and controlling with the purpose of accomplishing specific goals and objectives within the organization. Authority ~~> the power or rig...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (2000) states that medical errors were the leading cause of unexpected deaths in the United States in health care settings. A majority of the errors were caused by: transcription errors. ineffective commun...

what is the body's main source of energy ~~> glucose glycogen ~~> insulin allows glucose to be stored in the liver as glycogen liver can release glucose back into circulation when glucose levels start to fall after a meal glycolysis ~~> glucose catabolism in cells yields 2 mo...

what are electrolytes ? ~~> substances that are electrically charged when they are in a solution what are the 5 main body electrolytes ? ~~> Na+ : sodium ion Cl- : chloride ion Mg2+ : magnesium ion Ca2+ : calcium ion K+ : potassium ion what is the most abundant intracellular...

An adult client is having a generalized seizure. The nurse recognizes which clinical manifestation of this type of seizure? Confusion about their location Continuous picking at their shirt Motionless and fixed gaze Stiffening of body for 10 seconds ~~> Stiffening of body for 10 seconds ...

Which cells secrete HCl (hydrochloric acid) in the stomach to help with digestion? ~~> parietal cells esophageal disorders ~~> -GERD -Hiatal hernia inflammatory disorders of the stomach ~~> -gastritis -acute gastroenteritis -PUD dysphagia ~~> difficulty swallowing that be...

What does the physical growth look like? ~~> - weight - average gain is 4-7 lbs per year - doubles from age 6 - 11 years - heights - about 2-3 inches per year - girls retain more fatty tissue than boys - African American boys and girls grow faster than white children (average...

What are nursing homes and what kind of patients do they care for? ~~> Provide care for those without the ability to manage ADLs and ongoing care. Provide skilled care in nursing, physical therapy, and speech therapy is termed a skilled nursing facility (SNF). The major reason for admis...

maintenance and promotion of health and illness prevention 2. restoration of health 3. coping with impaired functions ~~> comprehensive patient education includes what three things? teaching ~~> an interactive process that promotes learning; consists of a conscious, deliberate set of ...

Folk image ~~> Nurse as caring person Religious image ~~> Nurse based on religious beliefs Servant image ~~> Negative connotation of nursing Nightingale ~~> Mother of nursing, improved hygiene, infection control Statistics ~~> Proof of nursing's need, extensive wri...

The ______ is the center of your practice ~~> -patient -includes the individual, family &/or community Nursing ~~> -the protection, promotion & optimization of health & abilities -prevention illness & injury -alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis & treatment of human respons...

What is dyspnea? ~~> difficulty breathing (SOB, labored breathing, "air hunger") What are some causes of dyspnea? ~~> asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, heart failure, pneumonia, psychiatric problems, choking, airway obstruction What is clubbing? ~~> tips of fingernails en...