Which is an adverse effect of digoxin? - correct answer bradycardia
What does TKVO mean? - correct answer To keep vein open
Mr. Singh is experiencing asthma and acute shortness of breath and wheezing, whats the first thing you should do? - correct answer Administer rescue inhaler
Whi...
Which is an adverse effect of digoxin? - correct answer bradycardia
What does TKVO mean? - correct answer To keep vein open
Mr. Singh is experiencing asthma and acute shortness of breath and wheezing, whats the first thing you
should do? - correct answer Administer rescue inhaler
Which of the following is most important when performing a preoperative assessment? - correct
answer physical assessment
Which of the following would be elicit the best information about a patients pain? - correct answer
Describe your pain to me (open ended)
The practical nurses scope of practice is determined by - correct answer legislation and regulatory and
licensure requirments
Intentional torts - correct answer Assault
Battery
Invasion of privacy
False imprisonment
Battery - correct answer the intentional touching of a person without his or her consent
Unintentional torts - correct answer Negligence is a failure to take the care that a reasonable nurse in
similar circumstances would have taken.
,Examples of activities that nurses may be charged with - correct answer - theft of narcotics
- theft of client or agency property
- assisted suicide
- criminal negligence
Common negligence acts - correct answer medication errors, intravenous therapy errors that result in
phlebitis or infiltrations, burns caused by equipment, falls, failure to use aseptic technique, failure to
report, failure to monitor a patients condition, failure to notify a physician
Principles of accountability for nurses - correct answer - responsible and accountable for their decisions
and actions
- engage in self reflection and continuous learning to maintain and enhance competence
- accountable and responsible for assessing their individual fitness to practice.
- practical nurses demonstrate and apply knowledge of the distinction between ethical responsible and
legal rights
Code of nursing ethics - correct answer - being accountable for ones actions
- upholding the patients rights to privacy and confidentiality
- providing care that maintains pt dignity
- respect at all times
- promoting integrity by providing safe, competent, and ethical nursing care
- evaluating ones work and maintaining competency
A professional relationship is created through - correct answer the nurses application of knowledge,
communication theory, understanding of human behaviour, and commitment to ethical behaviour.
Four phases of the nurse client relationship - correct answer *Pre-interaction*: Gathering information;
assessing one's feelings, fears, and anxieties about working with a particular client
*Orientation*: nurse and client become acquainted. Goal is to establish trust.
*Working*: Goal is to promote client change
*Termination*: Evaluate goal attainment; and ensure therapeutic closure
,-penia - correct answer reduced amount
Best approach to conflict resolution - correct answer collaboration
The repeat back method consists of - correct answer identification, situation, background, assessment,
recommendations, repeat back
before consent, patients need to receive - correct answer full disclosure of all details of the procedure.
Can practical nurses obtain consent for surgery? - correct answer no because they are not conducting
the surgery, but may be a witness
consent can be - correct answer verbal, written, and implicit
Example of implicit consent; - correct answer client lifting leg for wound care
Cno practice standard for resuscitation is based on these ethical values - correct answer - respect for
ones well-being
- client choice
- privacy and confidentiality
- respect for life
- maintaining comittments
- truthfulness and fairness
medication treatment is used for - correct answer dx, treatment, cure, relief, and prevention
Idiosyncratic reactions - correct answer are unpredictable and occur when an individual overreaction
from the medication or has a different reaction from the norm.
, After a medication is taken it breaks down in the body and is - correct answer absorbed, distributed,
metabolized, and excreted
10 rights of medication administration - correct answer right medication, right dose, right client, right
route, right time, right documentation, right reason, right to refuse, right client education, right
evaluation
oral medications - correct answer given by mouth. easiest route , most common, and has the slowest,
most prolonged effect
sublingual medications - correct answer placed under the tongue and should not be swallowed.
parenteral medications - correct answer injected into the body tissues. The four main sites are:
- intradermal, subcutaneous (only for volumes of 0.5-1ml)
- intramuscular (for volumes up to 3ml)
- IV
inhalation route - correct answer used to administer medications through nasal passages, orally, by
endotracheal tube or via tracheostomy
The nursing process - correct answer 1. assessment
2. analysis
3. planning
4. implementation
5. evaluation, outcome, and revision of care
During a documentation session in the hospital, one of the new practical nurses asks what abbreviations
can be used within the patients health record? what abbreviations can the nurse use? - correct answer
Must be approved by the agency (hospital)
Which is the most accurate information in regard to patient consent? - correct answer The health care
provider proposing the procedure should be the one to obtain written consent.
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