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NUR 195 Exam 1: Questions With Verified Answers
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NUR 195 Exam 1: Questions With Verified AnswersWhat are typical leadership qualities we would see in a LPN? Right Ans - Communicative assertively, motivation problem solving, building a team of cooperative workers, managing stress effectively, responsible, compassionate etc
Autocratic leadership is defined as? Right Ans - Taking charge, militant doesn't share responsibility with other employees
Puts policies first
Laissez Faire leadership is defined as? Right Ans - Lazy, only involved if an issue arises, gives away responsibility to other employees
Puts employees before policies
Democratic Leadership can be defined as? (think "for the people") Right Ans - Sharing responsibility with staff, involving the staff in decision making
Emphasises policies but with concern for employees
Situational leadership can be defined as? Right Ans - Leadership changes depending on the situation to meet demands
Thrombotic stroke is known as? What happens when someone has this stroke? Right Ans - Ischemic (most common)
Caused by a thrombus (blood clot) in the arteries that block supply to the brain
What is happening when a patient has an Embolic stroke? Right Ans - caused by a blood clot or plaque that develops elsewhere in the body and then
travels to one of the blood vessels in the brain through the bloodstream.
What is happening when a patient has a hemorrhagic stroke? Right Ans - A rupture of an artery or bleed in the brain
85% of all strokes are Right Ans - ischemic strokes 15% of strokes are? Right Ans - hemorrhagic
What race has the highest mortality rates for strokes? Right Ans - African Americans
Risk factors for stroke could be? Right Ans - Hypertension
Heart disease
smoking
Clotting/plaque issues
A-FIB
5 rights of delegation? Right Ans - 1. Right task
2. Right circumstance
3. Right person
4. Right direction/communication
5. Right supervision/evaluation
Would we administer lovenox to a patient who has just had a hemorrhagic stroke? Right Ans - NO! He had a brain bleed and if it happens again, lovenox will prevent blood from clotting because its an anticoagulant
If a patient who recently had a stroke and has difficulty swallowing, can we delegate feeding this patient to a UAP? Why or why not Right Ans - No, because the patient is considered unstable
What are the 5 stages of Maslow's hierarchy of needs? Most important to least important? Right Ans - Psychological needs, safety, love and belonging, self-
esteem, self-actualization
Metformin is used for? Right Ans - Commonly for Type 2 diabetics
Would we give metformin to a patient with a 74 blood glucose level? Right Ans - No because it would drop their blood sugar more
True or false: Aspirin should NOT be given to a patient with a post hemorrhagic stroke? Right Ans - True, aspirin will thin the blood, during a hemorrhagic stroke, there is a brain bleed/bleed from not clotting,
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