Insulin - correct answer ✔✔NPH and Regular (measured in units; syringes)
NPH - correct answer ✔✔Cloudy
Regular - correct answer ✔✔Clear
Cloudy-Clear-Clear-Cloudy - correct answer ✔✔How to mix insulin
Reglan - correct answer ✔✔Used to increase gastric emptying; w/ symptoms of nausea/vomiting; RISK
FOR ASPIRATION
Zophran - correct answer ✔✔Given post-op
Six Rights of Medication - correct answer ✔✔Patient, Drug, Dose, Time, Documentation, Route, REASON
ER/EC Tablets/Capsules - correct answer ✔✔DO NOT CRUSH!
Delegation to UAP - correct answer ✔✔Barrier creams/Non-pharmacological; NO TEACHING/ASSESSING
(LEAST RISKY)
Shellfish Allergy Consideration - correct answer ✔✔The use of iodine
Therapeutic Communication - correct answer ✔✔An exchange of information that facilitates the
formation of a positive nurse-patient relationship and actively involves the patient in all areas of care
, Non-Therapeutic Communication - correct answer ✔✔Usually blocks the development of a trusting and
therapeutic relationship
HCPOA - correct answer ✔✔Health Care Power of Attorney
Living Will - correct answer ✔✔A written document that directs treatment in accordance with the
patient's wishes in the event of a terminal illness or condition
Just Culture - correct answer ✔✔You can report mistakes and errors without consequences
Informed Consent - correct answer ✔✔For the physician; nurse witnesses/makes sure it is signed before
surgery; HCPOA
Blocks to Communication - correct answer ✔✔False reassurance, Giving advice or personal opinions,
False assumptions, Approval/Disapproval, Automatic Responses, Defensiveness, Arguing, Asking for
explanations, Changing the subject
Diabetic Retinopathy - correct answer ✔✔DISORDER OF RETINAL BLOOD VESSELS; characterized by
capillary microaneurysms, hemmorage, exudates, and formation of new blood vessels and connective
tissue
Glaucoma - correct answer ✔✔Elevated pressure within an eye (obstruction of aqueous humor)
Cataracts - correct answer ✔✔Clouding of the lens
Age-Related Macular Degeneration - correct answer ✔✔blurred/absent vision in center of the visual
field
T 1, 2, 3, 4 (Primary) - correct answer ✔✔Size and extent of the main tumor (TX: cannot be measured;
TO: cannot be found
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