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PCC Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Role of the nurse - ANSWERSNurses promote health, prevent illness, restore health and facilitate coping with disability or death. Nurse caregiver - ANSWERSCaring is the central unifying topic concept Nurse advocate - ANSWERSadvocates for patie...

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Role of the nurse - ANSWERSNurses promote health, prevent illness, restore health and facilitate coping
with disability or death.



Nurse caregiver - ANSWERSCaring is the central unifying topic concept



Nurse advocate - ANSWERSadvocates for patient's rights; autonomy, free choice and right to make
informed decisions



Nurse educator - ANSWERSNurses educate patients, families, communities, and emphasize health
promotion and maintenance



Characteristics of the professional nurse - ANSWERSSystematic

Dynamic

Interpersonal skills

Outcome oriented

Global thinkers



Holistic care - ANSWERSan integrated approach to health care that treats the "whole" person, not simply
symptoms and disease. Mind and body are integrated and inseparable



Maslow's hierarchy of needs - ANSWERSPhysiological: breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis,
excretion

Safety: security of body, employment, resources, morality, family, health, and property

Love/belonging: friendships, family, sexual intimacy

Esteem: self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others

Self-actualization: morality, creativity, spontaneity, etc.

,National nursing organizations - ANSWERSAmerican Nurses Association (ANA)

Florida Nurses Association (FNA)

National League for Nursing (NLN)

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

National Student Nurse's Association (NSNA)

Florida Student Nurses Association (FNSA)



Why are nursing organizations important for the continued development and improvement of the
nursing profession? - ANSWERSSet standards for nursing practice



Healthy People 2020 - ANSWERSNational initiative to:

-Address the effect of lifestyle on health

-Creates health improvement goals

-Eliminates health disparities (main goal)



Nurses role in health promotoin - ANSWERS-Physical exam and prior medical history

-Lifestyle and risk appraisal

-Life stress review

-Health beliefs

-Nutrition

-Screenings

-Assessing

-Developing realistic plans that are patient centered

-Counseling

-Supporting

-Advocating

-Role modeling

,Health protection - ANSWERSThe motivation to avoid illness



Primary health protection - ANSWERSActivities that prevent or slow the onset of a disease



Secondary health protection - ANSWERSActivities that can detect disease



Tertiary health proctection - ANSWERSActivities that slow the progression of a diagnosis



Cardiac or Stroke Rehabilitation programs - ANSWERSTertiary protection



Immunizations - ANSWERSPrimary protection



Diabetes control education - ANSWERSTertiary protection



Workplace health screenings - ANSWERSSecondary protection



Education and legislation about proper seat belt and helmet use - ANSWERSPrimary protection



Chronic pain management program - ANSWERSTertiary protection



Routine Annual Pap Smear - ANSWERSSecondary protection



Safety - ANSWERSThe state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss;
basic human need



Nurses role in safety - ANSWERSNurses attend to the safety needs of: clients in all healthcare settings
and healthcare workings, including themselves



Performing range or motion on a patient - ANSWERS-Support joint on both sides

, -Encourage active movement

-Do not force past point of comfort

-Incorporate into Activity of Daily Living (ADLs)



Principles of Body Mechanics - ANSWERS-Proper alignment- keep back straight, use legs not back
muscles

-Wide base of support

-Avoid bending and twisting

-Squat to lift

-Keep objects close when lifting

-Raise bed

-Push vs. life

-Get help; Lift teams



Intrinsic factors for falls - ANSWERSFactors within the body or person:

-orthostatic hypotension

-meds

-impaired gait or balance

-neuropathy

-incontinence

-urgency

-vision impairment

-UTI

-confusion



Extrinsic factor for falls - ANSWERSEnvironment:

-Clutter

-Throw rugs

-Wires

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