NURS 251 Midterm Exam Questions With Verified Solutions.
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Nurs 251
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Nurs 251
What are the steps in donning PPE? - Answer - hand hygiene
- gown
- facemask
- face shield
- gloves
What are the steps in doffing PPE? - Answer - remove gloves
- remove gown
- remove face shield
- mask
- hand hygiene
What are first level priority problems? - Answer emergent, ...
NURS 251 Midterm Exam Questions
With Verified Solutions.
What are the steps in donning PPE? - Answer - hand hygiene
- gown
- facemask
- face shield
- gloves
What are the steps in doffing PPE? - Answer - remove gloves
- remove gown
- remove face shield
- mask
- hand hygiene
What are first level priority problems? - Answer emergent, life threatening, or limb threatening
What are second level priority problems? - Answer urgent, you need to prevent further deterioration,
can be a mental status change, these require prompt intervention
What is a third level priority problem? - Answer these are important to the patient's overall health but
can wait to be addressed after urgent conditions are addressed, long-term conditions
What are the steps in completing a health history? - Answer - orientation: introduce self and purpose
- working phase: collecting and recording data
- closing: thank you, summarize, any questions?
,What is a complete health history database? - Answer includes current and past health history, a
complete physical exam, and includes screens for pathology
What is a focused or problem centered health history database? - Answer it is more targeted, limited,
and looks at short-term problems (usually 1 problem)
What is an emergent health history database? - Answer includes just the facts, the key information
only, identifying and managing the emergent needs firsts
What is subjective data? - Answer what the patient says
What is objective data? - Answer obtained by observing and examining client
What are the components in collecting the history of present illness? - Answer O: onset
L: location
D: duration
C: characteristics
A: aggravating/alleviating factors
R: related factors
T: treatments
S: severity
What is interdisciplinary communication? - Answer allows healthcare members from various disciplines
to communicate and work together
What is the purpose of the end of shift report? - Answer allows the nurse to explain to the oncoming
nurse the condition of their patients
What is SBAR? - Answer S: situation
B: background
, A: assessment
R: recommendation
What is involved in the situation step of SBAR? - Answer - what are you talking about?
- concise statement of the patient problem
- identify self and where your calling from
What is involved in the background step of SBAR? - Answer - pertinent data to the current problem
- any changes in mental status or uncontrolled pain
- what are your recent vitals
- pertinent lab results
What is involved in the assessment step of SBAR? - Answer - abnormal findings as well as pertinent
normal findings
- clearly what is the problem, is it severe or life threatening
What is involved in the recommendation or request step of SBAR? - Answer - what do you want or
need to continue care?
- what solution can you offer or propose?
- if you want the client evaluated by the provider, say so and state a specific time
What are the components of a mental status exam? - Answer - appearance: posture, movement, dress,
grooming
- behavior: speech, and mood
- cognition: orientation, memory, attention span
- thought processes: does this make sense? logical? (includes anxiety and depression screen)
What is Broca's aphasia? - Answer expressive (motor speech cortex), can understand but cannot
express self, understands written and spoken language
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