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NUR 231 Exam 3 with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct |2024 Grade A+
charting by exception - CORRECT ANSWERS shorthand method for
documenting patient data that is based on well-defined standards of practice; only
exceptions to these standards are documented in narrative notes
focus charting - CORRECT ANSWERS a documentation system that replaces
the problem list with a focus column that incorporates many aspects of a patient
and patient care; the focus may be a patient strength or a problem or need; the
narrative portion of focus charting uses the data (D), action (A), response (R) format
health information exchange - CORRECT ANSWERS a network that enables
the sharing of health-related information among provider organizations according to
nationally recognized standards
HIE
Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) - CORRECT ANSWERS
assessment instrument representing core items of a comprehensive assessment for
adult nonmaternity home health care patients that forms the basis for measuring
patient outcomes for the purpose of improving the quality of care provided
PIE charting - CORRECT ANSWERS problem, intervention, evaluation
SOAP format - CORRECT ANSWERS method of charting narrative progress
notes; organizes data according to subjective information (S), objective information
(O), assessment (A), and plan (P)
Variance charting - CORRECT ANSWERS documentation method in case
management when a patient fails to meet an expected outcome or when a planned
intervention is not implemented that records unexpected events, the cause for the
event, actions taken in response to the event, and discharge planning when
appropriate; typically used for variances that affect quality, coast, or length of stay;
also called occurrence charting
cascade iatrogenesis - CORRECT ANSWERS downward spiral or sequence of
adverse events often triggered by a medical or surgical intervention during the
hospitalization of an older adult
, NUR 231 Exam 3 with Questions and Verified Answers
| 100% Correct |2024 Grade A+
Gerotranscendence - CORRECT ANSWERS the idea that as people age, they
transcend limited views of life they held in earlier times
andragogy - CORRECT ANSWERS the study of teaching adults
pedagogy - CORRECT ANSWERS the art of teaching
adjuvant - CORRECT ANSWERS a substance that enhances the body's
immune response to an antigen
breakthrough pain - CORRECT ANSWERS Pain that occurs between doses of
pain medication
enkephalins - CORRECT ANSWERS opioids that are widespread throughout
the brain and dorsal horn of the spinal cord and are believed to reduce pain
sensation by inhibiting the release of substance P
gate control theory - CORRECT ANSWERS the theory that the spinal cord
contains a neurological "gate" that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to
the brain. The "gate" is opened by the activity of pain signals traveling up small
nerve fibers and is closed by activity in larger fibers or by information coming from
the brain.
nociceptive pain - CORRECT ANSWERS pain from a normal process that
results in noxious stimuli being perceived as painful
nociplastic pain - CORRECT ANSWERS pain that arises from altered
nociception despite no clear evidence of actual or threatened tissue damage
causing the activation of peripheral nociceptors or evidence for disease or lesion of
the somatosensory system causing the pain
POLST form - CORRECT ANSWERS stands for Physician Order for Life-
Sustaining Treatment, a medical order indicating a patient's wishes regarding
treatments commonly used in a medical crisis; must be completed and signed by a
health care professional, not the patient
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