N3632 Final Exam Review Questions With Complete
Solutions
ACCREDITATION Correct Answers process by which an
/educational program/ is evaluated and recognized as having met
certain standards
ACTUAL LOSS Correct Answers loss of limb, child, valued
object (money), job
ADVANCED DIRECTIVE Correct Answers written directive
that allows people to state /in advance/ what their choices for
health care would be if certain circumstances should develop
ANTICIPATORY LOSS Correct Answers when a person
displays loss and grief behaviors for a loss that has yet to take
place
ASSAULT Correct Answers threat or an attempt to make
bodily contact with another person without their consent
AUTONOMY Correct Answers self-determination, respect the
rights of patients or their surrogates to make health care
decisions
BATTERY Correct Answers an assault that is carried out;
includes willful, angry, violent or negligent touching of another
person's body, clothes, or anything attached to/held by that
person
BENEFICENCE Correct Answers promote good
,BEREAVED Correct Answers state of grieving from loss of a
loved one
BREACH OF DUTY Correct Answers failure to meet standard
of care
CAUSATION Correct Answers shows that failure to meets the
standard of care actually caused the injury
most difficult element of liability to prove
CERTIFICATION Correct Answers process by which a person
who has met certain criteria established by a /nongovernmental
association/ is granted recognition in a specified practice area
Comfort measures only form Correct Answers indicates the
goal of treatment is a comfortable, dignified, death and that
further life-sustaining measures are no longer indicated
CREDENTIALIING Correct Answers refers to ways in which
professional competence is ensured and maintained
DAMAGES Correct Answers actual harm or injury resulting to
the patient
DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER Correct Answers
intentional tort in which one party make derogatory remarks
about another that diminish the other party's reputation
,DEONTOLOGIC Correct Answers action is right or wrong
based on a rule, independent of its consequences
DEPERSONALIZATION Correct Answers subjective
experience of a partial or total disruption of one's ego and the
disintegration and disorganization of one's self-concept
Describe Fowler's Position Correct Answers Patient is sitting in
bed with head elevated 45-90 degrees
Two variations:
Low Fowler's (semi-Fowler's) -- head elevated to 30degrees
High Fowler's -- head elevated to 90 degrees
Promotes cardiac and respiratory functioning
Position of choice for eating, conversations, urinary & bowel
elimination
Describe Protective side-lying, or lateral position. Correct
Answers Patient lies on side and main body weight is on lateral
aspect of lower scapula and ilium
It is an alternative position for patient on bed rest and support
pillows can be used between the knees
Different variations:
Oblique position -- decreases pressure on trochanter; use pillows
to support back and calf of top leg
, Protective Sims -- patient lies on side, but pressure is on anterior
aspects of humerus, clavicle, and ilium
Describe Protective Supine Position Correct Answers Patient
lies flat on back with head and shoulder lightly elevated on a
pillow
Used for spinal anesthesia or surgery on spinal vertebra
Differentiate between a medical and a nursing assessment.
Correct Answers Medical -- focuses on pathologic conditions
Nursing -- focuses on patient's *response* to health problems
Differentiate between care based approach and principle-based
approach Correct Answers Care based approach: how you
choose to "be" and act with each patient encounter
Principle based approach: based on a specific set of guides for
practice (nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity,
autonomy)
Discus self-expectations Correct Answers conflict between
ideal self and false self
Discuss a clear liquid diet. Correct Answers indicated for
patients who are preparing for bowel or lower endoscopy
surgery, GI disorders, or as a postoperative diet
Requires minimal digestion
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