NURS 1495 Comprehensive Midterm Review Exam
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What is the foundation of the Canadian Health Care system?
Government-funded universal program, with costs shared by federal and
provincial/territorial governments.
What are the entry-to-practice competencies in nursing?
Minimum requirements for safe nursing assessment and intervention.
Define 'adverse event' in the context of nursing practice.
Any event that causes unintended harm to the patient.
What constitutes evidence-informed practice?
Clinical expertise, clinical judgement, and a summary of studies including evidence
syntheses, systematic reviews and integrative reviews.
What are the steps in the Evidence-Informed Practice (EIP) process?
Hint: Think of the PICO framework.
List the steps of the nursing process.
,Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation.
What is cultural competence in nursing?
The ability to apply knowledge, attitudes and skills that improve cross-cultural
communication and promote appropriate respectful interaction with others.
What does the three basic principles of culturally competent care involve?
Identifying one's own assumptions, looking for commonalities and differences, and
responding to the dynamics of difference.
How obesity is defined in terms of the body's cells:
Abnormal cell proliferation of fat cells, especially in visceral and subcutaneous tissues.
What is the etiology of obesity?
Obesity is caused by a very intricate combination of genetic, nutritional, physiological,
psychological, behavioral, environmental, and social factors.
What is obesity, and where does it mainly occur in the body?
Obesity is characterized by an abnormal rise in the percentage of fat cells occurring
mainly in visceral and subcutaneous tissues.
How is obesity regarded with regard to its cause?
,Obesity is increasingly regarded not as a failure of will but as a chronic disease
associated with a number of comorbid conditions that affects physical, mental, social,
cultural, and economic health.
The types of obesity are, and what is the cause?
Primary obesity because of excess intake of calorie for metabolic needs of body,
secondary obesity due to anomalies which are congenital, anomalies of chromosomes,
problems in metabolism, or because of lesions and disorders of CNS.
Android and gynoid obesity
Android obesity: this implies the fat deposition around the middle part of body, gynoid
obesity: it deals with the deposition of fat around hips and lower portion, genetics is
important in the distribution of body fat.
What is the prevalence of obesity in Canadian adults and children?
More than one in four Canadian adults are obese and 8.6% of children aged 6 to 17
years.
What are the health-care costs related to obesity in Canada?
The total costs of obesity to the Canadian health-care system were estimated at $6.0
billion in 2006, accounting for 4.1% of total health-care expenditures.
What are the levels of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS)?
, The CTAS is a five-level scale: Resuscitation, Emergency, Urgent, Less urgent,
Nonurgent.
What does the primary survey in emergency care focus on?
Primary survey focuses on Airway, Breathing, Circulation, and Disability (ABCD),
identification of life-threatening conditions.
What does a secondary survey in emergency care involve?
EFGHI is a rapid, systematic method to find all the injuries: Exposure, Full set of vital
signs, Give comfort measures, History, and Inspect the posterior surfaces.
What are the major structures and functions of the hematological system?
The hematological system comprises blood, bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, and
liver. The delivery of oxygen and nutrition, excretion of wastes, regulation of body
temperature and pH, and protection against infection are some of its major functions.
Explain the differences between erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets including their
structure and functions.
Red blood cells or erythrocytes carry oxygen, white blood cells or leukocytes fight
infection, and platelets are part of clotting.
How might age-related changes affect the findings of hematological studies performed
on older adults?