NURS 480 Q1 Exam Questions With Correct
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CC nurse - answer-specialty dealing with human responses to life-threatening problems
-care for pts with acute and unstable physiologic problems, and their caregivers
-assess life-threatening conditions, initiating, approp interventions, evaluate ...
CC nurse - answer✔-specialty dealing with human responses to life-threatening problems
-care for pts with acute and unstable physiologic problems, and their caregivers
-assess life-threatening conditions, initiating, approp interventions, evaluate outcomes of
interventions, provide education and emotional support to caregivers
-Frequent assessments to monitor trends in the pt's physiological parameters
CC patient - answer✔1) physiologically unstable
2) pt @ risk for serious complications & require frequent assessments and often invasive
interventions
3) pt may require intensive & complicated nursing support r/t use of IV polypharmacy &
advanced technology
Intermediate care - answer✔AKA PCU/STEP-DOWN UNITS
-Provide a TRANSITION bw the ICU and general care unit/discharge
-@ risk for serious complications, but their risk is lower than ICU pts
-ie pts scheduled for cardiac procedures, awaiting heart transplants, receiving vasoactive IV
drugs, weaning off mech ventilation
Emergency nursing - answer✔-Recognition of life-threatening illness or injury = MOST
important goal
-Initiation of interventions to reverse/prevent a crisis is often a priority before a med dx
Rapid Response Team - when to call? - answer✔-BEFORE onset of injury, resp arrest, or cardiac
arrest
-when a client exhibits indications of a rapid decline
Rapid Response Team - who? - answer✔-CC nurse
-RT
-CC physician
-Advanced practice RN
Rapid Response Team - what will they do? - answer✔-Brings rapid/immediate care to *unstable
pts in noncritical care units*
-Provides early recognition/response before a resp/cardiac arrest or stroke occurs
Rapid Response Team - YOUR role? - answer✔-SBAR comm techniques are used for contacting
team and documentation of event
-Discuss info to ID system failures
-Implement follow-up, education and sharing of info for the participants after call
Rapid Response Team - examples? - answer✔-Heart rate over 140/min or less than 40/min
-Respiratory rate over 28/min or less than 8/min
-Systolic blood pressure greater than 180 mmHg or less than 90 mmHg
-Oxygen saturation less than 90% despite O2 supplementation, deep breathing and coughing
efforts, etc.
-Acute change in mental status
-Urine output less than 50 cc over 4 hours
-Staff, family, or visitor has significant concern about the patient's condition
Code Blue Team - when to call? - answer✔-perform resuscitation efforts after a person has
stopped breathing, or after a person's heart has stopped beating
Code Blue Team - who comes? - answer✔-Code Team Leader
-CC RN
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