med/surg nursing - correct answer ✔✔Promote, restore, or maintain optimal health for patients 18
years and older
patient-centered care - correct answer ✔✔everything revolves around the patient
cultural competence
family centered-care
access
teamwork
respect
delegation - correct answer ✔✔transferring responsibility to a competent UAP (unlicensed assistive
personnel)
nurse is always held accountable
5 rights of delegation - correct answer ✔✔Right task
Right circumstances
,Right person
Right communication
Right supervision
skills of a CNA - correct answer ✔✔CPR
vitals
I&O
reports concerns to a nurse
participates in care planning and nursing reporting process
Evidence Based Practice - correct answer ✔✔considers 1) clinical expertise, 2) patient values and
preferences, and 3) best research evidence to make a decision
adverse events - correct answer ✔✔variations in the standard of care that are usually below the
standard
autonomy - correct answer ✔✔self government, ethical principle that implies a person's self-
determnation and self-management
beneficence - correct answer ✔✔the ethical principle of preventing harm and ensuring the patient's
well-being
fidelity - correct answer ✔✔ethical principle that refers to the agreement that nurses will keep their
obligations to patients to follow through with care
, intensivist - correct answer ✔✔critical care physician
medical reconciliation - correct answer ✔✔a formal evaluative process in which the patient's actual
current medications are compared with his or her prescribed medications at the time of admission,
transfer, or discharge to identify and resolve discrepancies
nomaleficence - correct answer ✔✔Ethical principle that emphasizes the importance of preventing harm
and ensuring the patient's well-being
veracity - correct answer ✔✔ethical principle that requires that the nurse is obligated to tell the truth to
the best of his or her knowledge
purpose and function of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) - correct answer ✔✔critical care experts who
provide care before a respiratory or cardiac emergency
intervene when patients are beginning to decline
six core Quality and Safety for Nurses (QSEN) competencies - correct answer ✔✔Provide patient
centered care
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team
Implement evidence-based practice
Use quality improvement in patient care
Use informatics in patient care
safety
six ethical principles - correct answer ✔✔Autonomy
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