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KVCC NURS 166 Quiz 1
What is the purpose of a hand off report? Answer: To provide better
continuity and individualized care for patients. Use of standardized
communication during hand off reports ensures patient safety.
Examples of typical communication included on hand off reports: Answer: Pt
condition, required care, scheduled treatments and meds, services, dietary
restrictions, recent or anticipated changes, review of discharge plans, and
priorities that need attended.
Information that should not be in a hand off report. Answer: Hand off reports
are quick and efficient. They should not include biographical background, critical
comments about pt behavior, and assumptions about family.
Forms of hand off reports. Answer: Face to face, written, verbal such as
phone or via audio recording.
What is laser Trabeculoplasty? Answer: A Trabeculoplasty will produce scars
in the trabecular mesh work that causes fibers to tighten and will then allow and
increased outflow of aqueous humor which will decrease the intraocular pressure.
What organism is e chief cause of blindness, what is used to treat it, and the best
way to control it from spreading? Answer: Chlamydia trachomatis, oral
antibiotics i.e. Tetracycline or erythromycin, hand washing.
, Passed!!
2024/2025
What is a phone order in nursing and who can take it? Answer: When a
health care provider gives an order over the phone and a RN in the licensed
personnel who can take and order via phone.
Difference between a phone order (TO) and a verbal order(VO)? Answer:
Verbal order is when a healthcare provider is giving orders to a nurse while they
are standing near each other.
What does read back mean with a phone order? Answer: When the nurse
receives a TO or a VO they write the order down or enter it into the EHR, they
then read back the order to the healthcare provider to receive conformation form
the provider that the order is correct.
How long does the healthcare provider have to sign the TO or VO? Answer:
24 hours or facility policy.
Requirements for TO and VO. Answer: Pt name, room #, and diagnosis,
repeat prescribed orders to provider, use clarifiying questions to avoid
misunderstanding. Write TO and VO indulging: date, time, the complete order,
sign name of provider and then nurses signature. Follow agency policies, provider
must sign within 24 hour.
After and ECCE (extra capsular cataract extraction) or ICCE (intracapsular cataract
extraction) we do not have the client lie on the operative side, why? What type of
anesthetic is used? What is a disadvantage of cataract glasses? What is preferred
and why? Answer: Increased intraocular pressure, damage to operative site
and optic nerve. Local anesthetic. Lose of peripheral vision. Contact lenses
because image size is only 7% larger so image from both eyes can be focused on
the image.
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