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What is beneficience? - doing good for patients What is veracity? - truthfulness What is justice? - obligation to be fair to all people What is nonmaleficence? - doing no harm to patients What is fidelity? - obligation to be faithful What is autonomy? - right to self-determination; i...

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NUR 172 HONDROS FINAL EXAM
What is beneficience? - doing good for patients


What is veracity? - truthfulness


What is justice? - obligation to be fair to all people


What is nonmaleficence? - doing no harm to patients


What is fidelity? - obligation to be faithful


What is autonomy? - right to self-determination; independence


What is a peripheral nerve catheter? - A form a pain relief at surgery site; small
plastic catheter placed under the skin where nerves provide feeling to the area
where surgery will be performed


What would you teach your patient about the peripheral nerve catheter? - Can
remove bandages and catheter after return of sensation (12 hours), must keep
dressing over catheter clean and dry, avoid hot/cold objects and keep extremity
close to body, s/s of infection


If the patient notices the dressing of the peripheral nerve catheter coming off
before sensation returns, what should you instruct them to do? - Reinforce with
tape, DO NOT remove the dressing

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True or False: the patient should not take a shower or tub bath while the catheter is
in place. - True - patient should do a sponge bath instead


What are the goals of IV therapy? - Maintenance, replacement, restoration of
homeostasis


Maintenance therapy - provides nutrients that meet the daily needs of a patient for
water, electrolytes, and dextrose


Replacement therapy - necessary to take care of fluid, electrolyte, or blood product
deficits of patients in acute distress


Restoration - when maintenance and replacement therapy don't meet the needs of
the patient, fluid and electrolyte management is accomplished through this


What is the preferred antiseptic agent recommended by INS? - Chlorhexidine


How long should the needless connector be scrubbed for? - 15 seconds


Why is the saline lock (formerly: hep-lock) primed before it is attached to the hub
of the catheter during IV insertion? - to avoid air embolism


What is hematoma? - Infiltration of blood into tissues at ventipuncture site




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