Nursing Fundamentals Exams Revision Bundle

Importance of documentation of assessments and interventions - ###To provide a baseline for later comparisons as the patients condition changes Types of nonverbal behavior which could promote improved communication - ###body lang. gestures, movements, touch, apperance, adornments personal apper...

Higher needs in the hierarchy begin to emerge when people feel they have sufficiently satisfied the previous need begins with bottom of pyramid: 1) Physiological needs 2) Safety needs 3) Love and belonging 4) Esteem 5) Self- actualization Why do we need evidence based practice? Important b/...

ANA Standards of Nursing Practice - ###"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communit...

Rasmussen's Syndrome - ###Simple parietal motor seizures -Grow to worse life-threatening seizures Almost always children Produces life-threatening seizures (25 a day or more) Hemiparesis (typically unilateral) Aphasia (if left side affected) Average age- 6 years Inflammation-something causin...

1. A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover a) terminal illness b) Patient-focus care c) acute illness d) chronic illness 2. A nursing care pattern focusing on tasks and jobs; each nursing team member has certain tasks and jobs to do. a) functional nursing b) Case manage...