NUR 195 Exam 1
What are typical leadership qualities we would see in a LPN? - correct answer ✔✔Communicative assertively, motivation problem solving, building a team of cooperative workers, managing stress effectively, responsible, compassionate etc.
Autocratic leadership is defined as? - correct answer ✔✔Taking charge, militant doesn't share responsibility with other employees
Puts policies first
Laissez Faire leadership is defined as? - correct answer ✔✔Lazy, only involved if an issue arises, gives away responsibility to other employees
Puts employees before policies
Democratic Leadership can be defined as? (think "for the people") - correct answer ✔✔Sharing responsibility with staff, involving the staff in decision making
Emphasises policies but with concern for employees
Situational leadership can be defined as? - correct answer ✔✔Leadership changes depending on the situation to meet demands
Thrombotic stroke is known as? What happens when someone has this stroke? - correct answer ✔✔Ischemic (most common)
Caused by a thrombus (blood clot) in the arteries that block supply to the brain
What is happening when a patient has an Embolic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔caused by a blood clot or plaque that develops elsewhere in the body and then travels to one of the blood vessels in the brain through the bloodstream. What is happening when a patient has a hemorrhagic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔A rupture of an artery
or bleed in the brain
85% of all strokes are - correct answer ✔✔ischemic strokes
15% of strokes are? - correct answer ✔✔hemorrhagic
What race has the highest mortality rates for strokes? - correct answer ✔✔African Americans
Risk factors for stroke could be? - correct answer ✔✔Hypertension
Heart disease
smoking
Clotting/plaque issues
A-FIB
5 rights of delegation? - correct answer ✔✔1. Right task
2. Right circumstance
3. Right person
4. Right direction/communication
5. Right supervision/evaluation
Would we administer lovenox to a patient who has just had a hemorrhagic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔NO! He had a brain bleed and if it happens again, lovenox will prevent blood from clotting because its an anticoagulant
If a patient who recently had a stroke and has difficulty swallowing, can we delegate feeding this patient to a UAP? Why or why not - correct answer ✔✔No, because the patient is considered unstable
What are the 5 stages of Maslow's hierarchy of needs? Most important to least important? - correct answer ✔✔Psychological needs, safety, love and belonging, self esteem, self actualization
What are typical leadership qualities we would see in a LPN? - correct answer ✔✔Communicative assertively, motivation problem solving, building a team of cooperative workers, managing stress effectively, responsible, compassionate etc.
Autocratic leadership is defined as? - correct answer ✔✔Taking charge, militant doesn't share responsibility with other employees
Puts policies first
Laissez Faire leadership is defined as? - correct answer ✔✔Lazy, only involved if an issue arises, gives away responsibility to other employees
Puts employees before policies
Democratic Leadership can be defined as? (think "for the people") - correct answer ✔✔Sharing responsibility with staff, involving the staff in decision making
Emphasises policies but with concern for employees
Situational leadership can be defined as? - correct answer ✔✔Leadership changes depending on the situation to meet demands
Thrombotic stroke is known as? What happens when someone has this stroke? - correct answer ✔✔Ischemic (most common)
Caused by a thrombus (blood clot) in the arteries that block supply to the brain
What is happening when a patient has an Embolic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔caused by a blood clot or plaque that develops elsewhere in the body and then travels to one of the blood vessels in the brain through the bloodstream. What is happening when a patient has a hemorrhagic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔A rupture of an artery
or bleed in the brain
85% of all strokes are - correct answer ✔✔ischemic strokes
15% of strokes are? - correct answer ✔✔hemorrhagic
What race has the highest mortality rates for strokes? - correct answer ✔✔African Americans
Risk factors for stroke could be? - correct answer ✔✔Hypertension
Heart disease
smoking
Clotting/plaque issues
A-FIB
5 rights of delegation? - correct answer ✔✔1. Right task
2. Right circumstance
3. Right person
4. Right direction/communication
5. Right supervision/evaluation
Would we administer lovenox to a patient who has just had a hemorrhagic stroke? - correct answer ✔✔NO! He had a brain bleed and if it happens again, lovenox will prevent blood from clotting because its an anticoagulant
If a patient who recently had a stroke and has difficulty swallowing, can we delegate feeding this patient to a UAP? Why or why not - correct answer ✔✔No, because the patient is considered unstable
What are the 5 stages of Maslow's hierarchy of needs? Most important to least important? - correct answer ✔✔Psychological needs, safety, love and belonging, self esteem, self actualization
