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NURS 100 WEEK 1 Assessment Questions And Answers @ 2024
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NURS 100 WEEK 1 Assessment Questions AndAnswers @ 2024
Application of communications skills when a nurse feels uncomfortable at the work site. -
Answer Group Communication: communication among a group or team of members
about issues such as goals, strategies, and conflict.
Verbal Communication: The expression of ideas to others using spoken or written words
Nonverbal Communication: communicating by body movements, gestures, facial
expressions, etc without speaking
Intrapersonal Communication: Communication w/self; important for nurse's behavior
Vital signs, use of the ISBAR properly when calling the doctor. -Answer Situation,
Background, Assessment, Recommendation- framework for communication between
members of the healthcare team regarding a patient condition.
Therapeutic communication and techniques that the nurse should perform during patient
care. -Answer Verbal and non-verbal communication that promotes the patient to
describe his feelings and thus obtains a proper relationship.
Conversational Skills: Vary tone of voice, know what you are talking about, be willing to
change, be brief and direct, avoid words that may mean more than one thing, tell the
truth, stay open-minded, make the most of the moment
Listening Skills: If you can sit down to talk, stay awake, not stiff, as natural as possible,
make eye contact, count to ten before you respond, don't fake it, listen for patterns
Interview Techniques: Open-ended questions or commentsClosed questions or
,commentsValidating questions or commentsClarifying questions or commentsReflective
questions or commentsSequencing questions or commentsDirecting questions or
comments
Appropriate use of the PPE: Airborne, Droplet, and Contact precautions - Answer
Contact: Gown and gloves
Droplet: Surgical mask within 3 feet
Airborne: N95, negative pressure
Lab Data Suggesting Infection ? - Answer The white blood cell count is
increased—normal is 5,000 to 10,000/mm3
WBC count increased
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Presence of pathogen in urine, blood, sputum or draining cultures
Nursing care and appropriate use of clean gloves. - Question Sterile vs. Nonsterile
Purpose: patient care, environment services, other
Latex Glove Irritant/Allergy
"Limit contact of contaminant"
When damaged or dirty-replace gloves
Dispose in appropriate receptacle
What is MRSA what PPE the nurse should be wearing? - Answer Contant precaution:
GOWN and GLOVES
, What is health care-associated infection (HAI) - Answer An infection acquired within a
healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Surgical site infection (SSI)
Central-line associated bloodstream infection.
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)
Review the normal ranges for Vital Signs: B/P, Respirations, Pulse, SPO2,Temperature,
Pain - Answer Adult:
Temp: 96.4-99.5 (35.8-37.5)
Pulse: 60-100
Respirations: 12-20
Blood Pressure: 120/80
Older Adult:
Temp: 96.4-98.3(35.8-36.8)
Pulse: 40-100
Respirations: 16-24
Blood Pressure: 120/80
What nursing consideration the nurse should take for a patient who's taking morphine PO
- Answer Impair the brain
Adverse effects:
sedation
respiratory depression
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