10/17/24, 8:30 AM NURS 231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT …
NURS 231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM NEWEST
2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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How long do you perform hand 10-15 seconds
hygiene?
apply to blood, all body fluid, secretions, excretions, nonintact skin,
Standard Precautions
and mucous membranes
What do you wash hands with when either a nonantimicrobial soap and water or an antimicrobial soap and
they are visibly dirty, contaminated water
with proteinaceous material, or
visibly soiled with blood or body
fluids?
for patients known or suspected to have serious illnesses transmitted
Airborne precautions by airborne droplet nuclei
Examples: measles, varicella, TB
for patients know.suspected to have serious illnesses transmitted by
Droplet Precautions large particle droplets
Example: meningitis, pneumonia
for patients known/suspected to have serious illnesses easily
Contact precautions transmitted by direct patient contact or by contact with items in
patient's environment
absence of pathogenic microorganism
Definition of asepsis Medical Asepsis - clean
Surgical Asepsis - sterile
Edit
infectious agent - reservoir - portal of exit - mode of transmission -
Chain of infection
portal of entry - susceptible host
When giving a bed bath, if one always dress the affected side first
extremity is injured or immobilized
what do you do?
What should you assess for during a signs of warmth, redness, swelling, tenderness, and pain in lower
bath? extremities
, 10/17/24, 8:30 AM NURS 231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT …
If a patient demonstrates weakness On the patient's strong side
or paralysis of one side of the body,
where would you place a chair?
drop in blood pressure that occurs when a patient changes position
Orthostatic hypotension
from horizontal to vertical (greater than 20 mmHg or >10 mmHg)
What is important to do with aging Raise the head of the bed and allow them a few minute before
adults before having them get up dangling.
off the bed?
patients who have maintained bed rest for a long period may revert
back to a favorite position and you should frequently assess them and
List some Long-term care
turn more often than needed.
considerations
Use a drawsheet to prevent shearing force on fragile skin
Allow the patient to assist with moving and positioning
First priority if a fire occurs is _____ the patient, or course!
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet: for hazardous chemicals
Rescue
Fire Safety: What do you do if a fire Activate the alarm
occurs in the hospital? Contain the fire
Evacuate the patients
1. close all doors and windows
When you contain the fire, what are
2. turn off O2 and electrical equipment
important things to do?
3. Place wet towels along base of doors
1. Direct ambulatory patients to walk to designated area
2. patient on life support: maintain respiratory status until removing
Explain how to properly evacuate from fire area
all types of patients 3. Mode bedridden patients by stretcher/bed/chair
4. For patients that can't walk/ambulate place on a blanket and drag,
use the 2 person swing, or back-strap
Effective documentation ensures continuity of care, maintains, standards, and reduces errors
_____
When can patients be denied to Only if it involves a patient with a mental illness
read their record?
How do you correct a mistake when draw a single line through mistake, write "error" above it, and sign
charting? yourname
if you acquire new info on a patient, write the date and time of new entry on next available space and mark
but have already charted how as addendum (date and time of prior note)
would you add the new
information? What if you just forgot If you forgot something, put the current date and time and mark as a
to add something? late entry with the date and time/shift missed
measures of height, weight, head, arm, muscle circumferences, and
Anthropometrics are _____
skinfold thickness
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