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PRN EXAM 11. 1 goal of HMO? - ANS-Is to keep patients healthy and put of the hospital.
2. 2015, the ANA (American Nurses Association) Revised the Standards of Nursing
Practice which contains? - ANS-17 standards of national practice of nursing, describing
all facets of nursing practices: who, what, when, where,and how.
3. 4 most common multidrug-resistant - ANS-1) MRSA
4. 2) VRE
5. 3) ESBL
6. 4) C. Diff
7. Acute illness - ANS-one that develops suddenly and resolves in a short time.
8. Artificially acquired immunity - ANS-Achieved through injection of vaccines or
immunizing substances that contain dead or inactivate microorganisms or their toxins.
9. Assault vs battery - ANS-Assault= threat to harm or threat to touch someone without
their permission.
10. Battery= actual physical contact carried out against person will.
11. Bold: Incident report - ANS-Incident reports generally not filled as part of the pts medical
record and make no reference to the record.
12. CDC developed Standard precautions for? - ANS--Facilities breaking the chain of
infection.
13. -They protect the nurse and pt and must be used with all pt contact.
14. Chronic illness - ANS-(hypertension) tends to develop slowly, can be controlled but not
cured, and is long-lasting.
15. Congenital - ANS--present at birth
16. -Sickle cell anemia (inherited disease)
17. -Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a CONGENITAL disorder caused by alcohol intake
during pregnancy.
18. Consent - ANS-Written consents must contain a clause that says the patient agrees to
allow the provider to use and disclose his information for treatment, payment, and health
care operations.
19. Consent and release - ANS-Consent and releases are legal documents that record the
pts permission to perform a treatment or surgery or to give information to insurance
companies or other health care providers.
20. Convalescent period - ANS-Begins when the symptoms begin to subside and extends
until the pt has returned to a normal stage of health.
21. Defamation - ANS-When 1 person makes remarks about another person that are untrue,
and the remarks damage that persons reputation.
22. Defense mechanism - ANS--Strategies that protect us from increasing anxiety.
23. -Reduce both anxiety and the secretion of stress hormones.
24. -Maintain and improve our self-esteem
, 25. Discrimination - ANS-Is making a decision or treating people based on a class or group
to which they belong, such as race, religion, or sex.
26. DRGs - ANS---Were created by medicare in 1983 as an attempt to contain rising health
care costs.
27.
28. --DRGs system means that a hospital receives a set amount of money for a patient who
is hospitalized with a certain diagnosis.
29. Ethical terms in nursing: BENEFICENCE - ANS-To do good, taking positive action to
help others.
30. Examples of airborne precautions? - ANS--Measles (rubella)
31. -Varicella (including disseminated zoster)
32. -TB
33. Factors that increase susceptibility to infection - ANS-Age, malnutrition, chronic illness
34. False imprisonment - ANS-Prevention of a person from leaving or restricting their
movements in a facility.
35. Fever is? - ANS-A natural defense mechanism and it should not be treated right away
unless it is dangerously high.
36. First LOD: - ANS-Intact skin serves as a first line of defense against harmful
environmental agents.
37. Florence Nightengale based her curriculum on? - ANS--Nutrition on being an important
part of nursing care.
38. Nurses should help identify and meet patients personal needs, including providing
emotional support.
39. Healthcare care-associated infections (HAIs) - ANS-Are infections transmitted to a
person while receiving healthcare services.
40. HMOs - ANS-(a type of group practice, enroll patients for a set fee per month)
41. -Provide a limited network of physicians, hospitals and other health care providers from
which to choose.
42. -Must be referred by their PCP for test, hospitalizations, with specialist.
43. Implied consent - ANS-Is assumed when, during a life-threatening emergency, consent
cannot be obtained from the pt or family.
44. Incident or occurrence reports - ANS--If occurrence is out of ordinary, incident report is
often used to document what happened, facts about it, who was involved or witnessed it.
45.
46. -It's a tool used by risk-management department.
47. Incubation period - ANS-Begins when the organism first enters the body and lasts until
the onset of symptoms.
48. Inflammatory response basic purpose? - ANS-1) neutralize and destroy harmful agents.
49. 2) limit their spread to other tissues in the body.
50. 3) prepare the damaged tissues for repair.
51. Invasion of privacy extends to? - ANS--leaving the curtains or door open while a
treatment or procedure is being done.
52. -leaving pt in a positions that might cause them loss of dignity or embarrassment.
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