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NUR 101 — Quiz 16 Dimensions of Health Care Quality (NAM) - correct answer 1. Safe 2.Timely 3.Effective 4.Effcient 5.Equitable 6.Patient Centered Safe: - correct answer avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them Timely: - correct answer reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays for both those who receive and those who give care Effective: - correct answer providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit, and refraining fro...

NUR 101 (UNIT 2) CH 11 Blended Skills and Critical Thinking throughout the Nursing Process Assess - correct answer To systematically and continuously collect, validate, and communicate patient data. Concept Mapping - correct answer Instructional strategy that requires learners to identify, graphically display and link key concepts. Critical Thinking - correct answer Thought that is disciplined, comprehensive, based on intellectual standards, and, as a result, well-reasoned; a systematic w...

NUR 101 Exam 1 (Safety, restraints/alts, fall/ulcer prev, pharm principles)Institute of Medicine - correct answer Group of healthcare practitioners that disclose concerns within medical or healthcare facilities to the public To Err is Human - correct answer Humans make mistakes Lag time between discovery of more effective forms of treatment and their incorporation into routine patient care - correct answer 17 years What is taking away from patient focus, but making the healthcare worker...

NUR 101: EXAM 1 Review - Maslow & EricksonDescribe the relationship of Maslow's Hierarchy to nursing practice. - correct answer • Maslow's hierarchy is useful for understanding relationships among basic human needs and for establishing priorities of care. It provides a framework for nursing assessment and for understanding the needs of patients at all levels, so that interventions to meet priority needs become a part of the plan of care. Maslow's Hierarchy Level #1 (highest Priority) -...

NUR 101: Exam 1 The five P's that characterize an occlusion - correct answer Pain Pallor Pulselessness Paresthesia’s Paralysis Syncope - correct answer Circulatory arrest, caused by a reflex drop in HR and BP Stenosis - correct answer An absent pulse wave indicates arterial occlusion (blockage) Phlebitis - correct answer Inflammation of a vein that occurs commonly after trauma to the vessel wall, infection, immobilization, and prolonged insertion of IV catheters Xerostomia ...

NUR 101 Exam 1Handwashing - correct answer Simplest, easiest, cheapest way to prevent spread of disease Correct hand washing should occur when: - correct answer 1. before/after doing a procedure that involves direct or indirect client contact 2. after contact with wastes 3. after handling food or receptacles 4. between clients 5. after removing gloves IPPA - correct answer Inspection Palpation Percussion Auscultation When performing an abdominal exam, is IPPA appropriate? If not,...

NUR 101 Exam 1Four components to nursing practice (no matter what the setting) - correct answer Client, environmental, health, and nurse The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure ulcer formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess for pressure ulcer risk. The second uses a new assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consu...

NUR 101 Exam 2 Owens6 rights of medication administration - correct answer Patient, Dose, Med, Route, Time, Document Role of Prescriber in Medication Administration - correct answer Writes order Determines Med Make sure dose, med, time, route, patient are documented Role of the Nurse in Medication Administration - correct answer Cannot prescribe Ensure dosage, med, time, patient Cannot have another nurse administer Role of the Pharmacist in Medication Administration - correct answe...

NUR 101 Exam 2 Study Guide1. What does delegation mean? - correct answer Defined by the ANA: transferring of responsibility for the performance of an activity or task (to a person competent to perform the task) while retaining accountability for the outcome. 2. How does delegation pertain to nursing practice? - correct answer Transfers responsibility while remaining accountable for outcomes Requires knowing which skills are transferable Results in improved quality of patient care, improved ...

NUR 101 Exam 2Who can delegate, to whom, and what? RN may delegate to UAP (NAC, LVN, LPN): vitals, ADL, ambulation, meals, turn/position, bathing, document Religious beliefs of Jehovah's witness Will refuse blood transfusions Independent Intervention Nurse is able to provide w/out PCP order Ex. Provide emotional support, reposition patient, nursing diagnosis Dependent Intervention Require order of PCP to be implemented Ex. Administering med or O2 Indicators of...