LVN Basic Skills Final QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Define Negligence CORRECT ANSWERS: A patient injury that occurs because the nurse fails to meet their responsibility to the patient. What are some behaviors that are reported to the board of nursing? CORRECT ANSWERS: 1. Medication Errors 2. Failure to maintain confidentiality 3. Unprofessional conduct 4. Failure to provide appropriate safety measures 5. Falsification of Records What does the Board of Nursing have the authority to do? CORRECT ANSWERS: 1. License nurses 2. Discipline measure against nurses who fail to follow the NPA 3. Regulate the practice of nursing and education What does the nurse practice act define? CORRECT ANSWERS: Scope of nursing within each state What is a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order? CORRECT ANSWERS: Indicates that care for the patient should be limited to comfort and dignity - withholding life extending steps such as CPR, tube feeding, or use of a ventilator. How is a patient treated that refuses treatment or medication? How to document patient refusal? CORRECT ANSWERS: Patient refusal is documented and Dr. notified. Standard of care for the patient remains the same. Who doe the Patient Chart belong to? CORRECT ANSWERS: The chart belongs to the physician or facility. What is hospice and it's purpose? CORRECT ANSWERS: A medically directed nurse-coordinated program providing continuum of home and inpatient care for the terminally ill diagnoses with 6 months of less to live. Treatment is aimed at relieving pain. Provides emotional support to both the patient and the family. Assisted Living Facility CORRECT ANSWERS: Relatively Independant Seniors in a home-like atmosphere. Long-Term Care CORRECT ANSWERS: 24hr. custodial care for chronic illness or disability. Health Departments CORRECT ANSWERS: Public facility that provides health-care services at a lower price. Typically funded by a county or other gov't. Responsible for tracking and reporting communicable diseases.