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Which of the following is a nursing intervention? Provide assistance to ambulate client twice shift Clinic is designed to provide health education and immunizations is designed to provide Primary prevention The health care model that utilizes mallows hierarchy of needs as it's base is the Basic human needs model Before implementing any intervention the nurse uses critical thinking to determine if an intervention is appropriate for the client Understanding that changes are necessar...

After a car/pedestrian accident, the pedestrian is brought to the ER. The client is alert & oriented but complains of dyspnea. O2 sat levels vary from 88-90%. O2 is applied at 2 L per nc with no improvement in SpO2. Radiograph films reveal no obvious injury or fractures. Suddenly the pt loses consciousness has a respiratory arrest & subsequently dies. During the respiratory arrest resuscitation it is determined that a nurse failed to open the valve to the O2 tank & the client had not b...

Which category of scheduled drug has a Low potential for abuse; limited physiologic dependency 1. Schedule 1 2. Schedule 2 3. Schedule 3 4. Schedule 4 5. Schedule 5 Schedule 4 Prescriptive Authority for NP's is regulated by: is regulated by the State Board of Nursing, Board of Medicine, or Board of Pharmacy depending on the state T/F: (OTC) without a prescription drugs need approval from the FDA for specific uses in specific doses like prescription medications. True Which ...

What is birth rate? the number of live births per thousand of population per year. How is birth rate calculated? Total number of live births divided by the total population of that area multiplied by 1000 What is maternal mortality rate? The number of women who die giving birth per 100,000 births that was PREVENTABLE What is the significance in assessing the maternal mortality rate? Every day, 2-3 woman die of preg related complications What factors influence the risk of maternal d...

Therapeutic drug classification is most useful to who? practitioner What is mechanism of action? what the drug does to the body What is adverse drug reactions? Causes the patient to stop taking the drug What is covalent bonding? least common type of chemical binding between drugs and their receptors What is Half-Life? time required for plasma concentration of a drug to be reduced by 50% What is Efficacy? better tendency to bind receptors What is Bioavilability? TestTrackers: U...

In the research context, what is a population? a) a patient group to whom the study findings are intended to apply b) a patient group who agrees to participate in the study c) a patient group who receives the experimental treatment d) a patient group from whom complete data is collected a) a patient group to whom the study findings are intended to apply All of the following are categorized as systematic reviews except: a) systematic review with narrative synthesis b) systematic review ...

Atrophy E. Cells decrease in size P. Still functional Physiologic: thymus gland in early childhood Pathological: disuse Hypertrophy E. Increase in cell size P. Increased workload Physiologic: weightlifting Pathologic: cardiomegaly from HTN Hyperplasia E. Increase in cell number P. Increased cellular division Physiologic: liver regeneration Pathologic: endometrial- usually r/t hormones Dysplasia E. Cells change in size, shape, organization P. AKA atypical hyperplas...

What is the apgar scale? -Assessment tool used to assess the newborn at 1 min interval and then again at 5 mins. If less than 7 then continue to assess every 5 mins until newborn is stable APGAR components Respiratory rate, HR, muscle tone, reflex irritability and colour how to calculate an APGAR score Each component is evaluated out of 2 No pulse: 0, less than 100bpm: 1, steady and more than 100bpm: 2 when and why an RN uses APGAR After 1 minute of life Assesses transition to e...

thermogregulation process of maintaining the core body temperature at a nearly constant value Four methods of heat loss evaporation, conduction, convection, radiation Evaporation heat loss the loss of heat that occurs when a liquid is converted to a vapor Conduction heat loss is the loss of heat from the BODY SURFACE to COOLER SURFACES in direct contact Convection heat loss the flow of heat from the body surface to COOLER AIR Radiation heat loss Loss of heat from body to cooler ...