Nursing

Developmental Factors Affecting Safety - Pregnant women who use drugs, the drugs will have adverse effects on unborn children. Children are at increased risk for falls when they play as their motor skills increase. Drug/ETOH abuse leads to more accidents. Older adults develop altered balance, episodes of confusion and altered cognitive abilities as they age increasing their risks of falls. Lifestyle affects on Safety - Occupational - exposure to noise/pollution/toxic chemicals/vapors - s...

Factors affecting respiratory function - Age Environment Lifestyle Health status Medications Stress Respiration - Four components: 1. Movement of air in and out of the lungs 2. Diffusion of O2 and CO2 between alveoli and pulmonary capillaries 3. Transport of O2 and CO2 between the tissues and the lungs 4. Movement of O2 and CO2 between systemic capillaries and the tissues Respiratory function - can be altered by conditions that affect: -Patency -Movement of air in and out of the lun...

NURB 3040 FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%RATED ANSWERS 2024/2025 LATEST UPDATED/GET A+ Factors affecting safety - -developmental level -lifestyle -mobility -sensory perception -knowledge level -communication ability -physical health -psychosocial -violent behavior Safety measures across the lifespan: pregnant women - pregnant women: drugs, alcohol, or smoke expose unborn children to developmental dangers Safety measures across the lifespan: infants & toddler...

NUR 134 PAIN MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS WITH 100%RATED ANSWERS 2024/2025 LATEST UPDATED/GET A+ True (t/f) pain is usually a priority for the patient. False (t/f) pain is objective. True (t/f) patients have the ethical and legal right to appropriate pain assessment and management. True (t/f) assessment of pain must include the nature and intensity of pain. False (t/f) pain management after discharged is not a priority and does not need to be addressed. True (t/f) pain should not interfere wit...

Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, facilitate coping with disability or death - What are the 4 nursing aims? To promote health - nursing aim motivated by desire to increase a person's well-being and health potential To prevent illness - nursing aim that is anticipatory action taken to prevent the occurrence of an event or to minimize its effects after it has occurred. To restore health - nursing aim that involves identifying & reporting abnormal findings, providing direct...

What does pneumonia breathing sound like? - coarse crackling What does asthma breathing sound like? - high pitched Biot's breathing - quick, shallow inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea Irregular breathing pattern Kussmaul's breathing sounds - abnormal deep, rapid, labored breathing that occurs as an involuntary response to severe acidosis Kussmaul's breathing sounds results from - DKA- look like being drunk take blood sugar first Cheyne-Stokes breathing...

NUR 112 Exam 1 Study Guide QUESTIONS WITH 100%RATED ANSWERS 2024/2025 LATEST UPDATED/GET A+ What is objective data? - obtain by observing and examining client What is subjective data? - Data that only the subject or "patient" can feel and will tell you. Usually in a statement. What is a comprehensive assessment? - Consists of an observation, a complete nursing history, and physical examination; contains subjective and objective data. Only RN can do this. What is a focused assessmen...

The nurse provides postop instructions for an adult patient after cataract surgery. Which written statement, if provided by the nurse, would be the most appropriate? A. "to avoid contamination of the eye use aseptic tech. When applying eye drops." B."conjunctivitis may result if the eye is contaminated with wet or dirty eye patches." C. "to prevent infection in the eye, wash your hands before changing the eye patch or using eye drops." D. "coughing and bending over can...

Chlamydia - What is the most common spreading STI in the US? B) Chlamydia - A client comes to the clinic for treatment of recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease. The nuurse recognizes that this condition most frequently follows which type of infection? A) Trichomoniasis B) Chlamydia C) Staphylococcus D) Streptococcus A) Incresed virulence of organisms causing STDs - The current incidence of STDs is related in part to: A) increased virulence of organisms causing STDs B) Development of r...

Evidence-Based Practice - 1. The conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care. 2. A systematic search and a critical appraisal of the most relative evidence of data to answer a clinical question. The nurse's clinical practice must be guided by ____________ and ____________ . - Evidence and Data Evidence and data should be ____________, ____________, and ____________. - 1. Recent 2. Relevant 3. Result of rigorous research or the evaluation of practi...