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Unitek LVN Term 1 Midterm Review (Dec2024)- Questions and Answers

UNITEK What best defines the nursing process? - Answer- 1. Assessment - identify a client's health care status 2. Diagnosis - actual or potential health problems 3. Outcomes identification 4. Planning - establish plans to meet the identified needs 5. Implementation - to deliver specific nursing interventions to address those needs 6. Evaluation - determine if goals were met What is the most effective process to ensure that the care plan is meeting the needs of the patient? - Answe...

A diabetic client is scheduled to have a fingerstick glucose level, which of the following steps is most important when obtaining a blood sample? - Answer-Place the lancet firmly against the side of the fingertip A pt has been ordered a 24 hr urine collection, the urine is accidentally contaminated after 22 hours of collection, what is the first nursing action? - Answer-Contact the physician to inform them about the contamination Before administration of contrast media, the nurse will asse...

Illness - Answer-Abnormal process in which aspects of the social, emotional, or intellectual condition if a person are diminished or impaired Theodor Fliedner - Answer-German pastor affiliated with Lutheran Order of Deaconesses who established 1st school if nursing in Kaiserwerth, Germany ANA - Answer-American Nurses Association NAPNES - Answer-National Association for Practical Nurse Education and service UAP - Answer-Unlicensed Assistive Personnel NFLPN - Answer-National Federat...

Asepsis - Answer-absence of pathogenic microorganisms microorganism - Answer-Tiny microscopic entities capable of carrying on living processes - present on/ in human body and in the environment Nonpathogenic - Answer-Harmless, do not produce disease; good microorganism: if immunocompromised can be dangerous as well Pathogenic/pathogen - Answer-Cause specific diseases Infections Have own life process Can enter body through skin,air and blood Infection prevention and control - A...

A nurse is caring for a pt who is receiving continuous NGT feedings. Nurse listens to bowel sounds. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? (Has clip for you to listen to) - Answer-Decrease the rate of feeding A nurse is preparing to administer oxygen to a pt who has heart failure and is having severe difficulty breathing. Which of the following oxygen delivery equipment should the nurse select to provide highest concentration oxygen to the client? - Answer-Non-rebreather mask ...

What factors impact an individual's wellness level? - Answer-Age, Gender, Family relationships, emotional stressors, ethnic and cultural influences and economic status Why does the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses exist? - Answer-To set standards for practical and vocational nursing practice, promote and protect the interests of LVNs and educate and inform the general public about LVNs What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs based on? - Answer-To rank individuals accordin...

At what age in children does the rate of drug metabolism reach that of an adult? - Answer-12 years old What term describes the official name given to a drug by the pharmaceutical company that developed it? - Answer-Generic name What term best describes the commercial name given to a drug by the company that is producing and marketing it? - Answer-Brand or Trade name The movement of a drug from the site of administration to various tissues of the body is what kind of pharmacokinetic acti...

-algia - Answer-pain, suffering dys- - Answer-bad, painful, difficult -ectomy - Answer-surgical removal Hyper- - Answer-excessive Hypo- - Answer-deficient, decreased -itis - Answer-inflammation -osis - Answer-abnormal condition -ostomy - Answer-surgically create an opening -otomy - Answer-surgical incision -plasty - Answer-surgical repair -rrhage - Answer-bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge -rraphy - Answer-surgical suturing -rrhea - Answer-flow, disc...

A nurse is caring for a client who is at 36 weeks of gestation and has suspected placenta previa. For which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - Answer-A large amount of bright red vaginal bleeding without pain A nurse is caring for a client in the prenatal clinic who has a possible ectopic pregnancy at 8 weeks of gestation. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - Answer-Pelvic pain A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is at 6 weeks of gestat...