Critical care labs Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Never hold the hormone for what patient? - Answer-patient who is NPO with mydexema Addison's disease easy way to remember - Answer-Add a Sone (sone = steroid) Best default order for click and drag order questions? - Answer-Hold ..... med Assess ..... what med does Prepare ...... the correction Call ..... or notify Rarely if ever answer ... - Answer-call Doctor, NCLEX wants you to think critically INR lab values - Answer-2-3, critical value if off, potential for patient to bleed. Use defa...

What should you ask yourself after completing all of your interventions and reassessments? - Answer-Does this patient need to be transferred to another hospital, to surgery, or to critical care? What happens prior to patient arrival? 1-3 - Answer-1. Activate trauma team 2. Prepare trauma room 3. Don PPE What happens following patient arrival but before a decision to intubate has been made? 4-8 may change based on C-ABC - Answer-4. Assess for obvious uncontrolled external hemorrhage or...

The nurse is preparing a smoking cessation class for family members of patients with lung cancer. The nurse believes that the class will convert many smokers to non-smokers once they realize the benefits of not smoking. Which healthcare model is the nurse following? -Health belief model -holistic health model -Health promotion model -Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Answer--Health belief model The nurse is working in a clinic that is designed to provide health education and immunization. wh...

The nurse is preparing a smoking cessation class for family members of patients with lung cancer. The nurse believes that the class will convert many smokers to non-smokers once they realize the benefits of not smoking. Which healthcare model is the nurse following? -Health belief model -holistic health model -Health promotion model -Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Answer--Health belief model The nurse is working in a clinic that is designed to provide health education and immunization. wh...

Mindtap Questions RHIT Exam Questions and Answers 2024 Which of the following hospital therapeutic departments would provide O2 therapy? A) Pharmacy B) Physical therapy C) Respiratory therapy D) Occupational therapy - Answer-C) Respiratory therapy Which of the following hospital departments dispose of medical waste such as needles? A. Central Sterilizing Service B. Environmental Services C. Biomedical Engineering D. Durable Medical Equipment - Answer-B. Environmental Services The phy...

Exam 1 med surg study guide Unit 1 Specialty practice of medical-surgical nursing Promote, restore, or maintain optimal health for patients 18 years and older Nurses must have knowledge, skills, an d attitudes to be Care coordinators Transition managers Caregivers Pt educators Leaders Advocates for the pt and family The joint commission: effective care coordination and transition management Understandable discharge instructions for the patient and family Explanation of self-care activities Ongoi...

Critical Care Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers You have just received change of shift report. Which patient should you assess first? a. 62 year-old man who is scheduled for a cardiac cath, and is ready to be transported now b. 58 year-old woman with COPD with an O2 saturation of 92% on 2 liters of O2, who is scheduled to be discharged home on O2 c. 36 year-old man admitted with an exacerbation of asthma with RR 36 at rest, and whose wheezing has diminished d. 72 year-old woman...

NUR 101 Test 1 100% Correct Solved What does ANA stand for? - Correct Answer ️️ -American Nurses Association what is the ANA definition of nursing - Correct Answer ️️ -The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual and potential health problems What are nurses to their patient? - Correct Answer ️️ -advocates Who was the first nurse? - Correct Answer ️️ -Florence Nightingale What does NCLEX stand for? - Correct Answer ️️ -National Council Licensure Examination...

Nutrition Care Process - ANSWER--as standardized, consistent structure and framework used to provide nutrition care -actual nutrition care is individualized critical thinking - ANSWER--reasoning process where ideas are produced and evaluated -integrates facts, informed opinions, active listening, and observations -includes ability to conceptualize, think rationally, creatively, be inquiring, and think autonomously nutrition screening - ANSWER--use of preliminary nutrition assessment tec...

Nutrition Care Process - correct answer Standardized, consistent structure and framework used to provide nutrition care. Different from standardized care (not all patients will get the SAME care in NCP) Steps in NCP - correct answer ADIME; Assess, Diagnose, Intervene, Monitor, Evaluate Critical Thinking - correct answer Integrates facts, informed opinions, active listening, observations Reasoning process- ideas are produced and evaluated. Includes ability to conceptualize, think ...