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ANCC Certification Critical care exam 1 (part 1) with correct answers AACN: mission? vision? values? CORRECT ANSWERS Mission: focuses on assisting acute and critical care nurses to attain knowledge and influence to deliver excellence care Vision: supports creating a health care system driven by the needs of patients and families in which critical care nurses make their optimal contributions, which is described as synergy (mixture of nurse, system, and patient along with patient characteristics...

A nurse is assisting with monitoring a client who is in labor and has spontaneous rupture of membranes following a vaginal examination. The provider reports the client's cervix is dilated to 1 cm with an unengaged presenting part. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? Apply the external fetal heart rate monitor. A Nurse is collecting data from a client who has bipolar disorder and is experiencing acute mania. Which of the following findings is the nurse's priority? lac...

NUR 3028ENDOCRINE DISORDERS 1. Nurse Ronn is assessing a client with a. Hypotension. 1. Answer C. Because of changes in fat distribution, possible Cushing’s syndrome. In a client wi t b. Thick, coarse skin. Cushing’s syndrome, the nurse would expectc. Deposits of adipose tissue in the trunk and adipose tissue accumulates in the trunk, face (moonface), and dorsocervical areas (buffalo hump). to find: d. 2. A male client with primary diabetes a. insipidus is ready for discharge on desmopressin...

PN COMPREHENSIVE A charge nurse in a long-term care facility notices an assistants repeated failure to provide oral care for clients. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? *Discuss the unacceptable behavior with the AP while reinforcing expectations. A client who is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease verbalizes frustration due to increase difficulty with ambulation. Which of the responses should the nurse take? *Perform active ROM with your arms and legs two times a day. ...

PAR 100 Volume 4 Chapter 1 Trauma & Trauma Systems 1. Which level of trauma facility stabilizes and prepares to transport trauma pt’s to a higher level facility but does NOT necessarily have surgical capabilities? 2. A trauma center that is committed to special emergency department training and has a dregree of surgical capability but that usually stabilizes and transfers seriously injured pt’s in a level ___ trauma center 3. Which of the following accounts for the highest number of...

DSE OSCE – 2022 Combined Test Prep What are the ADA recommendations for when pre-med is required *ANS- - prosthetic cardiac valves, including transcatheter-implanted prostheses and homografts - prosthetic material used for cardiac valve repair, such as annuloplasty rings and chords - a history of infective endocarditis - a cardiac transplanta with valve regurgitation due to a structurally abnormal valve - the following congenital (present from birth) heart disease --unrepaired cyanotic...

A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests CONTENTS Editors Contributors Dedication Preface Acknowledgments 1 Diagnostic Testing 2 Blood Studies; Hematology and Coagulation 3 Urine Studies 4 Stool Studies 5 Cerebrospinal Fluid Studies 6 Chemistry Studies 7 Microbiologic Studies 8 Immunodiagnostic Studies 9 Nuclear Medicine Studies 10 X-Ray Studies 11 Cytologic, Histologic, and Genetic Studies 12 Endoscopic Studies 13 Ultrasound Studies 14 Pulmonary Function, Arterial Blood G...

PN Exit FORM B – 2017 QUESTIONS AND ASNWERS A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a type 2 diabetes mellitus and reports waking during the night with tremors and anxiety. which of the following information should the nurse provide to help the client manage his symptoms? A Nurse is reinforcing teaching for a client who has a coronary artery disease and is taking low-dose aspirin daily. The nurse should include that this medication has which of the following therapeutic ef...

1. A nurse is performing tracheostomy care for a client who is postop following a laryngectomy. Which of the following actions take when suctioning the client’s airway? 2. A nurse is preparing to administer a long acting insulin to a client who has DM. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? 3. A nurse is caring for an older adult client in the PACU following gen anesthesia. Which of the following should the nurse report to the provider? 4. A nurse is planning an educat...

First Degree Heart Block - Caused by a conduction delay through the AV node but all electrical signals reach the ventricles. - Every impulse is conducted to the ventricles but the duration of AV conduction is prolonged - The PR interval is prolonged to more than 0.20 second Second Degree Type II Heart Block - A P wave is nonconducted without progressive antecedent PR lengthening - A certain number of impulses from the SA node are not conducted to the ventricles - The QRS complex is a...