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Holistic nursing process [ Ans: ] The moral ideal of nursing in which the nurse brings one's whole self into a relationship with the whole self of the person being cared for in order to protect that person's vulnerability, preserve her or his humanity and dignity, and reinforce the meaning and experience of oneness and unity Self- knowledge [ Ans: ] the primary source of information needed in the caring process. Includes beliefs, cultural values, folk/ health practices, lif...

Primigravid [ Ans: ] First-time pregnant woman. HIV-1 Viral Load [ Ans: ] Measure of HIV RNA copies in blood. HAART [ Ans: ] Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV. NRTIs [ Ans: ] Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors used in HAART. CD4 Count [ Ans: ] Indicator of immune system health in HIV patients. Zidovudine [ Ans: ] Antiretroviral drug used to prevent HIV transmission. Intrapartum Care [ Ans: ] Management during labor and delivery. Cesarean Section [ An...

Metformin— [ Ans: ] Contraindicated in renal impairment patients. COPD Exacerbation— [ Ans: ] Requires azithromycin and steroids for treatment. Postnasal Drip— [ Ans: ] Causes cough due to reactive airway disease. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo— [ Ans: ] Diagnosed with positive Dix-Hallpike maneuver. Meniere's Disease— [ Ans: ] Characterized by tinnitus, vertigo, and hearing loss. Vestibular Neuritis— [ Ans: ] Follows a viral upper respiratory infection...

*Thoracentesis. What position would you place them in? [ Ans: ] Seated Upright, leaning over table Rationale: To increase lung expansion thoracentesis? [ Ans: ] the surgical puncture of the chest wall with a needle to obtain fluid from the pleural cavity What should the nurse expect for a client who has unstable Angina who had a cardiac catheter? [ Ans: ] Thorocentesis Metabolic Acidosis Respirations [ Ans: ] Kussmaul respirations Kussmaul breathing [ Ans: ] gasping, labored ...

A nurse is caring for a client who is learning how to take care of a newly created colostomy. When observing a return demonstration of the colostomy irrigation, the nurse evaluates that more teaching is required when the client: [ Ans: ] Hangs the irrigation bag on the door clothes hook during fluid insertion Following surgery, a client asks the nurse if he or she can help measure intake and output. What is the best nursing response? [ Ans: ] Assess the client's ability to mea...

Allele [ Ans: ] One of the different forms of the same gene for a particular trait. Dominant [ Ans: ] A gene that controls its recessive form and determines the phenotype. Gene [ Ans: ] One of many portions of a DNA molecule that contains genetic instructions. Genetics [ Ans: ] The study of heredity. Genotype [ Ans: ] The gene makeup (allele combinations) for a trait. Heredity [ Ans: ] The passing of traits from parents to offspring. Heterozygous [ Ans: ] A condition in whi...

inherited traits [ Ans: ] characteristics that an organism gets from its mom and dad acquired traits [ Ans: ] a behavior that is taught or learned, or a physical change that does not alter DNA like dying your hair dominant [ Ans: ] a factor that will determine whether a trait is shown; represented by a capital letter recessive [ Ans: ] a factor not shown when one of a pair is dominant; represented by a lower case letter genes [ Ans: ] made up of DNA ( instructions to make you ...

How can a blast be differentiated from a lymph? [ Ans: ] Nuclear Chromatin clumping Which cell is usually seen in viral infections? [ Ans: ] Reactive Lymphocyte Which cell is seen in parasitic infections? [ Ans: ] Eosinophils Are plasma cells normally seen in peripheral blood? [ Ans: ] nope What happens to hematocrit if a patient is dehydrated? [ Ans: ] Increase What happens to hematocrit if a patient is hydrated? [ Ans: ] Decrease If you notice 3 NRBCs on a newborn perip...

How can a blast be differentiated from a lymph? [ Ans: ] Nuclear Chromatin clumping Which cell is usually seen in viral infections? [ Ans: ] Reactive Lymphocyte Which cell is seen in parasitic infections? [ Ans: ] Eosinophils Are plasma cells normally seen in peripheral blood? [ Ans: ] nope What happens to hematocrit if a patient is dehydrated? [ Ans: ] Increase What happens to hematocrit if a patient is hydrated? [ Ans: ] Decrease If you notice 3 NRBCs on a newborn perip...

Anticoagulants [ Ans: ] EDTA (most common), heparin, sodium citrate Types of Normal Blood Cells Found in Peripheral Blood [ Ans: ] • Red Blood Cells Platelets White Blood Cells Lymphocyte Monocyte (Granulocytes) Eosinophil Basophil (baso) Segmented neutrophil • Band neutrophil "cyte" [ Ans: ] cell Intramedullary hemolysis [ Ans: ] within bone marrow cell break-up Extramedullary hemolysis [ Ans: ] outside bone marrow cell lysis - Cell destruction outsid...