Update) Nursing Fundamental Concepts
Review| Questions and Verified Answers|
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QUESTION
What is important to remember about food safety in the healthcare setting?
Answer:
Check temperature gauges, do not cross containment, and ensure temperature of food is accurate
for type of food.
QUESTION
What increases BMR?
Answer:
-Growth
-Infections
-Fever
-Stress
-Environmental extremes
QUESTION
What decreases BMR?
Answer:
Aging, prolonged fasting, and sleep
QUESTION
How do you obtain food history from an adolescent?
, Answer:
Ask the patient. Don't refer question to parents.
QUESTION
If patient has a concern about something what is the next thing you should ask or say to them...?
Answer:
Get them to talk more about it by asking open-ended questions such as "Can you tell me more
about that.....?"
QUESTION
If you were in a patients room and found a pill in the patients bed what would you do?
Answer:
Send the pill to pharmacy for identification, and document in patients chart.
QUESTION
If a patient is NPO for 6-8 hours does that affect their bowel movements?
Answer:
No
QUESTION
What type of diagnostics testing can change a patients bowel movements?
Answer:
Barium enema for CT can cause constipation and changes in BM.