RN Final Exam 2023 WITH 100%CORRECT SOLUTIONS

Specialty Practice of Medical Surgical Nursing Promote, restore, or maintain optimal health for patients 18 years and older Nurses must have knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) to be Care coordinators Transition managers Caregivers Patient educators Leaders Advocates for the patient and family National Certification from Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses Certified Medical Surgical Registered Nurse Quality Improvement (QI) Indicators used to monitor care processes and outcomes and develop solutions to change and improve care Requires collaboration within and throughout the healthcare system CQI • Identify Cause • Research • Implement Interventions • Re-evaluate • Change QI Models • Quality improvement FOCUS-PDCA • Find a process to improve • Organize a team • Clarify the current process • Understand the variations in the current process • Select the process to improve • Plan the improvement • Do the improvement • Check for results • Act to hold the gain DMAIC • Define the issue or problem • Measure the key aspect of the current process for the issue • Analyze the collected data • Improve or optimize the current process for the issue (collect data) • Control the future state of the interventions Immunity Protection from illness or disease Risk factors • Older age • Low socioeconomic groups • Non-immunized adults • Chronic illnesses • On chronic drug therapy • Substance abuse disorder • Genetic risk Physiological consequences • Suppressed or weakened immune system • Susceptibility to infections • Exaggerated or heightened immune system • Autoimmune reactions or Disease Gas Exchange The process of oxygen transport to cells, and carbon dioxide transport away from cells Risk factors • Anemia • Acute or chronic problems affecting central neurons, diaphragm function, skeletal muscle contractility • Aging (loss of pulmonary alveoli elasticity) • Lung diseases • Opioid Use • Smoking, environmental pollutant exposure • Prolonged immobility