LVN Mid Term CCI (1)
What does each state's Nursing Practice Act outline? - ANS -Scope of Practice
What is the nurse's ethical duty in regards to confidentiality? - ANS -Nurses have a duty to
protect information about a patient and are on a need to know basis.
How can a nurse avoid a lawsuit? - ANS -By providing competent and compassionate care.
What does it mean for a nurse to be the patient's advocate? - ANS -The nurse accepts the role
to defend or plead a cause or issue on behalf of another.
Legal Guidelines for Documentation - ANS -- Do not erase
- Enter objective data
- Correct errors promptly
- Record all facts
- No blank spaces
- Legible writing
- Record clarification
- Chart for self
- Concise descriptions
- Start w/ date and time and end with signature
- Password confidential
What is aggressive communication and why should the nurse avoid aggressive communication?
How would the patient feel? - ANS -When one person interacts with another in an overpowering
and forceful manner that benefits one's personal needs at the expense of another. This is
non-therapeutic and benefits no one. The patient would feel humiliated and unworthy.
What situations would a nurse use touch as a therapeutic way of communicating? - ANS -In
care of a patient whose culture expresses it, a small child, or an older patient for comfort.
Verbal Therapeutic Communication Techniques. - ANS -- Conveying Acceptance
- Minimal encouragement
- Closed ended questions
- Open ended questions
- Restating
- Paraphrasing
- Clarifying
, How can eye contact be a therapeutic way of communicating? - ANS -Intention to interact,
interest, respect, and care.
How does understanding and accepting a patient's culture contribute to holistic care? - ANS
-The nurse need to accept that it is not possible to act the same with all patients and still give
effective, individualized, holistic care
What are the different cultures' death rites? How do Chinese Americans practice
communicating? - ANS -Mexican Americans: Small children are shielded from the dying/death
scene. Families take turns around the dying person. Grief expressed with seizure type of
behavior.
Blacks: Extended family supportive during final illness, family takes turns staying with the dying
person, fear of touching body or being present during death.
Chinese: Strong dislike to/concerning death, body donation encouraged, eldest son responsible
for arrangements, white/yellow/black clothing worn as mourning.
Muslim: Hastening death forbidden, autopsy only for legal/medical need, following of Islamic
funeral, Organ donations permitted.
Chinese Communication: Maintaining eye contact is ill-mannered/disrespectful, uncomfortable
with face to face, prefer side by side, no touching during conversation, only acceptable for same
sex acquaintances.
What is a stereotype? - ANS -A generalized expectation about forms of behavior, an individual,
or a group.
How do the following religions view and process death: American Muslim, Mormons, Islam,
Judaism, Roman Catholic? What type of dietary rules do Judaism practice? - ANS -American
Muslim: Family contacted before any care of death was performed. Special procedures are
observed for washing/shrouding of the body.
Mormons: Prefer burial, notify church elder to assist, if needed elder assists funeral director in
body dressing.
Islam: Before death, family is called to read Quran and pray, confess/forgiveness before death.
Family handles wash, place, position body. Cremation forbidden, autopsy only for legal/medical
need, no donated organs.
Differences between medical and surgical asepsis - ANS -Clean technique - disinfects
microorganisms
sterile technique - kills microorganisms
What is HAI? Name different ways to prevent HAIs. - ANS -Health-care associated Infection.
Hand hygiene and environmental cleaning.
What are signs of an inflammatory response? What are signs of an infection? - ANS -Edema,
redness, heat, pain, and tenderness
What does each state's Nursing Practice Act outline? - ANS -Scope of Practice
What is the nurse's ethical duty in regards to confidentiality? - ANS -Nurses have a duty to
protect information about a patient and are on a need to know basis.
How can a nurse avoid a lawsuit? - ANS -By providing competent and compassionate care.
What does it mean for a nurse to be the patient's advocate? - ANS -The nurse accepts the role
to defend or plead a cause or issue on behalf of another.
Legal Guidelines for Documentation - ANS -- Do not erase
- Enter objective data
- Correct errors promptly
- Record all facts
- No blank spaces
- Legible writing
- Record clarification
- Chart for self
- Concise descriptions
- Start w/ date and time and end with signature
- Password confidential
What is aggressive communication and why should the nurse avoid aggressive communication?
How would the patient feel? - ANS -When one person interacts with another in an overpowering
and forceful manner that benefits one's personal needs at the expense of another. This is
non-therapeutic and benefits no one. The patient would feel humiliated and unworthy.
What situations would a nurse use touch as a therapeutic way of communicating? - ANS -In
care of a patient whose culture expresses it, a small child, or an older patient for comfort.
Verbal Therapeutic Communication Techniques. - ANS -- Conveying Acceptance
- Minimal encouragement
- Closed ended questions
- Open ended questions
- Restating
- Paraphrasing
- Clarifying
, How can eye contact be a therapeutic way of communicating? - ANS -Intention to interact,
interest, respect, and care.
How does understanding and accepting a patient's culture contribute to holistic care? - ANS
-The nurse need to accept that it is not possible to act the same with all patients and still give
effective, individualized, holistic care
What are the different cultures' death rites? How do Chinese Americans practice
communicating? - ANS -Mexican Americans: Small children are shielded from the dying/death
scene. Families take turns around the dying person. Grief expressed with seizure type of
behavior.
Blacks: Extended family supportive during final illness, family takes turns staying with the dying
person, fear of touching body or being present during death.
Chinese: Strong dislike to/concerning death, body donation encouraged, eldest son responsible
for arrangements, white/yellow/black clothing worn as mourning.
Muslim: Hastening death forbidden, autopsy only for legal/medical need, following of Islamic
funeral, Organ donations permitted.
Chinese Communication: Maintaining eye contact is ill-mannered/disrespectful, uncomfortable
with face to face, prefer side by side, no touching during conversation, only acceptable for same
sex acquaintances.
What is a stereotype? - ANS -A generalized expectation about forms of behavior, an individual,
or a group.
How do the following religions view and process death: American Muslim, Mormons, Islam,
Judaism, Roman Catholic? What type of dietary rules do Judaism practice? - ANS -American
Muslim: Family contacted before any care of death was performed. Special procedures are
observed for washing/shrouding of the body.
Mormons: Prefer burial, notify church elder to assist, if needed elder assists funeral director in
body dressing.
Islam: Before death, family is called to read Quran and pray, confess/forgiveness before death.
Family handles wash, place, position body. Cremation forbidden, autopsy only for legal/medical
need, no donated organs.
Differences between medical and surgical asepsis - ANS -Clean technique - disinfects
microorganisms
sterile technique - kills microorganisms
What is HAI? Name different ways to prevent HAIs. - ANS -Health-care associated Infection.
Hand hygiene and environmental cleaning.
What are signs of an inflammatory response? What are signs of an infection? - ANS -Edema,
redness, heat, pain, and tenderness
