Nursing 120 Exam 1 with correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
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advocate - correct answer✔✔nursing role that encompasses keeping patients safe,
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communicating their needs, identifying better options, and help them to understand their |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
diseases and treatments so they can optimize self-care
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altruism - correct answer✔✔true concern for the welfare of others
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assessment - correct answer✔✔gathering info about the health status of the patient, |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
analyzing and synthesizing those data, making judgments about nursing interventions based on
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the findings, and evaluating patient care outcomes
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collaborative problems - correct answer✔✔problems that nurses monitor but require the |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
expertise of other health care providers for intervention|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
comprehensive assessment - correct answer✔✔an assessment that includes a complete heath |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
history and physical assessment; it is done annually on an outpatient basis, following
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admission to a hospital or long-term care facility, or every 8 hours for patients in intensive care
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autonomy - correct answer✔✔the right of patients to make decisions about their own health
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care
body systems assessment - correct answer✔✔assessment method in which a nurse examines
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the patient focused on a single system or clusters data related to that system together to
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identify issues |||\\\
, critical thinking - correct answer✔✔thinking that requires specific knowledge, skills, and
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experience and is purposeful and outcome-directed (results-oriented); driven by patient, |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
family, and community needs; based on the nursing process, evidenced-based thinking, and
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the scientific method; guided by professional standards and codes of ethics; and constantly re-
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evaluating, self-correcting, and striving to improve |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
cultural competence - correct answer✔✔the complex combination of knowledge, attitudes,
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and skills that a health care provider uses to deliver care that considers the total context of the
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patient's situation across cultural boundaries |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
diagnosis - correct answer✔✔clustering of data that makes a judgment or statement about
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the patient's problem or condition
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diagnostic reasoning - correct answer✔✔gathering ans clustering data to draw inferences and
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propose diagnoses |||\\\
emergency assessment - correct answer✔✔an assessment that involves a life-threatening or |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
unstable situation and that focuses on A-Airway (with cervical spine protection if injury
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suspected); B-Breathing (rate and depth, use of accessory muscles); C-Circulation (pulse rate |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
and rhythm, skin color); and D-Disability (level of consciousness, pupils, movement)
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evaluation - correct answer✔✔judgment of the effectiveness of nursing care in meeting the
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patient's goals and outcomes based upon the patient's responses to the interventions
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evidenced-based nursing - correct answer✔✔approach to patient care that minimizes intuition |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
and personal experience and instead relies upon research findings and high-grade scientific
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support
focused assessment - correct answer✔✔an assessment based on the patient's issues that can
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occur in all health care settings; it usually involves one or two body systems and is smaller in
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scope than the comprehensive assessment but more in depth on the specific issues
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answers
advocate - correct answer✔✔nursing role that encompasses keeping patients safe,
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communicating their needs, identifying better options, and help them to understand their |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
diseases and treatments so they can optimize self-care
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altruism - correct answer✔✔true concern for the welfare of others
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assessment - correct answer✔✔gathering info about the health status of the patient, |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
analyzing and synthesizing those data, making judgments about nursing interventions based on
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the findings, and evaluating patient care outcomes
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collaborative problems - correct answer✔✔problems that nurses monitor but require the |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
expertise of other health care providers for intervention|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
comprehensive assessment - correct answer✔✔an assessment that includes a complete heath |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
history and physical assessment; it is done annually on an outpatient basis, following
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admission to a hospital or long-term care facility, or every 8 hours for patients in intensive care
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autonomy - correct answer✔✔the right of patients to make decisions about their own health
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care
body systems assessment - correct answer✔✔assessment method in which a nurse examines
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the patient focused on a single system or clusters data related to that system together to
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identify issues |||\\\
, critical thinking - correct answer✔✔thinking that requires specific knowledge, skills, and
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experience and is purposeful and outcome-directed (results-oriented); driven by patient, |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
family, and community needs; based on the nursing process, evidenced-based thinking, and
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the scientific method; guided by professional standards and codes of ethics; and constantly re-
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evaluating, self-correcting, and striving to improve |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
cultural competence - correct answer✔✔the complex combination of knowledge, attitudes,
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and skills that a health care provider uses to deliver care that considers the total context of the
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patient's situation across cultural boundaries |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
diagnosis - correct answer✔✔clustering of data that makes a judgment or statement about
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the patient's problem or condition
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diagnostic reasoning - correct answer✔✔gathering ans clustering data to draw inferences and
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propose diagnoses |||\\\
emergency assessment - correct answer✔✔an assessment that involves a life-threatening or |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
unstable situation and that focuses on A-Airway (with cervical spine protection if injury
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suspected); B-Breathing (rate and depth, use of accessory muscles); C-Circulation (pulse rate |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
and rhythm, skin color); and D-Disability (level of consciousness, pupils, movement)
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evaluation - correct answer✔✔judgment of the effectiveness of nursing care in meeting the
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patient's goals and outcomes based upon the patient's responses to the interventions
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evidenced-based nursing - correct answer✔✔approach to patient care that minimizes intuition |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
and personal experience and instead relies upon research findings and high-grade scientific
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support
focused assessment - correct answer✔✔an assessment based on the patient's issues that can
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occur in all health care settings; it usually involves one or two body systems and is smaller in
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scope than the comprehensive assessment but more in depth on the specific issues
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