NR 446 Collaborative Nursing Quizzes & Exams Study Set
Quizzes 1-2; Exams 1-2 Questions With Complete Solutions
Types of Precautions:
- Standard, airborne, droplet, contact, & neutropenic
Standard Precautions
- CDC precautions used in the care of all patients regardless of
their diagnosis or possible infection status; this category
combines universal and body substance precautions
- Hand hygiene, wear glove when dealing with body fluids,
sharps in sharp-container, biohazard bags for body fluid discard,
no artificial nails due to risk for infection
Contact Precautions
- Private room, gloves and gown
ex. VRE, MRSA, C. Diff, herpes simplex, scabies
Droplet Precautions
- Private room, surgical mask or respirator required
- e.g. sepsis, pneumonia, pertussis, mumps, influenza, diptheria,
rubella, etc.
Airborne Precautions
- Used for patients known or suspected to be infected with
pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei
,- e.g. measles, TB, varicella, covid
Rapid-acting Insulin
- Lispro (Humalog)
- Aspart (Novolog)
- Glulisine (Apidra)
Short-acting Insulin
- Regular (Humulin R, Novolin R)
Intermediate Insulin
- NPH (Humulin N, Novolin N)
Long Acting Insulin
- glargine (Lantus)
- detemir (Levemir)
Reactive planning mode
- Occurs after a problem exists. efforts are directed at returning
the organization from a state of crisis to a previous, more
comfortable state, so problems are dealt with separately w/o
integration with the whole organization; can lead to hasty
decisions and mistakes.
Proactive planning mode
- Future- oriented and utilize technology to accelerate change.
unsatisfied with the past or present, they do not value experience
and believe that the future is always preferable to the present.
Centralized v. Decentralized Staffing
, - Centralized staffing-staffing decisions are made by a staffing
office-usually a clerk; cost-effective and less flexibility for the
worker typically
- Decentralized Staffing-the unit manager is responsible for
overseeing staff absences, reducing staffing during times of low
census, adding staff with high census; can be time-consuming
and expensive
Proposed Federal RN to Patient Ratios
- Med Surg: 1 to 4
- ICU / Neonatal ICU: 1 to 2
- L&D: 1 to 2
- PEDIATRICS: 1 to 3
- ER: 1 to 3
- Telemetry: 1 to 3
SWOT Analysis
- S-Strengths: are those internal attributes that help an
organization to achieve its objectives
- W- Weaknesses: are those internal attributes that challenge an
organization in achieving its objectives
- O-Opportunities: are external conditions that promote
achievement of organizational objectives
- T- Threats: are external conditions that challenge or threaten
the achievement of organizational objectives
What is the patient classification system? (PCS)
- Uses broad indicators such as bathing, diet,
intravenous fluids, and medications, and positioning to
Quizzes 1-2; Exams 1-2 Questions With Complete Solutions
Types of Precautions:
- Standard, airborne, droplet, contact, & neutropenic
Standard Precautions
- CDC precautions used in the care of all patients regardless of
their diagnosis or possible infection status; this category
combines universal and body substance precautions
- Hand hygiene, wear glove when dealing with body fluids,
sharps in sharp-container, biohazard bags for body fluid discard,
no artificial nails due to risk for infection
Contact Precautions
- Private room, gloves and gown
ex. VRE, MRSA, C. Diff, herpes simplex, scabies
Droplet Precautions
- Private room, surgical mask or respirator required
- e.g. sepsis, pneumonia, pertussis, mumps, influenza, diptheria,
rubella, etc.
Airborne Precautions
- Used for patients known or suspected to be infected with
pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei
,- e.g. measles, TB, varicella, covid
Rapid-acting Insulin
- Lispro (Humalog)
- Aspart (Novolog)
- Glulisine (Apidra)
Short-acting Insulin
- Regular (Humulin R, Novolin R)
Intermediate Insulin
- NPH (Humulin N, Novolin N)
Long Acting Insulin
- glargine (Lantus)
- detemir (Levemir)
Reactive planning mode
- Occurs after a problem exists. efforts are directed at returning
the organization from a state of crisis to a previous, more
comfortable state, so problems are dealt with separately w/o
integration with the whole organization; can lead to hasty
decisions and mistakes.
Proactive planning mode
- Future- oriented and utilize technology to accelerate change.
unsatisfied with the past or present, they do not value experience
and believe that the future is always preferable to the present.
Centralized v. Decentralized Staffing
, - Centralized staffing-staffing decisions are made by a staffing
office-usually a clerk; cost-effective and less flexibility for the
worker typically
- Decentralized Staffing-the unit manager is responsible for
overseeing staff absences, reducing staffing during times of low
census, adding staff with high census; can be time-consuming
and expensive
Proposed Federal RN to Patient Ratios
- Med Surg: 1 to 4
- ICU / Neonatal ICU: 1 to 2
- L&D: 1 to 2
- PEDIATRICS: 1 to 3
- ER: 1 to 3
- Telemetry: 1 to 3
SWOT Analysis
- S-Strengths: are those internal attributes that help an
organization to achieve its objectives
- W- Weaknesses: are those internal attributes that challenge an
organization in achieving its objectives
- O-Opportunities: are external conditions that promote
achievement of organizational objectives
- T- Threats: are external conditions that challenge or threaten
the achievement of organizational objectives
What is the patient classification system? (PCS)
- Uses broad indicators such as bathing, diet,
intravenous fluids, and medications, and positioning to
