COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW by R. C. REÑA

Fundamentals of Nursing Maternity Nursing Pediatric Nursing Community Health Nursing Medical Surgical Nursing Psychiatric Nursing Professional Adjustment Leadership and Management Nursing Research Compiled by: ROBERT C. REÑA 2009 THE EVER POPULAR LAST MINUTE TIPS FOR COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW by R. C. REÑA | 2 NURSING LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS In NP1, Please FOCUS on the following: 1. Types of leadership: Autocratic, Laissez faire, Democratic, transformational, transactional etc. etc. 2. Pattern of Nursing care: Primary nursing, case nursing, functional, team etc. 3. Expanded Nursing role: Nurse anesthetist, Nurse practitioner, Nurse researcher etc. etc. 4. Levels of prevention by Leavell and Clark. Remember that crisis is always secondary. 5. 3 way bottle system: simply reconnect the tube, continuous bubble is a sign of leakage, no bubbling is obstruction [in the waterseal] and you should palpate the surrounding area for subcutaneous emphysema 6. Care of clients with tracheostomy and suctioning a tracheostomy tube [sterile technique] know the functions of the cuff, obturator and the tie. care of clients with pooling of secretions. Postural drainage: do this before meals, the positioning depending on the location of secretion, POPEVICO [arrangement] that is positioning, percussing, vibrating and coughing etc. study suctioning. 7. The independent and the dependent variable in research 8. Know your PURE and APPLIED as well as EXPERIMENTAL and NON-EXPERIMENTAL also your QUANTITATIVE and QUALITATIVE designs 9. IV fluid tonicity: D5LR is hypertonic while LR is isotonic 10. Complication of IV and its intervention such as FLUID OVERLOAD, PHLEBITIS, INFILTRATION. 11. Blood transfusion 12. Complication of immobility: DECUBITUS ULCER, HYPO PNEUMONIA, ATELECTASIS, DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS 13. The VIRTUE ETHICS and ETHICS: Justice, fortitude, prudence, temperance, character, double effect, paternalism... etc etc and the Patient's bill of right. 15. Teaching and learning steps: Man initially needs information and MOTIVATION is needed for adherence to teaching. First step in teaching is to ASSESS LEARNING NEEDS before planning what to teach. 16. SAFETY: Causes of injuries according to age eg: elderly = falls, infant = suffocation and aspiration, adolescence = suicide and homicide. Intervention in an elderly client who falls frequently = keep the bed at the lowest possible position. etc. 18. BON RESOLUTION 220 [CODE OF ETHICS] RA 9173 AND 7164 [COMPARE AND CONTRAST] and the CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. [To enhance knowledge with regard to specific field of interest] NP2 1. Stages of labor. The first stage up to the fourth stage and the LATENT ACTIVE AND TRANSITION of the first stage. study the intervention in all stages. Read pilleteri for this. 2. The menstrual cycle, what glands secret what hormones. The MENSTRUAL, PROLIFERATIVE, SECRETORY and ISCHEMIC phase. what hormone is at peak during what stage. etc. etc. 3. Causes of bleeding during pregnancy: Ectopic, abruptio and previa plus their nursing intervention. 4. Endometriosis and Endometritis. 5. IMCI : Pneumonia, Diarrhea and Dengue especially the breathing cut off [Eg. 60 for under 2 months], Acute/Chronic cutoff [Acute diarrhea and ear infection under 14 days]. The interventions for CHILD A, B and C.