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NURS 430: chapter 12/15 - EXAM 1 Questions With Complete Solutions

NUR 430 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions.

What are the 3 things that consent is based on? correct answer: - legal capacity - voluntary action - comprehension What term is this: determined by age and competency; defined by state statute, generally this age is 18 years; competency involves the ability to understand the consequences of actions or the ability to handle personal affairs? correct answer: legal capacity What term is this: the patient was not coerced by fraud, duress, or deceit into allowing the procedure or treatme...

Home health nurse focus correct answer: Individuals and family Public health nurse focus correct answer: Communities and population Key aspects of nursing knowledge-metaparadigm correct answer: Social justice- health, nursing, environments, person 8 public health nurse competencies correct answer: 1. Knowledge- public health and nursing science 2. Skills- assessment/analysis 3. Conduct policy, programs, planning, implementation, evaluation 4. Partnerships, collaboration, advocac...

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Chapter 51- Diuretic Agents

Compliance correct answer: Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient. Medication Error correct answer: Any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate medication use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause the patient harm. Noncompliance correct answer: An informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or follow a therapeutic plan or suggestion. N...

A nurse is assessing a client who reports acute pain. The nurse should anticipate which of the following findings? correct answer: Increased heart rate A nurse is caring for a client who is taking lisinopril. Which of the following outcomes indicates therapeutic effect of the medication? correct answer: Decreased blood pressure A nurse is caring for a client who has a fungal infection and has a new prescription for amphotericin Which of the following laboratory values should the nurse re...

The patient is to receive oral guaifenesin (Mucinex) twice a day. Today, the nurse was busy and gave the medication 2 hours after the scheduled dose was due. What type of problem does this represent? A. "Right route" B. "Right medication" C. "Right dose" D. "Right time" correct answer: D. "Right time" Rationale: "Right time" is correct because the medication was given more than 30 minutes after the scheduled dose was due. "Dose" is incorrect because the dose is not relat...

1. Describe three key patient-privacy related concerns the typical hospital or other healthcare organizations face. For each, clearly describe the concern, the importance of each, and proposed penalties for failing to protect against these concerns.  Employees disclosing information – Employees' gossiping about patients to friends or coworkers is a HIPAA violation that can cost a practice a significant fine. Employees must be mindful of their environment, restrict conversations rega...

INTERDISCIPLINARY PLAN PROPOSAL 2 Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal Introduction The issue that I am trying to solve is lessen the time a patient takes from when they check into the hospital, at the reception, to when they leave, after collecting their medication. There have been complaints from patients that they spend a lot of time in the hospital. It is then that the nurse manager decided to introduce electronic health recording (EHR) to solve the issue. The information technology depart...

Essentials of Pediatric Nursing 4th Edition Kyle Carman Test Bank CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Child Health and Pediatric Nursing MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nurse is planning a teaching session for parents of preschool children. Which statement explains why the nurse should include information about morbidity and mortality? a. Life-span statistics are included in the data. b. It explains effectiveness of treatment. c. Cost-effective treatment is detailed for the general population. d. High-risk ...

Study: Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) History of Present Problem: Brenda Jackson is a 22-year-old African American, G-1, now T-1 P -0 A- 0 L-1 who is Group B strep positive and was treated with four doses of penicillin G. She had a vaginal delivery over an intact perineum after 19 hours of labor at 39 weeks gestation. She has been clinically stable and is about to be transferred to the postpartum unit after a two-hour recovery period. Oxytocin 20 units in 1000 mL of Lactated Ringer’s is inf...

Test Bank Complete for Maternal-Newborn Nursing: The Critical Components of Nursing Care, 3rd Edition

Test Bank Complete for Maternal-Newborn Nursing: The Critical Components of Nursing Care, 3rd Edition

The two methods or mnemonics that I believe are the most helpful in remembering list is the repetition and first letter or acronym method. Whenever I am trying to remember something such as a grocery list I repeat and visualize the items that I need in my head. Using this as a method works for only a few items, trying to remember more than 10 items will be unsuccessful.

Unit 2 Discussion 1: Memorization Techniques The two methods or mnemonics that I believe are the most helpful in remembering list is the repetition and first letter or acronym method. Whenever I am trying to remember something such as a grocery list I repeat and visualize the items that I need in my head. Using this as a method works for only a few items, trying to remember more than 10 items will be unsuccessful. The other mnemonic I think will be the most helpful is the first letter met...

Unit 2 Assignment: Neuroscience & Psychology Neuroscience is the branch of psychology that studies the connection between behavior and the body, brain, and nervous system. When neuroscience integrates with science this helps researchers find certain theories and methods for human behavior. Basically, combing the two together helps us understand our emotions. When people have a chemical imbalance or just have a tough time dealing with emotions they can see a psychologist. The psychologist is...

Hello all, I have both a Pitbull that is now 1 years old and a little boy that is 7 years old and I can say there is a lot of training and conditioning that I have enforced in my household. Housebreaking Mellow as a puppy required a lot of repetition the learning technique used most likely would be classical conditioning. When he would potty inside the house, we would verbally say ‘no potty’, then take him outside and say ‘go potty’, once he went to the bathroom outside he would ge...

Hello all, I have both a Pitbull that is now 1 years old and a little boy that is 7 years old and I can say there is a lot of training and conditioning that I have enforced in my household. Housebreaking Mellow as a puppy required a lot of repetition the learning technique used most likely would be classical conditioning. When he would potty inside the house, we would verbally say ‘no potty’, then take him outside and say ‘go potty’, once he went to the bathroom outside he would ge...