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NUR 109 Test 1 exam with answers|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




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Inspect the conjunctiva - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Use
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your thumbs to slide the bottom eyelids down to assess
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the mucosa of the lower conjunctiva.
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- Ask the patient to look up.
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- Inspect the color of the mucosa.
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Tonemetry - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is a device to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



measure intraocular pressure (IOP). |\ |\ |\




conductive - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔During the weber |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



test the Sound in the bad ear seems louder; damage is
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probably _________ hearing loss. |\ |\ |\




Tympanometry - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- instrument |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



inserted in ear canal to mesure changes to the movement
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of the tympanic membrane
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Healthy people 2020 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔its a
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science- and research-based framework Updated every
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ten years by U.S. Department of Health and Human
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Services
Identifies health and risk factors for diseases |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

,Individuals must take responsibility for their own health |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Goals for health promotion and disease prevention
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Health assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Systematic
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process - collects, validates, and clusters data to assess
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the whole patient
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Health assessment includes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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baseline health history |\ |\




-organized,systematic, ongoing process of collecting data, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



validating, and clustering data
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- collecting individuals past/ present health
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- assessing factors that influence health and wellbeing
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- physical exam
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factors that influence health and wellbeing - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔- physical health |\ |\ |\




- behavioral aspects of health
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- spirituality
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- social factors
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- economic-political aspects of health
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- cultural variations
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- life span and developmental considerations
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,ANA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(American Nurses'
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Association) has identified the nursing process to be the
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essential core of practice for the RN to deliver holistic
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patient focused care.|\ |\




Nursing process - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔5 Steps:
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1. Assessment
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2. Diagnosis
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3. Planning/Outcomes
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4. Implementation
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5. Evaluation
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(Tip: this process should include the individual, significant
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others, and health care providers caring for the
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individual)


Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔This is an
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active, purposeful, and organized cognitive process
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involving creativity refection, problem solving, both
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rational & intuitive thinking, an attitude of inquiry, and a
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philosophical orientation toward thinking about how a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



nurse thinks. It is a unique problem solving process. It is
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thinking out of the box. |\ |\ |\ |\

, holistic care - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔care that provides
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for the well-being of the whole person and meets not only
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physical needs, but also social, emotional, and mental
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needs


Clinical judgement - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



concerns, or health problems. |\ |\ |\ |\




Decision to take or not take action. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




drawn from patient |\ |\




clinical reasoning - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Uses patient's
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history, physical signs, symptoms, laboratory data, and
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diagnostic imaging. |\




Arrives at a diagnosis and formulates a treatment plan
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based on that information|\ |\ |\




psychomotor skills - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔4 techniques |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



of physical assessment
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The "doing" process of assessment
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- Inspection (looking)
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- Percussion (tapping different areas of body to assess
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underlying structures) |\




- Palpation (using hands to feel surface characteristics)
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- Auscultation (listening)
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