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Nursing Council of New Zealand - Answers Regulatory body for nursing practice in New Zealand.
Registered Nurse Scope of Practice - Answers The range of roles, functions, responsibilities, and
activities that a registered nurse is educated, competent, and authorized to perform.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Answers The Treaty of Waitangi, a founding document of New Zealand, which is
recognized as a formal agreement between the British Crown and Māori chiefs.
Cultural Safety - Answers An environment that is safe for people where there is no assault, challenge,
or denial of their identity, of who they are and what they need.
Delegation/Supervision - Answers The process of entrusting a task to another person, with
responsibility and accountability for the outcome.
Ethical/Legal Safety - Answers Adherence to ethical and legal standards to ensure the safety and well-
being of patients.
Assessment of Nursing Care - Answers The process of collecting, validating, and clustering data to
make a judgment about a patient's health status.
Planning of Nursing Care - Answers The development of a plan that prescribes strategies and
alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
Prioritizing of Nursing Care - Answers The ordering of nursing diagnoses or patient problems using
determinants of urgency and/or importance to establish a preferential order for nursing actions.
Decision Making in Nursing Care - Answers The process of choosing between alternative courses of
action.
Delivery of Nursing Care - Answers The provision of evidence-based nursing interventions.
Evaluation of Nursing Care - Answers The measurement of the extent to which the patient has
achieved the outcomes specified in the plan of care.
Rapport Building - Answers The development of a close and harmonious relationship in which the
people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.
Post-operative Complications - Answers Medical issues that arise after a surgical procedure.
Intravenous Infusion - Answers The administration of medication or fluids through a needle or
catheter directly into the bloodstream.
Shock - Answers A life-threatening medical condition where the body's organs are not receiving
enough oxygen-rich blood.
Catheterization - Answers The insertion of a catheter into a body cavity or organ to allow drainage,
injection of fluids, or access by surgical instruments.
Therapeutic Relationships - Answers Relationships between a healthcare professional and a client
that are focused on promoting healing and wellness.
Health Team Relationships - Answers Interactions and collaborations among healthcare professionals
to provide patient-centered care.
Records Management/Information Exchange - Answers The systematic control of all records from
their creation or receipt, through their processing, distribution, organization, storage, and retrieval, to
their ultimate disposition.
Morphine - Answers A potent opiate analgesic medication used to relieve severe pain.
Drop Factor - Answers The number of drops per milliliter delivered by an IV infusion set.
Body Weight Medication Calculation - Answers The process of calculating medication dosage based
on the patient's body weight and the strength of the medication.