Health Focused Review
Chapter 3 - Professional Responsibilities: Living Will Requirements
● Unless a do not resuscitate (DNR) or allow natural death (AND) prescription is written,
the nurse should initiate CPR when a client has no pulse or respirations.
● Even if their will requests no resuscitation, they need a DNR prescription from the
provider
● The client’s decision is respected in regard to the use of antibiotics, initiation of
diagnostic tests, and provision of nutrition by artificial means.
Chapter 1 - Managing Client Care: Consulting Sources When Planning Staff Education
● Research: Resources available to address learning objectives based on evidence-based
practice
● Staff education, or staff development, is the process by which a staff member gains
knowledge and skills.
● The goal of staff education is to ensure that staff members have and maintain the most
current knowledge and skills necessary to meet the needs of clients.
Chapter 1 - Managing Client Care: Preparing to Delegate Client Care Tasks
● TO PN:
○ Monitoring findings (as input to the rn’s ongoing assessment)
○ reinforcing client teaching from a standard care plan
○ Performing tracheostomy care
○ Suctioning
○ Checking ng tube patency
○ administering enteral feedings
○ inserting a urinary catheter
○ administering medication (excluding IV medication in some states)
● TO AP:
○ activities of daily living (ADLs)
○ Bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, ambulating, feeding (without swallowing
precautions), positioning, routine tasks
○ Bed making
○ Specimen collection
○ Intake and output
○ Vital signs (for stable clients)
Chapter 1 - Managing Client Care: Implementing Conflict Management Strategies
● Strategy: Avoiding/Withdrawing