THE NGN RETAKE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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• PACU nausea management.
Answer: Turn client on side to prevent aspiration.
• Infant temperature measurement.
Answer: Insert thermometer correctly for accurate readings.
• Lower eyelid technique.
Answer: Method for positioning the eye during drop application.
• Eye drop administration steps.
Answer: Order: sit, look up, pull lid, instill drops, pressure.
• Head Circumference Measurement.
Answer: Measure above eyebrows and below occipital prominence.
• transformational leaders.
Answer: these leaders empower followers to assume responsibility for a
communal vision, and personal development is a secondary outcome.
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
Answer: Condition where stomach acid flows back into esophagus.
• poor communication.
Answer: this can lead to adverse outcomes, including sentinal events such as
unexpected death or serious injury of a client.
• Postoperative findings.
Answer: Cool, moist skin indicates potential complications.
• integrative.
Answer: in this decision making process, the team uses a large amount of
data and generates several options.
,• Gastrostomy tube feedings.
Answer: Nutritional support via tube inserted in stomach.
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Answer: Mental health condition characterized by compulsive behaviors.
• Heart failure teaching.
Answer: Educating patients on managing heart-related symptoms.
• chance to speak.
Answer: to resolve conflict, share ground rules with participants, for
example, everyone is to be treated with respect, only one person can speak
at a time, and everyone should have a chance to speak.
• ethical principles.
Answer: these are standards of what is right and wrong with regard to
important social values and norms.
• effective managers.
Answer: these usually possess good leadership skills; however, they are not
always in a management position.
• Fetal Heart Rate Monitor.
Answer: Device to monitor fetal heart rate during labor.
• proficient nurse.
Answer: these are nurses who have a significant amount of experience upon
which to base their pracitce. Enhanced observational abilities allow nurses
to be able to conceptualize situations more holistically. Well developed
critical thinking and decision making skills allow nurses to recognize and
respond to unexpected changes.
• Patient Confidentiality.
Answer: Protecting client information from unauthorized disclosure.
• Postoperative care.
, Answer: Monitoring vital signs after surgery.
• Antiemetic medication.
Answer: Drugs used to prevent nausea and vomiting.
• Effective nursing leader.
Answer: Advocates for nursing unit and staff.
• critical thinking.
Answer: this is used when analyzing client issues and problems. Thinking
skills include interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference and explanation.
These skills assist the nurse to determine the most appropriate action to take.
• botulism.
Answer: treatment for this will include, airway management, antitoxin,
elimination of toxin.
• Public announcement policy.
Answer: Do not publicly announce baby's birth.
• advocacy.
Answer: this is one of the most important roles of the nurse, especially when
clients are unable to speak or act for themselves. As this, the nurse ensures
that the client has the information he needs to make decisions about health
care. Nurses must be this even when they disagree with clients' decisions.
• chemical spill.
Answer: code orange
• Autonomy.
Answer: the ability of the client to make personal decisions, even when
those decisions may not be in the client's own best interest
• Subcutaneous (SQ).
Answer: Injection administered under the skin.