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health care delivery system - ANSWER To achieve optimal levels of health care
Purpose of an Individualized Plan of Care - ANSWER Outlines the individual needs of the patient and the
approach of the health care team to meet those needs.
Document that identifies the roles and responsibilities of the LVN/LPN - ANSWER Nurse Practice Acts
Patient's Bill of Rights - ANSWER Ensure the patients fundamental rights for treatment with dignity and
compassion were protected.
Purpose of licensing laws - ANSWER To protect the public from unqualified practitioners in most fields
and professions.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANSWER Individual behavior is formed needs which he identified as
physiologic, safety and security , love and belongingness, and esteem and self actualization.
Legally binding situation between nurse and patient - ANSWER nurse-patient relationship
Standard of Care - ANSWER Define acts whose performance is required, permitted or prohibited
Malpractice - ANSWER Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards
Negligence - ANSWER The absence of due care
Informed Consent - ANSWER Full disclosure of the facts the patient needs to make an intelligent
(informed) decision before any invasive treatment/procedure
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Best Way to avoid a lawsuit - ANSWER Practice within the rules and regulations, standard of care and
the employing agencies policies and procedures
HIPPA - ANSWER Laws set rules and limits on who has permission to look at and receive health info, and
assigns penalties for wrongful disclosure
Assault - ANSWER An intentional threat to cause bodily harm to another
Battery - ANSWER Unlawful touching of another person without informed consent
Subjective Data - ANSWER information provided by the affected individual
Objective Data - ANSWER observations or measurements of a patient's health status
OBRA - ANSWER Regulate any institution that receives federal funding
Documentation and how to correct an error - ANSWER Draw a single line through the error, write
initials, and record as correct
Therapeutic Communication - ANSWER Its an exchange of info that facilitates the formation of a positive
nurse/patient relationship and actively involves patient in all areas of care.
Communicating with Nonverbal Patient - ANSWER Using a White Board, Asking closed-ended questions
such as blink once for yes, twice for no.
nonverbal communication - ANSWER methods transmitted without use of words, tone, rate of voice,
eye contact and physical appearance.
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Person responsible for determining nursing diagnosis - ANSWER The Registered Nurse
Phases of the Nursing Process and what happens in each phase - ANSWER Assess- Gather information
about the patients condition
Diagnose- Identify the patients problems
Goals- Set goals of care and desired outcomes
Implement- perform the nursing action identified
Evaluate- determine if the goals have been met and outcomes have been achieved.
Appropriately written goals(outcomes) - ANSWER A patient goal statement provides a description of
specific, measurable behavior that the pt will be able to exhibit in a given time frame after the
intervention
Difference between Nursing and Medical Diagnosis - ANSWER Nursing- Clinical Judgement concerning a
human response to health conditions and vulnerability to the response.
Medical- identification of a disease or condition with evaluation of physical signs and symptoms, etc
Ethnic Stereotype - ANSWER a fixed concept of how all members of an ethnic group act or think
Matriarchal vs Patriarchal - ANSWER Matriarchal- Woman makes all the decisions about health care,
disciplining the children
Patriarchal- Man makes most of the decisions
Cultural Competence - ANSWER The awareness of one's own cultural belief and practices and their
relationship to those of others.
culture and sensitivity - ANSWER Nurse collects specimen in sterile containers, lab tech moves it to a
culture medium, they then identify the parasite. the results of the sensitivity test helps the physician
identify an antibiotic.