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Nursing Process - (answer)Assessment-gathering info/data; asking questions to
gather this info/data
Diagnosis
Identification of Outcomes
Planning-future tense; patient is subject, achieve overall goal
Implementation- nurse is subject, present tense.
Evaluation
DNR vs AND - (answer)DNR can WITHHOLD Palliative care
AND includes it
Ethical Principles - (answer)Autonomy-freedom of action chosen by individual
Beneficence- doing good
Nonmaleficence- do no harm
,Justice- duty to be fair to all people
Veracity- truthfullness or accuracy
Fidelity- loyal or faithful
Biot's respirations - (answer)rapid gasps followed by apnea
Usually brain insults (ex. traumas)
=Increase ICP
Cheyne-Stokes respiration - (answer)gradual increase and then decrease in
breathing followed by apnea
Increase ICP
usually Cardiac problems
Kussmaul's breathing pattern - (answer)tachypnea and hyperpnea
ex. DKA, metabolic acidosis patients
,Statutory Law - (answer)legislative acts declaring, commanding, or prohibiting
something
written laws where you can go and reference it
ex. driving over the speed limit
Common Law - (answer)patient bill of rights
derived from principles rather than rules and regulations
Civil Law - (answer)Based on rules and regulations
Court action lawsuits (most common)
Wrong doing
Tort Law - (answer)wrongful doing
involves compensation to those wrongfully injured
assault/battery/negligence; alarm silencing
, Criminal Law - (answer)Harmful or offensive to society as a whole
ex. practicing nursing/medicine without a license; harming patients on purpose
Informed consent** - (answer)Consent obtained after the patient has been fully
informed by the physician about the risks and benefits of the treatment,
alternatives, and consequences of no treatment
*can be withdrawn at any time; even at the last second
*If signing after narcotic/benzo given-must wait at least 1/2 the half-life of the
drug
*Is the patient knowledgeable, willing, competent
Informed Consent (cont)** - (answer)Competent to Sign: legal adult, minors with
parent/guardian, emancipated minor (married or in armed forces).
Exceptions: pt is unable to give consent and is a threat to life/emergent (IMPLIED
CONSENT)
**Must have documentation of emergency in staff notes