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NURS 1871 – Exam 1 Study Guide (CSCC)

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NURS 1871 Exam 1 at Columbus State Community College (CSCC). It covers perfusion, gas exchange, safety, functional ability, and infection control. Key topics include DVT prevention and management (heparin, warfarin, IM injections, leg elevation), respiratory failure signs, emphysema, COPD, ABG interpretation, pneumonia, chest tubes, and asthma management with glucocorticoids. It also reviews therapeutic communication techniques (restatement, paralinguistics, metacommunication), professionalism, and just culture in safety reporting. Additional content covers melanoma prevention, sensory deficits (presbyopia, presbycusis), ADL/IADL assessments, wound care, pressure ulcers, burns, and cardiovascular emergencies (MI, perfusion deficits).

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The nurse is caring for a patient whose platelet level has dropped and has been
diagnosed with thrombocytopenia. The patient was prescribed heparin infusion and
warfarin (Coumadin) for a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Which action will the nurse
include in the plan of care?


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Discontinue heparin and flush intermittent intravenous (IV) lines using
normal saline

,The ability to receive and interpret stimuli has nursing implications that are a priority in
what human need?


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Safety




Which of the following concepts would a nurse think has the strongest link to safety?
(Select all that apply.)


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Communication, Quality, Regulation, and Teamwork




The nurse knows that primary prevention strategies to prevent impaired perfusion in
the patient include which of the following recommendations by the American Heart
Association (AHA):


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Eating a healthy diet and exercising most days of the week




Which of the following tools is the best measure to determine a patient's gas
exchange and respitary function?


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, Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis




On which basis is an alteration in functional ability categorized as a primary problem?


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Absence as opposed to loss of function




What group is primarily protected under the laws that regulate nursing practice?


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The public




Which therapeutic communication technique is being used in this nurse-client
interaction? Patient: "My father was abusive often." Nurse: "Your father was an abusive
man?."


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Restatement




The nurse is administering oral glucocorticoids to a patient with asthma. What
assessment finding would the nurse identify as a therapeutic response to this
medication?

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