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NUR 400 midterm Exam questions and answers evidence based practice (EBP) - · Evidence based practice: the integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patients' needs and values · EBP is not a "one size fits all" approach to healthcare · EBP is not a cost-cutting practice or method for rationing healthcare services Florence Nightingale - Early nursing theory ● Most people agree that research in nursing began with Florence Nightingale in ...

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NUR 400 Midterm Exam questions and answers What is EBP? the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values (produces decisions that are clinically appropriate, cost-effective, and result in positive client outcomes) Nightingale's Environmental Theory "What nursing has to do is put the patient in the best condition possible for nature to act upon him" - relationship between individual's environment and health - derived from observations abou...

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NUR 250 - Cognition, Development Exam questions and answers Perception - Memory - Interpretation of the environment, dependent on sensory input acuity. Retention and recall of past experiences and learning. Executive Function - Automated Processes - Higher thinking processes for flexibility, adaptability, and goal-directedness. Include breathing, balance, coordination, and motor skills. What are the two hemispheres of the cerebrum? - How many lobes does the cerebr...

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NUR 250 Test 4 Exam questions and answers total cholesterol under 200 mg/dL HDL good cholesterol high is good LDL bad cholesterol low is good antiplatelets - make platelets less sticky - used for PAD and patients who come in with active angina - examples: baby aspirin, plavix, brilinta - check platelet count anticoagulants - prevent and help blood clots - examples: warfarin, heparin, enoxaparin sodium - check PT/INR, aPTT what happens when a patient comes to the ER with...

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NUR 250 Test 3 Exam questions and answers Modifiable risk factors for hypertension obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity, high dietary intake of calories, fat, and sodium, low dietary intake of calcium, potassium, and magnesium Nonmodifiable risk factors for hypertension age, gender, race, family history What conditions can lead to secondary hypertension? - cirrhosis - coarctation/congenital narrowing of the aorta - drug related (birth control, steroids, stimulants) - endocrine diso...

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NUR 250 Test 2 Exam questions and answers Patho of a pneumothorax - Air enters pleural Space - Negative pressure is destroyed - Lung Collapses Manifestations of a pneumothorax - Variable - Mild tachycardia/dyspnea to severe respiratory distress - Absent/diminished breath sounds over affected area - Evident on x-ray Tension Pneumothorax - Air in the pleural space that does not escape - Can occur with open/closed pneumo - Causes mediastinal shift - Treated with needle decompression

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NUR 250 Test 2 Exam questions and answers Risk factors for head and neck cancers - tobacco and alcohol use - family hx - poor fruit and vegetable intake - poor oral hygiene - HPV Assessment findings in head and neck cancer - change in voice - neck/lymph node mass - tracheal deviation - dyspnea/stridor - white/red patches inside mouth - ulcerations/lesions in mouth - thick/absent saliva Methotrexate Chemo Med - can cause birth defects, can affect fertility, and cause miscarriage

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NUR 250 SIM Lab Final Exam questions and answers Critical Thinking to apply and assessments before calling a RRT -symptomatic? -baseline status? Blood Pressure critical thinking -high BP, does the patient have scheduled or PRN meds to give? -low BP, administer IV bolus Chest Pain critical thinking new onset? pain on inspiration? radiating? shortness of breath? any PRN nitro? Respiratory difficulty critical thinking to apply

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NUR 250 SIM Lab Final Exam questions and answers Critical Thinking to apply and assessments before calling a RRT -symptomatic? -baseline status? Blood Pressure critical thinking -high BP, does the patient have scheduled or PRN meds to give? -low BP, administer IV bolus Chest Pain critical thinking new onset? pain on inspiration? radiating? shortness of breath? any PRN nitro? Respiratory difficulty critical thinking to apply

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NUR 250 safety Exam questions and answers suicidal ideation thinking about personal death, including the wish to be dead, considering methods of accomplishing death, and formulating plans to carry out the act suicide attempt engaging in potentially self-injurious behavior with the intention of death suicide intentional act of killing oneself by any means non-suicidal self-injury intentional damage to ones own body tissue, wuthout conscious suicidal intent, and for purposes not ...

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NUR 250 FINAL Exam questions and answers Beneficence - Justice - Nonmaleficence - Veracity - Informed Consent - the duty to do or promote good the duty to distribute resources or care equally, regardless of personal attributes duty to do no harm truthfulness, honesty a legal term that means the patient has been provided with basic information regarding risks and benefits and alternatives to treatment false imprisonment - illegal battery - the act occ...

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NUR 250 Exam3 questions and answers Shock - Shock is a condition in which blood flow to cells and tissues is inadequate. There is insufficient oxygen and nutrients available for cells which cause cellular hypoxia and cell death. Organ failure and death is likely if not treated Patho of shock - Decreased blood supply to cells result in the following cellular changes: Cells lack oxygen, nutrients and energy. Cells start to produce energy through anaerobic metabolism. Anaerobi...

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NUR 250 Exam2 questions and answers baseline labs for heparin maintenance - PTT PT/INR platelets how often to check heparinized PTT? - CBC every 6 hours after 2 therapeutic PTT's what is the next implication? - heparinized PTT when to hold cardizem - Diltiazem (Cardizem) - a heart rate below 60 continue rate of infusion and order a daily calcium channel-blocker; used for hypertension and cardiac arrhythmias. Inhibits the influx of calcium across the my...

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NUR 250 Exam1 questions and answers critical thinking - reasoned thinking openness to alternatives ability to reflect a desire to seek truth a purposful, intellectual porcess of collecting, organizing , synthesizing, and evaluating data thourgh experience, observation, and self evaluation problem solving - possible solutions obtaining information that clarifies the nature of the problem and suggests commonly used approaches include trial and error, intutioon, or reserac...

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NUR 250 Exam 4 Exam questions and answers Fracture break in a bone that occurs as a result of an increase in energy, more than the bone can tolerate Mobility purposeful physical movement, including gross motor, fine motor, and coordination; intact neurological system is essential Risk factors for bone fractures age, bone disease, poor nutrition (inadequate Vitamin D, Calcium Phosphorus) Immobility inability to move, could be entire body or one portion of the body

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NUR 250 Exam 3 Exam questions and answers suicidal ideation - suicide attempt - suicide - serious thoughts about committing suicide behavior intended to kill oneself the intentional killing of oneself non-suicidal self injury - risk factors for suicide - -personality disorders -eating disorders -trauma related disorders -psychosis -familial tendency -low serotonin -family conflict behaviors intended to injure oneself without intent to kill oneself

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NUR 250 Exam 3 Exam questions and answers suicidal ideation - suicide attempt - suicide - serious thoughts about committing suicide behavior intended to kill oneself the intentional killing of oneself non-suicidal self injury - risk factors for suicide - -personality disorders -eating disorders -trauma related disorders -psychosis -familial tendency -low serotonin -family conflict behaviors intended to injure oneself without intent to kill oneself

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NUR 250 anxiety Exam questions and answers anxiety apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainity, or dread from real or percieved threat fear reaction to specific danger normal anxiety necessary for survival mild anxiety Everyday problem-solving leverage Grasps more information effectively slight discomfort, attention seeking behavior, restlessness, foot or finger tapping, lip chewing, fidgeting moderate anxiety selective inattention clear thinking hampered problem solving n...

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NUR 420 – respiratory Exam questions and answers pediatric resp normals - Abdominal breathing in infant - Respirations rapid in infancy slowing to adult by adolescence pediatric resp abnormals - Head bobbing --> accessory muscle use - Nasal flaring - Grunting --> + pressure in lungs - Hyperextension of head & neck --> elongate airway - Retractions --> compliancy makes it easier to see - Adventitious Breath Sounds nasopharyngitis (cold) inflammation and infection of the no...

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NUR 420 Exam1 questions and answers Growth Increase in height and weight Development Acquisition of skills and abilities Maturation Increase in functionality (especially with organs) Cephalocaudal Head to toe, gross motor Proximodistal Near to far, fine motor (ex. moving whole arm, then fingers) Differentiation Simple to complex (ex. walking, to running, to kicking ball, to then playing soccer) Elements of physical assessment for infant General survey (health history ...

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