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What does EEOC stand for? What is its primary purpose? - Answer Equal Employment Opportunity Commission For the purpose of enforcing rules and protection of civil rights to prevent discrimination, particularly during interviewing processes. The Family and Medical Leave Act guarantees unpaid leave for certain medical/military situations. What are some of these situations? - Answer Incapacity due to pregnancy, prenatal medical care or childbirth. To care for an immediate family me...

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23 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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autoimmune disorder; begins usually between ages 30-60; usually affects joints symmetrically and cartilage begins to self-destruct - Answer Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) What medication classes are used to treat RA? - Answer DMARDS, Glucocorticoids, NSAIDS What is the purpose of DMARDS? - Answer To slow the progression of RA What are the 5 prototype drugs for DMARDS I? - Answer Hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide, methotrexate, minocycline, and sulfasalazine What are ...

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12 pages

Written in 2025/2026

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AAHRPP - Answer Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs ACRP - Answer Association for Clinical Research Professionals ACTS - Answer Association for Clinical and Translational Science AdCRS - Answer Advanced Certified Research Specialist ADME - Answer Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination ADR - Answer Adverse Drug Reaction AE - Answer Adverse Event ALCOA - Answer Attributable, Legi...

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7 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Why do we have CLIA - Answer to standardize and regulate labs Which labs were covered under CLIA 67 - Answer labs that got Federal reimbursement and those who were engaged in interstate commerce what is the relationship between CMS (CLIA) and deemed agencies - Answer CLIA is federal law and is the standard, deemed agencies are interpretations of that law/standard What clinical issue drove the the amendments of CLIA 88 - Answer massive incorrect results coming to ...

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5 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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General Rules for Side Effects: - Answer -Immunosuppression - avoid sick people, report S&S of illness, don't use in patients that have an infection -Bone marrow suppression - monitor CBC, report bruising, bleeding -Liver/Renal issues - monitor labs -Fluid retention - monitor lung sounds, I&Os, and weight Rheumatoid Arthritis - Answer An autoimmune disorder. Creates growth in joint that grows and cartilage and bone begins to self-destruct. Usually begins between ages 30 & 60...

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13 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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What is the volume of FFP? - Answer 220-250 mL RBCs that have been frozen are stored at which minimum temperature and maximum storage time? - Answer -65 degrees C for 10 Years True or False: Platelets Apheresis will be used if patient is refractory to random platelets - Answer True Use CPDA-1 RBCs resuspended in compatible FFP to a final hematocrit of what? - Answer 45-50% What is the dating period for granulocytes, apheresis? - Answer 24 hrs What 3-4...

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30 pages

Written in 2025/2026

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what CLIA is why we have it. - Answer Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) The objective of the CLIA program is to ensure quality laboratory testing. Which labs were covered under CLIA '67 - Answer CLIA '67 covered only laboratories engaged in interstate commerce and those providing services to Medicare and Medicaid patients(Federal funding)_ Explain the relationship between deemed agencies (CAP, JC, COLA, etc...) and CMS (CLIA) - Answer CMS grants dee...

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3 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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what CLIA is why we have it. - Answer Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) The objective of the CLIA program is to ensure quality laboratory testing. Which labs were covered under CLIA '67 - Answer CLIA '67 covered only laboratories engaged in interstate commerce and those providing services to Medicare and Medicaid patients(Federal funding)_ Explain the relationship between deemed agencies (CAP, JC, COLA, etc...) and CMS (CLIA) - Answer CMS grants dee...

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4 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Which factor affects the accurate prediction of staffing needs? Select all that apply - Answer Accurately predicting staffing needs is a crucial management skill because it enables the manager to avoid staffing crises. Managers should know the usual length of employment of newly hired staff and peak staff resignation periods. In addition, managers must consider the education and knowledge level of needed staff and have a fairly sophisticated understanding of third-party insurer reimburseme...

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14 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Standards of practice and a code of ethics - Answer Nursing care is provided according to what? Florence Nightingale - Answer -first practicing epidemiologist -organized first school of nursing -improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals -her practices remain a basic part of nursing today Help body recover and remain free of disease - Answer What was Florence Nightingale's main goal with her studies? Clinical judgment - Answer Type of thinking skill invo...

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22 pages

Written in 2025/2026

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To decrease pain and inflammation - Answer What is the main point of NSAIDS? By blocking cyclooxygenase (COX) - Answer How do NSAIDS work? Prostaglandins - Answer Enzyme produced by COX; responsible for uterine contraction -GI ulcers -bleeding -renal impairment - Answer What are 3 down sides of NSAIDS? Protects gastric mucosa, promote renal function, and causes platelet aggregation - Answer What 3 important things is COX responsible for? BUN and cre...

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10 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Role of the Nurse - Answer -oversee holistic care -continually reassess for subtle changes in patient's condition -allow time for documentation of findings -establish trust Some mechanisms for therapeutic communication - Answer -adequate time for communication -active listening -caring/empathetic -facilitate trust What type of questions should a nurse be asking the patient? - Answer Open-ended questions. Ask questions that the patient can't just say yes or no ...

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17 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Area of nursing that is focused on "health care" of individuals, families, and groups in community (populations) - Answer Community-oriented nursing What are the two goals for community-oriented nursing? - Answer Health promotion and disease prevention Area of nursing that is focused on "illness care" of *individuals* and families across the life span; setting-specific practice, care is provided where people live, work, and attend school - Answer Community-Bas...

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10 pages

Written in 2025/2026

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agonist - Answer - binds to receptor - elicits response partial agonist (agonist-antagonist) - Answer - binds to receptor - response is diminished compared to agonist antagonist - Answer - binds to receptor - no response - prevents binding of agonists competitive antagonist - Answer - competes with agonist for receptor - if binds, no response noncompetitive antagonist - Answer - combines with different parts of receptor and inactivates it - agonist...

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16 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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When should you practice hand hygiene ? -when visibly soiled or if exposed to C-diff - Before and after physical contact with the patient -if moving from contaminated body site to clean body site during patient care - after contact with secretions and blood -after contact with inanimate objects -after removing gloves -before and after entering the patient's room and procedures When to preform physical assessment? -on admission -on an ongoing basis -when accepting responsibility...

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42 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A+

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