NR 341 Chapters 1-15 questions And Answers 2021

1. 3 primary elements: Must be present for a person’s consent or decline of medical treatment or research participation to be consider valid. a. Competence = A person’s ability to understand info regarding medical and nursing Tx. b. Voluntariness c. Disclosure of information 2. Basic Info considered necessary for decision making a. A diagnosis of the pt’s specific health problem and condition b. The nature, duration, and purpose of the proposed tx and procedures c. The probable outcome of any medical or nursing intervention d. The benefits of medical or nursing intervention e. The potential risks that are generally considered common or hazardous f. Alternative tx and their feasibility g. Short term and long-term prognoses if the proposed tx or txs are not provided. 3. Nurses can serve as witnesses and provided additional pt edu to support decision making. National Patient Safety Goals 1) Identify patients correctly a) Use 2 ways to ID patient 2) Improve staff communication a) Get important test results to the right staff person on time. 3) Use medicines safely a) Label all MEDS and containers, take extra care of pt with blood thinners, and reconcile MEDS 4) Use alarms safely a) Ensure the alarms are audible and respond to them in a timely matter. 5) Prevent infection a) Use the hand cleaning guidelines b) Implement evidence based guidelines to prevent i) Infection with multidrug resistant organisms ii) Central line associated bloodstream infections iii) Surgical site infections iv) Catheter associated urinary tract infection