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What types of procedures should be Sterile or invasive procedures.
assigned to professional nurses?
Negligence is measured by Would a reasonable and prudent nurse act in the same manner under the same
reasonableness. What question might the circumstances?
nurse ask when determining such
reasonableness?
Duty. Failure to protect client again unreasonable risk. Breach of duty. Failure to
List the 4 elements that are necessary to perform according to established standards. Causation. A connection exists between
prove negligence. conduct of the nurse and the resulting damage. Damages. Damage is done to the
client, physical or mental.
Define an intentional tort and five one Conduct causing damage to another person in a willful or intentional way without
example. just cause. Example Hitting a client out of anger, not in a manner of self protection.
Client admits self to an institution for treatment and restrains his or her civil rights. He
Voluntary admission
or she may leave at any time.
Someone other than client applies for the client's admission to an institution requires
Involuntary admission certification by 1 or 2 health care providers that the person is a danger to self or
others.
List 5 activities a person who is declared Vote, make contracts or wills, drive a care, sue or be sued, hold a professional
incompetent cannot perform. license.
Name 3 legal requirements of a surgical Voluntary, informed, and written.
permit
Who may give consent for medical Alert, coherent, or otherwise competent adults, a parent or legal guardian, a person
treatment? in loco parentis of minors or incompetent adults.
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What law protects the nurse who provides The Good Samaritan Act.
care or gives aid in an emergency
situation?
What action should the nurse take if he or Inform the health care provider. Record that the health care provider was informed
she questions a health care provider's and the health care provider's response to such information. Inform the nursing
prescription that they believe is wrong? supervisor. Refuse to carry out the prescription.
Describe the nurse's legal responsibility Inform the health care provider or person asking the nurse to perform the task that
when asked to perform a task for which he he or she is unprepared to carry out the task. Refuse to perform the task.
or she is unprepared.
Apply restraints properly. Check restraints frequently to see that they are not causing
Describe nursing care of the restrained
injury and record such monitoring. Remove restraints as soon as possible. Use
client.
restraints as a last resort.
By what authority may RNs delegate State Nurse Practice Act
nursing care to others?
A UAP may perform care that falls within Implementation
which components of the nursing process?
Which type of communication is necessary Assertive communication skills
to implement a democratic leadership
style?
Right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction or communication, and
What are the 4 rights of communication?
right supervision.
Which tasks can be delegated to a UAP? A. A. is a sterile invasive procedure and should not be delegated to a UAP. B. Falls
Inserting a Foley catheter. B. Measuring within the implementation phase, does not involve nursing judgement. Evaluation of
and recording the client's output through a the I & O must be done by the nurse. C. Client teaching requires the abilities of a
Foley catheter. C. Teaching a client how to nurse should not be delegated. D. Assessment must be performed by the nurse and
care for a catheter after discharge. D. should not be delegated.
Assessing for symptoms of a urinary tract
infection.
What are the essential steps of effective Direction, evaluation, and follow-up.
supervision?
Which of the following is an example of A. This is an aggressive communication, which causes anger, hostility, and a defensive
assertive communication? A. You need to attitude. B. Assertive communication begins with I rather than you and clearly states
improve the way you spend your time so the problem.
that all of your care gets performed. B. I've
noticed that many of your clients did not
get their care today.
List the three levels of disaster Disaster preparedness, disaster response, and disaster recovery.
management
Primary: develop plan, train and educate personnel and public. Secondary: triage,
List examples of the three levels of
treatment shelter, supervision. Tertiary: follow-up, recovery assistance, prevention of
prevention in disaster management.
future disasters.
Triage To sort or categorize
Anthrax, pneumonic plague, botulism, smallpox, inhalation tularemia, viral
Identify three bio-terrorism agents.
hemorrhage, fever, ricin, sarin, radiation.
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HESI Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN
Examination
7 studiers today 5.0 (1 review)
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Comp N100 W1 NRSE 210 Chapter 3 - The Interview (... Bipolar
25 terms 34 terms 10 terms 9 terms
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Terms in this set (503)
What types of procedures should be Sterile or invasive procedures.
assigned to professional nurses?
Negligence is measured by Would a reasonable and prudent nurse act in the same manner under the same
reasonableness. What question might the circumstances?
nurse ask when determining such
reasonableness?
Duty. Failure to protect client again unreasonable risk. Breach of duty. Failure to
List the 4 elements that are necessary to perform according to established standards. Causation. A connection exists between
prove negligence. conduct of the nurse and the resulting damage. Damages. Damage is done to the
client, physical or mental.
Define an intentional tort and five one Conduct causing damage to another person in a willful or intentional way without
example. just cause. Example Hitting a client out of anger, not in a manner of self protection.
Client admits self to an institution for treatment and restrains his or her civil rights. He
Voluntary admission
or she may leave at any time.
Someone other than client applies for the client's admission to an institution requires
Involuntary admission certification by 1 or 2 health care providers that the person is a danger to self or
others.
List 5 activities a person who is declared Vote, make contracts or wills, drive a care, sue or be sued, hold a professional
incompetent cannot perform. license.
Name 3 legal requirements of a surgical Voluntary, informed, and written.
permit
Who may give consent for medical Alert, coherent, or otherwise competent adults, a parent or legal guardian, a person
treatment? in loco parentis of minors or incompetent adults.
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What law protects the nurse who provides The Good Samaritan Act.
care or gives aid in an emergency
situation?
What action should the nurse take if he or Inform the health care provider. Record that the health care provider was informed
she questions a health care provider's and the health care provider's response to such information. Inform the nursing
prescription that they believe is wrong? supervisor. Refuse to carry out the prescription.
Describe the nurse's legal responsibility Inform the health care provider or person asking the nurse to perform the task that
when asked to perform a task for which he he or she is unprepared to carry out the task. Refuse to perform the task.
or she is unprepared.
Apply restraints properly. Check restraints frequently to see that they are not causing
Describe nursing care of the restrained
injury and record such monitoring. Remove restraints as soon as possible. Use
client.
restraints as a last resort.
By what authority may RNs delegate State Nurse Practice Act
nursing care to others?
A UAP may perform care that falls within Implementation
which components of the nursing process?
Which type of communication is necessary Assertive communication skills
to implement a democratic leadership
style?
Right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction or communication, and
What are the 4 rights of communication?
right supervision.
Which tasks can be delegated to a UAP? A. A. is a sterile invasive procedure and should not be delegated to a UAP. B. Falls
Inserting a Foley catheter. B. Measuring within the implementation phase, does not involve nursing judgement. Evaluation of
and recording the client's output through a the I & O must be done by the nurse. C. Client teaching requires the abilities of a
Foley catheter. C. Teaching a client how to nurse should not be delegated. D. Assessment must be performed by the nurse and
care for a catheter after discharge. D. should not be delegated.
Assessing for symptoms of a urinary tract
infection.
What are the essential steps of effective Direction, evaluation, and follow-up.
supervision?
Which of the following is an example of A. This is an aggressive communication, which causes anger, hostility, and a defensive
assertive communication? A. You need to attitude. B. Assertive communication begins with I rather than you and clearly states
improve the way you spend your time so the problem.
that all of your care gets performed. B. I've
noticed that many of your clients did not
get their care today.
List the three levels of disaster Disaster preparedness, disaster response, and disaster recovery.
management
Primary: develop plan, train and educate personnel and public. Secondary: triage,
List examples of the three levels of
treatment shelter, supervision. Tertiary: follow-up, recovery assistance, prevention of
prevention in disaster management.
future disasters.
Triage To sort or categorize
Anthrax, pneumonic plague, botulism, smallpox, inhalation tularemia, viral
Identify three bio-terrorism agents.
hemorrhage, fever, ricin, sarin, radiation.
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