Intro To Critical Care Nursing Exam One
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Add or just read through - CORRECT ANSWERS Case Study Answers
Look through - CORRECT ANSWERS NCLEX challenge questions,
answers are in back of book and nursing priority boxes
Read through handouts, online content needed, and tables etc. - CORRECT
ANSWERS read
End of Life Issues - CORRECT ANSWERS Ch. 7
Patient Bill of Rights - CORRECT ANSWERS In the early 1970's, the
American Hospital Association drafted a Patient Bill of Rights so people would
know what they could reasonably expect when they were hospitalized. Since
then, a number of similar measures have been developed. These are designed to:
Empower people to take an active role in improving their health, including
making informed decisions and the choice and right to have an advance
directive.
Strengthen the relationships that patients have with their health care providers.
Establish patients' rights in dealing with insurance companies and other specific
situations related to health coverage and payment of services. The Patient Bill of
Rights described so far has focused on health insurance coverage, but there are
others for different settings, like these:
Mental health bill of rights
Hospice patient bill of rights
Rights of people in hospitals
,Patient-Centered Care attributes - CORRECT ANSWERS Respect for
patients' values, preferences, and expressed needs.
Coordination and integration of care.
Information, communication, and education
Physical comfort
Emotional support and alleviation of fear and anxiety
Involvement of family and friends
Transition and continuity
Access to care
Advanced Directives: - CORRECT ANSWERS a. Living Will
b. Power of Attorney for Health Care
Living Will - CORRECT ANSWERS vary from state to state; full code
unless advance directive or physician orders. need to have copies and give to
physican, etc.
power of attorney for health care - CORRECT ANSWERS two proxys
right to make decision if you can't. has to be notarized. its mobile. cites to
proxys to make decision if you cant but has to be notarized. have to have a copy.
POLST Initiative Patient Population: - CORRECT ANSWERS Patients
with chronic disease, receiving hospice or receiving palliative care.
POLST Initiative The POLST/MOLST form - CORRECT ANSWERS
transfers a patient's advanced directives into physician orders. you sign
and physician signs
,POLST Initiative Purpose: - CORRECT ANSWERS To further insure
that the patient's wishes are followed
To eliminate errors in adhering to patient wishes during
transitions of care.
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) form - CORRECT
ANSWERS Efforts to alleviate these transition failures are emerging
rapidly. One option is this. This paradigm was pioneered in Oregon, and is now
supported in several other states, some under a different name. This form is a
brightly colored medical order sheet placed in the front of the medical record
and transferred with the patient whenever they move between settings. A
physician or other health professional writes orders on this form that indicate
what types of life-sustaining treatment a patient wants. The form follows a
patient between care settings—from home to hospital to nursing home. At home
the original form can be placed on the refrigerator where emergency responders
can find it. In a hospital or nursing home the form can be kept on the front of
the patient/resident's chart.; only time pt asked to sign medical orders
Another name for POLST - CORRECT ANSWERS (such as New York's
—MOLST Medical Orders for LifeSustaining Treatment).
The POLST form is designed to - CORRECT ANSWERS express the
individual's preferences for goals of care and associated levels of treatment and
can indicate either all life sustaining measures, including resuscitation attempts,
or can be used to limit those interventions that the individual does not want.
The goal of the POLST form - CORRECT ANSWERS is to ensure that
the patient or resident receives the level of care desired. In addition, use of this
form helps facilitate discussions between the patient or resident and their health
care provider and informs all providers subsequently involved in the individual's
care about the existing goals and plan of care and medications.
*The only time a patient signs their medical orders.
, Resuscitation Policies: - CORRECT ANSWERS Note: All patients
admitted to an acute care hospital are full code or
Resuscitation unless a physician's order states otherwise
A. Full Code
B. No Code Blue
C. Compassionate Care- not prolong life, but keep comfy. ex. cancer pt. not
terminal yet, not treating problem but treating symptoms to manage
full code - CORRECT ANSWERS means a person will allow all
interventions needed to get their heart started. This may include chest
compressions and defibrillation to shock the heart out of a life-threatening heart
rhythm. Placing a breathing tube in the airway to assist with ventilation and
medications to treat the heart are all resuscitation interventions. Not all patients
require each step. But if a patient is a full code, it means they are willing to
allow any of the above measures.
No Code Blue - CORRECT ANSWERS no resuscitation measures?
Competency - CORRECT ANSWERS is a legal term, defined as: "duly
qualified: having sufficient capacity, ability, or authority [Black's Law
Dictionary]. very hard to determine
Quality of Life= - CORRECT ANSWERS The standard of health,
comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group. i.e. "the things
that are needed for a good quality of life"
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Add or just read through - CORRECT ANSWERS Case Study Answers
Look through - CORRECT ANSWERS NCLEX challenge questions,
answers are in back of book and nursing priority boxes
Read through handouts, online content needed, and tables etc. - CORRECT
ANSWERS read
End of Life Issues - CORRECT ANSWERS Ch. 7
Patient Bill of Rights - CORRECT ANSWERS In the early 1970's, the
American Hospital Association drafted a Patient Bill of Rights so people would
know what they could reasonably expect when they were hospitalized. Since
then, a number of similar measures have been developed. These are designed to:
Empower people to take an active role in improving their health, including
making informed decisions and the choice and right to have an advance
directive.
Strengthen the relationships that patients have with their health care providers.
Establish patients' rights in dealing with insurance companies and other specific
situations related to health coverage and payment of services. The Patient Bill of
Rights described so far has focused on health insurance coverage, but there are
others for different settings, like these:
Mental health bill of rights
Hospice patient bill of rights
Rights of people in hospitals
,Patient-Centered Care attributes - CORRECT ANSWERS Respect for
patients' values, preferences, and expressed needs.
Coordination and integration of care.
Information, communication, and education
Physical comfort
Emotional support and alleviation of fear and anxiety
Involvement of family and friends
Transition and continuity
Access to care
Advanced Directives: - CORRECT ANSWERS a. Living Will
b. Power of Attorney for Health Care
Living Will - CORRECT ANSWERS vary from state to state; full code
unless advance directive or physician orders. need to have copies and give to
physican, etc.
power of attorney for health care - CORRECT ANSWERS two proxys
right to make decision if you can't. has to be notarized. its mobile. cites to
proxys to make decision if you cant but has to be notarized. have to have a copy.
POLST Initiative Patient Population: - CORRECT ANSWERS Patients
with chronic disease, receiving hospice or receiving palliative care.
POLST Initiative The POLST/MOLST form - CORRECT ANSWERS
transfers a patient's advanced directives into physician orders. you sign
and physician signs
,POLST Initiative Purpose: - CORRECT ANSWERS To further insure
that the patient's wishes are followed
To eliminate errors in adhering to patient wishes during
transitions of care.
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) form - CORRECT
ANSWERS Efforts to alleviate these transition failures are emerging
rapidly. One option is this. This paradigm was pioneered in Oregon, and is now
supported in several other states, some under a different name. This form is a
brightly colored medical order sheet placed in the front of the medical record
and transferred with the patient whenever they move between settings. A
physician or other health professional writes orders on this form that indicate
what types of life-sustaining treatment a patient wants. The form follows a
patient between care settings—from home to hospital to nursing home. At home
the original form can be placed on the refrigerator where emergency responders
can find it. In a hospital or nursing home the form can be kept on the front of
the patient/resident's chart.; only time pt asked to sign medical orders
Another name for POLST - CORRECT ANSWERS (such as New York's
—MOLST Medical Orders for LifeSustaining Treatment).
The POLST form is designed to - CORRECT ANSWERS express the
individual's preferences for goals of care and associated levels of treatment and
can indicate either all life sustaining measures, including resuscitation attempts,
or can be used to limit those interventions that the individual does not want.
The goal of the POLST form - CORRECT ANSWERS is to ensure that
the patient or resident receives the level of care desired. In addition, use of this
form helps facilitate discussions between the patient or resident and their health
care provider and informs all providers subsequently involved in the individual's
care about the existing goals and plan of care and medications.
*The only time a patient signs their medical orders.
, Resuscitation Policies: - CORRECT ANSWERS Note: All patients
admitted to an acute care hospital are full code or
Resuscitation unless a physician's order states otherwise
A. Full Code
B. No Code Blue
C. Compassionate Care- not prolong life, but keep comfy. ex. cancer pt. not
terminal yet, not treating problem but treating symptoms to manage
full code - CORRECT ANSWERS means a person will allow all
interventions needed to get their heart started. This may include chest
compressions and defibrillation to shock the heart out of a life-threatening heart
rhythm. Placing a breathing tube in the airway to assist with ventilation and
medications to treat the heart are all resuscitation interventions. Not all patients
require each step. But if a patient is a full code, it means they are willing to
allow any of the above measures.
No Code Blue - CORRECT ANSWERS no resuscitation measures?
Competency - CORRECT ANSWERS is a legal term, defined as: "duly
qualified: having sufficient capacity, ability, or authority [Black's Law
Dictionary]. very hard to determine
Quality of Life= - CORRECT ANSWERS The standard of health,
comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group. i.e. "the things
that are needed for a good quality of life"
