BN5006 EXAM WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
Any urgent health care that a person receives for an illness or injury - Answer Define
acute care
Emergency department, OR/theatre, ICU, neonatal, critical care - Answer Provide
examples of acute care
Rapid Response System (RRS) which enables nurses to recognise and respond to
patients who deteriorate by using EWS chart - Answer What is the RRS?
(A) - Alert
(V) - Voice responsive
(P) - Pain responsive OR
(U) - Pain unresponsive
To determine patient's level of consciousness - Answer State AVPU and its purpose
(E) - Best eye opening
(V) - Best verbal response
(M) - Best motor response
Assesses the patient's level of consciousness - Answer What is the Glasgow Coma
Score (GCS)?
ISBAR
identify, situation, background, assessment & review/recommendations - Answer What
is a model used for handovers?
I - identify and introduce pt & your role
Situation - describe the immediate concerns of pt
Background - pt's reason of admission, relevant PMHx, current & relevant meds/lab
results, relevant social Hx
Assessment - vital signs, patient assessment findings
Recommendation - treatment so far, what needs doing/chasing - Answer State each
components of ISBAR
, Full name, DOB, NHI number - Answer Name the approved patient identifications?
Acute - an illness that lasts less than three months
Chronic - lasts more than three months - Answer Define acute illness vs chronic illness
Describes situations when someone with a chronic condition, such as chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, also develops an acute condition, such as pneumonia -
Answer Acute-on-chronic?
Levels of consciousness - Answer LOC
Time during which the medication is present in concentration great enough to produce
a response - Answer Duration of action (medication)
Time taken for the plasma concentration of a drug to fall to half of its original value -
Answer Define the term half-life
Time that it takes after a medication is administered for it to produce a response -
Answer Onset (medication)
Time it takes for a medication to reach its highest effective concentration - Answer Peak
Blood serum concentration of a medication reached and maintained after repeated fixed
doses - Answer Plateau
Minimum blood serum concentration of medication reached just before the next
scheduled dose - Answer Trough
Unexpected effects of the medication (allergic reactions are not included) - Answer
Define adverse effects
Expected or predictable physiological response a medication causes - Answer Define
therapeutic effects
The study of how medications enter the body, reach their site of action in sufficient
concentration and are metabolised and excreted from the body - Answer
Pharmacokinetics
The study of how a drug acts in the body to exert its action - Answer Pharmacodynamics
Medication is placed under the tongue to dissolve prior to absorption. Not to be
swallowed. - Answer Sublingual administration
Medication placed in the mouth against the mucous membranes of the cheek, where it
stays until it dissolves. Not to be swallowed. - Answer Buccal administration
Inserting a medication similar to a contact lens in the patient's eye - Answer Intraocular
medication
Applied to the skin, mucous membranes & intraocular - Answer Topical medications
SOLUTIONS
Any urgent health care that a person receives for an illness or injury - Answer Define
acute care
Emergency department, OR/theatre, ICU, neonatal, critical care - Answer Provide
examples of acute care
Rapid Response System (RRS) which enables nurses to recognise and respond to
patients who deteriorate by using EWS chart - Answer What is the RRS?
(A) - Alert
(V) - Voice responsive
(P) - Pain responsive OR
(U) - Pain unresponsive
To determine patient's level of consciousness - Answer State AVPU and its purpose
(E) - Best eye opening
(V) - Best verbal response
(M) - Best motor response
Assesses the patient's level of consciousness - Answer What is the Glasgow Coma
Score (GCS)?
ISBAR
identify, situation, background, assessment & review/recommendations - Answer What
is a model used for handovers?
I - identify and introduce pt & your role
Situation - describe the immediate concerns of pt
Background - pt's reason of admission, relevant PMHx, current & relevant meds/lab
results, relevant social Hx
Assessment - vital signs, patient assessment findings
Recommendation - treatment so far, what needs doing/chasing - Answer State each
components of ISBAR
, Full name, DOB, NHI number - Answer Name the approved patient identifications?
Acute - an illness that lasts less than three months
Chronic - lasts more than three months - Answer Define acute illness vs chronic illness
Describes situations when someone with a chronic condition, such as chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, also develops an acute condition, such as pneumonia -
Answer Acute-on-chronic?
Levels of consciousness - Answer LOC
Time during which the medication is present in concentration great enough to produce
a response - Answer Duration of action (medication)
Time taken for the plasma concentration of a drug to fall to half of its original value -
Answer Define the term half-life
Time that it takes after a medication is administered for it to produce a response -
Answer Onset (medication)
Time it takes for a medication to reach its highest effective concentration - Answer Peak
Blood serum concentration of a medication reached and maintained after repeated fixed
doses - Answer Plateau
Minimum blood serum concentration of medication reached just before the next
scheduled dose - Answer Trough
Unexpected effects of the medication (allergic reactions are not included) - Answer
Define adverse effects
Expected or predictable physiological response a medication causes - Answer Define
therapeutic effects
The study of how medications enter the body, reach their site of action in sufficient
concentration and are metabolised and excreted from the body - Answer
Pharmacokinetics
The study of how a drug acts in the body to exert its action - Answer Pharmacodynamics
Medication is placed under the tongue to dissolve prior to absorption. Not to be
swallowed. - Answer Sublingual administration
Medication placed in the mouth against the mucous membranes of the cheek, where it
stays until it dissolves. Not to be swallowed. - Answer Buccal administration
Inserting a medication similar to a contact lens in the patient's eye - Answer Intraocular
medication
Applied to the skin, mucous membranes & intraocular - Answer Topical medications
