Types of precautions correct answer: standard, contact, droplet, airborne, reverse/protective (always wash hands before and after working with any type of patient) Standard precautions correct answer: - Applied to everyone - implemented always - everytime we leave a room we clean our hands (cover nose and mouth with arm or tissue when coughing, wear gown, gloves, face protection for any risk of contact with bodily fluids) - PPE: gloves when touching wet things - Assume all bodily flui...

health promotion correct answer: - the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health - primary prevention - it is not fixing, advising, judging health correct answer: - a multidimensional human state or condition - absence of disease - a role performance - maximizing human potential determinants of health correct answer: factors known to influence and contribute to health (policymaking, social factors, health services, individual behavior, biolog...

A patient tells the nurse, "I would like to use a home genetic test to see if I will develop breast cancer." Which response by the nurse is best? correct answer: "Are you concerned about deveoping breast cancer?" The nurse designs a progra to decrease the incidence of HIV infection in the adolescent and young adult populations. Which information should the nurse assign as the highest priority? correct answer: Prevention of HIV transmission between sexual partners. An adolescent patie...

What should a nurse do if an oral temp reading was inaccurate? correct answer: Take a tympanic reading Another location Nurse Practice Act correct answer: - Graduate from an approved or accredited nursing program - Meet the established character criteria - Undergo criminal background check and fringerprint - Pass NCLEX or PN exam - Pay an application fee - Meet additional state requirements Definition of health correct answer: Wholeness, quality of life, physical, mental, and soci...

A patient with anemia is experiencing increased fatigue and occasional palpitations at rest. The nurse would expect the patient's laboratory findings to include: A) normal red blood cell (RBC) indices correct answer: D) a hemoglobin (HB) of 8.6 g/L Which menu choice indicates that the patient understands the nurse's teaching about best dietary choices for iron-deficiency anemia? correct answer: B) Omelet and whole wheat toast A patient who is receiving methotrexate develops a megalobl...

Where does the RUL of the lung begin? correct answer: Slightly above the clavicle & extends to the 4th rib. Where does the RML of the lung lie? correct answer: Starts at 4th rib and extends to the 6th rib. Where does the RLL of the lung lie? correct answer: More laterally & extends to the 8th rib. Where does the ULL of the lung being? correct answer: Starts slight above the clavicle & extends to the 6th rib. Where does the LLL of the lung lie? correct answer: Starting at 6th rib...

OLDCARTS correct answer: For pain assessment O: Onset L: Location D: Duration C: Character A: aggravating/relieving R: radiation T: timing S: severity ADPIE correct answer: for Critical Thinking + Clinical Judgement Assess: 1st step, subjective and objective data Diagnosis: analysis, formulation of nursing diagnosis Planning: prioritize problems, determine goals, plan of care Intervention: nursing action (rather than medical action) Evaluate: compare outcomes, commun...

Assessment correct answer: Collecting data, talking, open ended questions and clustering information Health History correct answer: Biographical data Reason for seeking care present health/present illness Past history Med reconcilliation Family History Review of Systems Functional assessment (ADL's) Adult health history correct answer: Biographic data: source of history (who, reliability) Reason for seeking care Present health/history of present illness Final summary of symp...

A nurse wants to focus on the improvement of a patient's health and prevent disease. In order for a nurse to increase control and improve health, they need to set an example of health promotion. What is an example of health promotion? Select all that apply A) Sneezing into elbow B) Putting an infant on its back to sleep C) Not washing hands before they enter the room D) None of the above correct answer: A, B How does culture relate to Social Determinants of Health? A) Culture is a wa...

What is Kawasaki Disease? correct answer: PP: -progressive -inflammation of the small vessels -leads to the major arteries -High potential for aneurysms -Can Cause heart failure -Kawasaki seen more frequently in Japan and those of Japanese heritage. -Seen more in later winter early spring p.776: "Kawasaki disease is an acute systemic vasculitis of unknown cause" "The acute disease is self-limited; however without treatment, approximately 20% to 25% of childre...