Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Standards of Practice - correct answer A list of standards to assist the professional in making good decisions while conducting day to day responsibilities within his or her scope of practice. Standards of Professional Performance - correct answer as set by the American Nurses Association (ANA), describe behaviors expected in the professional nursing role Patient-Centered Care - correct answer Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassi...

Advanced Practice - correct answer A nurse with post graduate education in nursing Clinical Nurse Specialist - correct answer A nurse with advanced degree education or experience who is considered to be an expert in a specialized area of nursing carries out direct patient care consultation teaching of patients, family, and staff and research Nurse practitioner - correct answer A nurse with an advanced degree certified for a special area or age of patient care; works in a variety of heal...

4 P's - correct answer Powers, Passage, Passenger, Psyche Powers - correct answer Uterine contractions, pressure, and pushing Uterine Contractions - correct answer Rhythmic tightening of the uterine muscles which results in the expulsion of the fetus. Full dilation - correct answer 10 cm. Passage - correct answer Pelvis/canal that the fetus descends through. Helps to push excess fluid from baby's lungs Clinical Pelyimetry - correct answer Measures the dimensions of the pelvis to...

Therapeutic communication In order to provide effective nursing care, the nurse should engage in what type of communication with the client and significant others? Heart of nursing Communication is the: Brainpower Read More The client's tone of voice When the nurse communicates with a newly admitted client, the nurse must pay particular attention to nonverbal behaviors. The nurse considers which characteristics of nonverbal communication. Congruent relationship A nurse is...

Amblyopia - correct answer Lazy eye Reduced visual acuity in one eye Myopia - correct answer Nearsightedness Ability to see objects clearly as close range but not at a distance Hyperopia - correct answer Farsightedness Ability to see objects at a distance but not at close range Strabismus - correct answer "Squint" - malalignment of eye esotropia- inward deviation of eye exotropia- outward deviation of eye Conductive hearing loss (middle ear) - correct answer Res...

utero - correct answer GI tract begins to function in pyloric stenosis (common in 1st born male) - correct answer symptoms: projectile vomiting, olive- shaped mass in RUQ, peristalsis observed on abd from LUQ to RUQ Metabolic alkalosis, Increased H&H - correct answer pyloric stenosis labs right side/ semi fowlers - correct answer position post op (pyloric stenosis) after feedings intussusception - correct answer telescoping of a portion of bowel into another (usually ileum to colon)....

Because 95-98% of nurses are women, the extent of freedom and respect granted to nurses is tied to whose status in society? women's Which term relates to knowledge gained through the processes of observation and experience? empirical Brainpower Read More Florence Nightingale was a ______________________. nurse, statistician, sanitarian, social reformer, and scholar. The Crusades led to deplorable sanitary conditions, fatigue, poor nutrition, diarrhea, and the spread of ___...

Presumptive SIGNS OF PREGNANCY - correct answer WHAT SYMPTOMS and WHEN START Amenorrhea (4 wks) Nausea and vomiting (4-14 wks) Frequency of urination (6-12 wks) Tenderness and fullness of breasts (3-4 wks) "Quickening" (16-20 wks) Chadwick's sign (6-12 wks) Skin changes Pigmentation -Linea nigra Chloasma Darkened nipple and areola Vascular spiders Striae gravidarum Increased sweat and sebaceous gland activity Fatigue Positive SIGNS OF PREGNANCY - correct answer Fetal hear...

A client has delivered her infant be cesarean birth. The nurse monitors the newborn's respiration closely, because infants born via the cesarean method are prone to atelectasis. Why does this occur? A. The ribcage is not compressed and released during birth. B. The sudden temperature change at birth causes aspiration. C. There is usually oxygen deprivation after a cesarean birth. D. There is no gravity during the birth to promote drainage from the lungs. - correct answer The ribcage is no...

The mother of a 2-year-old child expresses concern to the nurse in the pediatric clinic that her child still takes a bottle of milk to bed a night. How should the nurse explain to the mother that this practice should be stopped? 1. Iron-deficiency anemia may occur. 2. Infantile sucking needs are prolonged. 3. The child is at increased risk for dental caries. 4. Milk at bedtime precipitates inner ear infections. - correct answer The child is at increased risk for dental caries. A nurse e...