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Essentials to Nursing Body Temperature Exam RATED A+ Questions And Answers The nurse is caring for an adult patient who is admitted to the hospital for fever and chills. The nurse repeatedly finds a temperature of 40° C (104° F) in the morning and 38.9° C (102°F) at night. What does the nurse infer about the fever pattern? - Answer - Remittent fever Why is the temperature of deep tissues in older adults lower than that of young adults? - Answer - Decreased Immunity Which factor is...

Essentials of nursing research Exam RATED A+ abstract - Answer - A brief description of a completed or proposed study usually located at the beginning of a report or proposal. accessible population - Answer - the population of people available for a particular study acquiescence response set - Answer - A bas in self report instruments especially psychosocial scales created when study participants characteristically agree with statements independent of their content after-only desi...

Essential Nursing TEST PREP RATED A+ Hand Hygiene '5 moments' - Answer - 1. Before touching patient 2. Before procedure 3. After procedure 4. After touching patient 5. After touching patient surroundings Vital Signs - Answer - - Temperature - Pulse - Respiratory Rate - Blood Pressure - O2 saturation Vital Signs are assessed: - Answer - - based upon institutional policy and procedures - on admission - change in health status - before and after surgery - before and a...

Essentials of psychiatric nursing Exam Graded A+ New Update Data collection: Pt History includes - Answer - -pt's chief complaint/ concern -history of current illness -medication history -past psychiatric & physical illness -family hx -social hx (client has viable support? or homeless?) -cultural considerations that may affect pt's outcome (ex; natural remedies or seeking help=weakness) Subjective means - Answer - -based on feelings, opinions of pt Objective means - Answer...

Essentials of Nursing Study Exam (Verified) Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development - Answer - oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage; Freud believes early experiences shape personality and unresolved issues in these stages lead to personality issues in adulthood Oral Stage - Answer - (0-1 years) Pleasure centers on the mouths; sucking, biting Anal Stage - Answer - (1-3 years) Focus on the anus and toilet training Phallic Stage - Answer -...

Essentials of Pediatric Nursing - Chapter 24 EXAM (ACTUAL) RATED A+ The parents of a 6-year-old child with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) ask the nurse conducting an assessment of the child what causes the disease. What is the nurse's best response? - Answer - "ITP is primarily an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the body's own platelets, for an unknown reason." A toddler who is beginning to walk has fallen and hit his head on the c...

Nursing Essentials EXAM RATED A+ Affordable Care Act - Answer - Improving HC quality, while lowering costs, increasing access for all, encouraging prevention, and providing protection to those who access HC services American Nurses Association - Answer - established standards for both nursing practice and professional performance. Standards include standards of nursing practice and the standards of professional performance Chain of Infection - Answer - Sequence: infectious agent, re...

Exam 2 Nursing Research ECPI College questions and answers with complete Solution RATED A+ Operational Definition - Answer - explanation of the procedures that must be performed to accurately represent the concepts Descriptive Research Study - Answer - research designed to describe in detail some process, event, or outcome. Such a design is used when very little is known about the research question. Confirmation of causality - Answer - the better job the researcher does in extracting...

Essentials of Professional Nursing EXAM (ACTUAL) RATED A+ Questions and Answers Legal Guidelines for Nursing Practice - Answer - Standards of Care NURSING REGULATION - Answer - • Nursing is regulated to protect the public. • The public expects safe and competent nursing care. HISTORY OF REGULATION - Answer - • In 1950's nursing organizations began to initiate standards to regulate the profession • First step was ANA's Code of Ethics of Nurses which formed the basis...

Essentials for Nursing Exam A+ (VERIFIED) GRADED A+ NEW UPDATE Clinical Skills = - Answer - Special Knowledge "Skilled" What age range will we, as nursing students, care for? - Answer - 18-100 years of age What is the role of a nurse? - Answer - Care Coordinator Patient Educator Patient Advocate Clinical Judgement = - Answer - Challenges A stands for? - Answer - Airway B stands for? - Answer - Breathing C stands for? - Answer - Circulation Nurses always...