NURSING TEST

What is a primary prevention tool used for colon cancer screening? A. Abdominal x-rays B. Blood, urea, and nitrogen (BUN) testing C. Serum electrolytes D. Occult blood testing D. Occult blood testing Which of the following are safe practices to follow in the safe prepa- ration and storage of food? (Select all that apply.) A. Always use a single cutting board to prepare foods for cooking. B. Refrigerate leftovers as soon as possible. C. Always buy vegetables in packages marked ...

NR 226 Quiz 2 Questions and Answers What is hypersomnolence disorder? - Involves getting too much sleep - Excessive sleepiness What is a polysomnogram? - involves the use of electroencephalography (EEG) electromyography (EMG), and electro-oculography (EOG) What does a polysomnogram monitor? - monitor stages of sleep and wakefulness during nighttime sleep. What does insomnia mean? - symptom that patients experience when they have chronic difficulty in falling asleep ...

NR 226 Nursing Process Questions and Answers ASSESSMENT the deliberate and systematic collection of information about a patient to determine his or her current and past health and functional status and his or her present and past coping patterns Includes 2 steps: -Collection of information from a primary source (the patient) and secondary sources (e.g., family members, health professionals, and medical record) -The interpretation and validation of data to ensure a complete database ...

NR 226 Perioperative Nursing Questions and Answers pre-operative begins with decision to have surgery, lasts until patient is transferred to operating room intraoperative extends from admission to surgical department to transfer to recovery room postoperative lasts from admission to recovery room to a follow-up evaluation in the clinical setting or home classifications of surgical procedures urgency major or minor risk purpose purposes for surgery diagnostic ...

Exam 2 - Fundamentals (NR 226) Questions and Answers pH normal range 7.35-7.45 causes of respiratory acidosis COPD, asthma, bronchitis, barbiturate or sedative overdose, acute airway obstruction, weakness of the respiratory muscles nursing interventions for respiratory acidosis place semi-Fowler's position, maintain patent airway, turn cough, and deep breathe, administer fluids to help liquefy, administer low oxygen, monitor ABG causes of respiratory alkalosis hyperv...

Chamberlain NR 226 Exam 1 Questions and Answers What are the types of ASSESSMENT associated with ADPIE Initial, Focused, Time lapsed and Emergency What are the elements of PLANNING in the nursing process related to ADPIE Establish priorities Establish goals and expected outcomes Provide guidelines for nursing interventions Establish evaluation criteria to measure the effectiveness of the nursing care plan Create a goal using a broad statement describing the desired change Establis...

NR 226 Final exam Questions and Answers Critical Thinking -Continuous process characterized by open-mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance -Recognizing that an issue exists, analyzing information, evaluating information, and making conclusions using a systematic apprach Critical thinking skills Interpretation Analysis Inference Evaluation Explanation Self-regulation A critical thinker considers what things? What is important in each clinical situation Imagines...

Nurs 226 Quiz 1 Question and Answers Normal ranges for vitals temperature 96.8-100.4F or 36-38C blood pressure <120/<80 respirations 12-20 breaths/min oxygen saturation 95-100% pulse 60-100 bpm What is critical thinking open-mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance combined with a willingness to look at each unique patient situation and determine which identified assumptions are true and relevant Critical thinking skills 1. Determining that a vital sign is n...

NR 226 Exam 2 Questions and Answers True or False: Someone who is dehydrated may benefit more from an isotonic or hypotonic solution. True 1 multiple choice option What is water intoxication? someone who drinks an abundance of water What type of solution should be given to someone who has water intoxication? hypertonic solution 1 multiple choice option What is the order that fluid moves to the cell? -Vascular system -Capillary Membrane -Interstitial Area -Cell Memb...

NR 226 Weeks 4, 5, and 6 Review Questions and Answers ABG normal ranges pH: acidic 7.35 - 7.45 basic CO2: basic 35 -45 acidic HCO3 (bicarb): acidic 22 - 26 basic ABG: what determines metabolic status vs what determines respiratory status HCO3 determines metabolic status and CO2 determines respiratory status 2/3 of the body's fluid resides in _____ while 1/3 of body's fluid resides in _____ 2/3: intra-cellular compartment 1/3: extra-cellular compartment either interstit...

NR 226- exam 1 Questions and Answers Which are the correct elements to use when documenting a problem-based nursing diagnosis? Diagnostic label/related to statement/defining characteristics​ assessment Identifying the client's signs and symptoms evaluation example Monitoring the client for side effects of prescribed medications implementation example Administering medications planning example Describing desired outcomes needed to reach a goal diagnos...

NR 226-exam 3 Questions and Answers nursing knowledge base requires knowledge, brings comfort, makes plans to care for patients loss, grief, and death, guides the grief process, explains patho of related illness, knows cultural perspectives on meaning of loss/death, social support, concepts of caring, concepts of stress and coping experience of loss, grief and death person revolves around grief, loss, knowledge, and death death ultimate loss, last developmental task for individ...

NR 226 Quiz 1 Questions and Answers clinical judgment model recognize cues, analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, generate solutions, take action, evaluate outcomes critical thinking ability to think systematically and logically ADPIE • Assessment: 1st step, subjective and objective data • Diagnosis: analysis, formulation of nursing diagnosis • Planning: prioritizing problems, determining goals, plan of care • Implementation: Perform nursing action (rather than medica...

NR 226 Chapter 42 Questions and Answers A patient is experiencing dehydration. While planning care, the nurse considers that the majority of the patient's total water volume exists in with compartment? a. Intracellular b. Extracellular c. Intravascular d. Transcellular A. Intracellular The nurse is teaching about the process of passively moving water from an area of lower particle concentration to an area of higher particle concentration. Which process is the nurse describing? a...

NR-226 Ch. 50 Care of Surgical Patients + PreWork 8, Exam II Questions and Answers Perioperative nursing describes the wide variety of nursing functions associated with a patient's surgical management Preopeperative before surgery Intraoperative during surgery Postoperative after surgery Perioperative Nursing Includes activities performed by a professional registered nurse (RN) before (preoperative), during (intraoperative) and after (postoperative) surgery ...

NR 226 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Deontology defines actions as right or wrong Utilitarianism proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefulness Feminist Ethics focuses on the inequality between people Ethics of Care Emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships, especially as they are revealed in personal narratives Professional Nursing Code of Ethics A set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept Auton...

Nr 226 week 3 Questions and Answers states can make the rules of a facility stricter but NOT looser the nursing standard of practice reflects the knowledge or skill that are normally processed and used by nurses that are actively practicing Legal and professional guidelines that define nursing practice & identify minimum acceptable nursing care and practices American Nurses Association (ANA) develop the standards. ANA standards are used by: State Boards of Nursing/State nurs...

NR 226 - Exam 1 - Ch 17 Nursing Diagnosis Questions and Answers Medical Diagnosis The identification of a disease condition based on a specific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, the patient's medical history and the results of diagnostic tests and procedures Nursing Diagnosis A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems or life processes that the nurse is licensed and competent to treat Collaborative Problem...

NR 224 Exam 1, NR 224 Exam 2, NR 226 Exam 1, NR 226 Exam 2 Questions and Answers correct Critical Thinking -Continuous process characterized by open-mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance -Recognizing that an issue exists, analyzing information, evaluating information, and making conclusions using a systematic apprach Deductive reasoning Critical thinking Critical thinking skills Interpretation Analysis Inference Evaluation Explanation Self-regulation Aspe...