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What are professional characteristics? - -extensive education -theoretical body of knowledge -specific service -autonomy in decision making -code of ethics Define Nursing - The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations

A nurse is assessing a client who has emphysema. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? - Elevated Temperature: The nurse should report an elevated temperature to the provider because it can indicate a possible respiratory infection. Clients who have emphysema are at risk for the development of pneumonia and other respiratory infections. A nurse is planning care for a client who has asthma. Which of the following medications should the nurse plan to adminis...

Who defined Culture as is the learned, shared and transmitted values, beliefs, norms, and lifeways of a group that guides their thinking, decisions, and actions in patterned ways? - Madeleine Leininger: Created the sunrise model emphasizing the importance of culture to a patient "Nursing is therapeutic interpersonal process". This definition was stated by: - Hildegard Peplau Which of the following statements is related to Florence Nightingale? - Defines nursing (first person to attempt ...

What are the sources of knowledge for nursing practice? - Tradition/rituals Authority Trial and error Experience Research How did Canadian nursing and research generally progress? - Nursing research went from apprenticeship to having nursing leaders in nursing chairs leading specific researchers What were the knowledge sources in 1639, when nursing was only in the level of apprenticeship training? - Traditions Trial and error Experience What was Nightingale known for? What did she...

What is required for a drug to move through the body? a. Selectivity and effectiveness b. Ability to cross membranes c. Development of an electric charge d. A transporter protein - b. Ability to cross membranes The nurse is preparing to give a medication for pain. The drug label states that it is "lipid soluble." What would be the nurse's expectation about how easily this drug could pass through a cell membrane? a. Slowly b. Rapidly c. Unpredictably d. Variably - b. Rapidly Which ...

When listening to your patient's lungs, and you hear crackles, what does that tell you about your patient? - There is fluid in patient's air filled cavity. What is it called when a patient's anterior posterior diameter equals the width of the transverse diameter? - Patient is barrel chested. What do you look at to measure to see if your patient is barrel chested? - anterior posterior diameter equaling the transverse diameter. If patient is having trouble breathing, what four steps shoul...

What is caring in the nursing profession? - Action or activity towards providing care "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible "This definition of nursing was given by: - Virginia Avenel H...

Which comment by the nurse obtaining a patient's health history demonstrates an understanding of the principles of effective communication? A)"You look like you're feeling well. You don't feel bad, do you?" B)"Tell me, when did you notice that your stomach pain started?" C)"In the past month, have you shown any signs of hemoptysis?" D)"Have you experienced any mouth pain, sneezing, coughing, or hoarseness?" - B) "Tell me, when did you notice that your stomach pain started?" A...

When to perform hand hygiene - -after touching inantimate objects -before entering the room -before seeing pt -before putting on gloves -after removing gloves -after seeing pt -after exiting room -before doing something invasive or manipulating an invasive device -before & after eating & using the bathroom -when visibly soiled when to use alcohol-based hand rub /gel - when my hands are not visibly soiled which hand hygiene method is more effective at killing bacteria? - alcohol-base...

Selectivity means that : 1. only certain populations respond to the drug. 2. the drug only causes desired effects. 3. the dosage determines the effects of the drug. 4. the health care organization determines - 2 Most adverse drug effects are identified in phase ___ of clinical testing. - IV The best clinical evidence for drug effectiveness comes from a: 1. large, random-controlled trial with double-blinding 2. large, random-controlled trial with single-blinding 3. small, random-controll...

How many possible codons are there? - 64 What make up a codon? - 3 Nucleotides Eukaryotic chromosomes are ___________ DNA molecules. - Linear In prokaryotic cells, genomic DNA are _________ and they form __________ DNA. - Genomic & Supercoiled How is supercoiling created? - It is created by unwinding or overwinding the helix. What are the three parameters that describe supercoiling? - 1. Linking # 2. Twist 3. Writhe

Each mRNA sequence contains how many reading frames? - 3 Each DNA sequence contains how many reading frames? - 6 Insertion and deletion lead to what? - Frameshift How many codons are there? - 64 64 codons for how many amino acids? - 20 Methionine is a __________ codon. - Start

One of the enzymes involved in glycolysis, aldolase, requires Zn2+ for catalysis. Under conditions of zinc deficiency, when the enzyme may lack zinc, it would be referred to as the: - apoenzyme which one of the following is not among the six internationally accepted classes of enzymes? -hydrolases -ligases -oxidoreductases -polymerases -transferases - polymerases which of the following statements is false? A) a reaction may not occur at a detectable rate even though it has a favorable ...

Most transcription factors that bind to DNA are dimers (T/F) - True The lucine zipper is an Example of a DNA binding Motif in the minor Grove (T/F) - False (major groove) DNA Almost always binds in the major groove (T/F) - True In bacteria, a sequence at the N-terminus is recognized by a secreatin system resulting in translocation of protein out of cytosol (T/F) - True Silencing mRNA requires production of double stranded RNA (T/F) - True (intermediate) Steroid hormone receptors repress t...

You measured a 10 mL sample of DI water using a buret and an analytical balance. The mass was determined to be 9.9979 g. What is the volume of the water if the temperature at the time of the experiment is 22°C? The density of water at 22°C is 0. g/mL. Enter the numerical value, without units, to five significant figures. - 10.0202 A clean dry beaker has an initial mass of 45.4730 g. You transfer 10.0107 mL of an unknown liquid to the beaker. The new mass of the beaker and liquid is 60.012...

Which of the following chemical symbols corresponds to bromine? a) Ba b) Bo c) Br d) Be e) B - C Which of the following is an example of a chemical change? a) deposition b) evaporation c) sublimation d) burning in air e) freezing - D

what is the term for a family of unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds having a triple bond? - alkynes What is the general term for a hydrocarbon that contains only single bonds? - saturated hydrocarbon How many C atoms are in one molecule of the hydrocarbon, decane? - 10 Which of the following molecular formulas corresponds to octene? - C8H16 What is the common name for HC=CH? - acetylene What is the term for compounds with the same molecular formula, but with different structural formulas?...

Which of the following is proper response to getting chemicals in your eyes? - use the eyewash station Tank tops are not considered proper laboratory attire - True I do not have to report burns from hot glassware to my instructor. - False At the end of each experiment, all chemical waste can be poured into the sink. - False After finishing an experiment, goggles can be removed regardless of whether or not others in the lab are still doing the experiment. - False I should avoid touching ch...

All chemical waste generated during the lab should be placed in the appropriate waste container. - True Hot glass and cold glass look the same - Tue Which of the following is proper response to getting chemical in your eyes? - Use the eye wash station to rinse the eyes Which are examples of poor lab techniques? - -Pipetting by mouth -Filling a 10 mL graduated cylinder directly from a large reagent bottle -Shaking down a lab thermometer before using Tank tops are not considered proper att...

What is the title of this class? - clinical drug information skills Name of interlibrary loan program at Shenandoah is (SU access to journals) - WorldShare ILL PubMed will help you find what types of literature? - 1. primary 2. tertiary Primary literature - original research articles Secondary liturature - resources that index primary lit with the goal of directing user to primary literature Tertiary - summary of primary literature by author or edito