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You want to get more funding for your hospital's Rapid Response Team. How should you present this issue to the committee? a. Stress importance of the team (look up evidence about how team affects outcomes) b. Describe how to improve and expand the team - correct answer a What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making? a. attend legislative days at the state capitol b. join a hospital committee c. write your local congressman d. review literature and give more in...

Scope of Practice - correct answer Based on legal allowances in each state, individual state nurse practice acts providing guidelines for nursing practice Scope of Practice - correct answer Based on legal allowances in each state, individual state nurse practice acts providing guidelines for nursing practice Key elements of the NP role include - correct answer integration of care across the acute illness continuum with collaboration and coordination of care; research based clinical p...

Who should be screened for HIV? What test do you use? Do you need consent - correct answer Anyone age 15-65 at least once High risk individuals annually (consider 3-6 months) Always include in prenatal testing and high risk individuals in 3rd trimester Written consent and prevention counseling is not required This is OPT out Testing Test using 4th generation HIV test The 4th generation HIV test differs from the ELISA/Western Blot how? What about rapid HIV test - correct answer CD...

Who should be screened for HIV? What test do you use? Do you need consent - correct answer Anyone age 15-65 at least once High risk individuals annually (consider 3-6 months) Always include in prenatal testing and high risk individuals in 3rd trimester Written consent and prevention counseling is not required This is OPT out Testing Test using 4th generation HIV test The 4th generation HIV test differs from the ELISA/Western Blot how? What about rapid HIV test - correct answer CD...

Tx of infectious Post-op fever - correct answer #1 Supportive fluid therapy and APAP #2 Treat underlying source #3 Gram stain and C & S all invasive lines or catheters as indicated. What is the best intervention for fever of unknown origin? - correct answer Nothing until the diagnosis is confirmed. Major syndromes causing fever - S/S of each and TX - correct answer Serotonin syndrome - SSRI use, clonus, hyperreflexia, ataxia, mental status changes, restlessness, confusion, agitatio...

6th-8th grade reading level - correct answer Medical and health information literature should be written no higher than MRT - correct answer Multidisciplinary Response Team Ex: Rapid response team health literacy - correct answer Single best predictor of one's health status How to prepare for future mass casuality - correct answer Pre-enroll in disaster and response organizations such as american red cross MU - correct answer Meaningful Use; healthcare providers' use of c...

COPD - correct answer a common preventable and treatable disease characterized by persistent airflow limitation, usually progressive and associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways and the lung to noxious particles or gases. Small Airways Disease - correct answer Airway inflammation Airway fibrosis, luminal plugs Increased airway resistance Parenchymal Destruction - correct answer Loss of alveolar attachments Decrease of elastic recoil Airflow limit...

The nurse is caring for a client who has taken atenolol for 2 years. The healthcare provider recently changed the medication to enalapril to manage the client's blood pressure. Which instruction should the nurse provide the client regarding the new medication? A. Take the medication at bedtime. B. Report presence of increased bruising. C. Check pulse before taking medication. D. Rise slowly when getting out of bed or chair. - correct answer D. Rise slowly when getting out of bed or chai...

A client who is taking an oral dose of tetracycline reports gastrointestinal upset. Which snack should the nurse instruct the client to take with the tetracycline? a. Fruit-flavored yogurt b. Toasted wheat bread and jelly c. Cold cereal with skim milk d. Cheese and crackers - correct answer B. The nurse is assessing the eyes of a client who just received mydriatic eye drops. Which physiological function of the eye will not respond during the therapeutic period after administration of ey...

Digoxin (Lanoxin) - positive inotrope (increases force of contraction); negative chronotrope (decreases heart rate). How do you assess for this? - correct answer Always take apical pulse for one full minute Client with a long hx of daily digoxin and fourosemide (Lasix) use; creates a high risk for dig toxicity because - correct answer Lasix can cause hypokalemia, which can lead to dig toxicity What can happen when Digoxin is taken with Dronedarone (Multaq), which is another anti-dysrhy...

1) A nurse is caring for a client with hyperparathyroidism and notes that the client's serum calcium level is 13 mg/dL. Which medication should the nurse prepare to administer as prescribed to the client? 1. Calcium chloride 2. Calcium gluconate 3. Calcitonin (Miacalcin) 4. Large doses of vitamin D - correct answer 3. Calcitonin (Miacalcin) 2.) Oral iron supplements are prescribed for a 6-year-old child with iron deficiency anemia. The nurse instructs the mother to administer the i...

What are the 5 rights of medication administration? - correct answer Right Patient Right Drug Right Route Right Time Right Dose How do you safely prepare medication? - correct answer Have good lighting & work alone. Check medication label 3 times (When you grab the medication, Before dispensing medication, & When you replace medication.) Don't use anything without a label. Bottles with bad labels need to be returned to the pharmacy. Never transfer medication into another bottle. ...

Following the administration of sublingual nitroglycerin to a client experiencing an acute anginal attack, which assessment finding indicates to the nurse that the desired effect has been achieved? A. Client states chest pain is relieved B. Client's pulse decreases from 120 to 90 C. Client's systolic blood pressure decreases from 180 to 90 D. Clients SaO2 level increases from 92% to 96% - correct answer A. nitroglycerin reduces mycocardial oxygen consumption which decreases ischemia and...

An antacid (Maalox) is prescribed for a client with peptic ulcer disease. The nurse knows that the purpose of this medication is to a. decrease production of gastric secretions. b. produce an adherent barrier over the ulcer. c. maintain a gastric pH of 3.5 or above. d. decrease gastric motor activity. - correct answer c. maintain a gastric pH of 3.5 or above. The objective of antacids is to neutralize gastric acids and keep pH of 3.5 or above (C) which is necessary for pepsinogen inac...

The nurse reviews the new prescription, phenelzine (Nardil), a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), for a client with depression on the psychiatric unit. Which information is most important for the nurse to assess? A. Consumption of any alcohol or tyramine rich foods B. Reports of nausea or vomiting C. Therapeutic serum drug levels D. Blood pressure and pulse prior to taking each dose - correct answer A The nurse is administering haloperidol 0.5 mg IM PRN to a client for the first time...

The desired solution for cleaning instruments is - correct answer A detergent The absence of microorganisms that cause disease is called - correct answer Asepsis What is burning in a class C fire - correct answer energized electrical equipment Bowie dick tests should be run in - correct answer Dynamic air removal steam sterilizers ___________ is and example of a fungus - correct answer Athletes Foot Award given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center to hospitals tha...

thermal disinfection - correct answer What type of disinfection uses heat to kill all microorganisms with the exception of spores? Antiseptic - correct answer What type of solution inhibits the growth of bacteria and is typically used topically only on animate objects? Mesophiles - correct answer ____________ are often pathogenic to humans because they grow best at body temperature. Brushing should be done under water - correct answer What technique should be used for brushing i...

Why is it important to evenly distribute large instruments in a set? A. The set is difficult to carry if the weight is unevenly distributed B. Extra condensation will make the set more difficult to dry C. It is easier for the end user to sort the instrument D. The overall weight of the set is affected - correct answer B Which of the following BEST describes the overall role of the CS/SPD A. To provide dependable service to enhance patient care B. To provide sterilization services ...

Since Central service techs dont handle money, ethics do not apply to them. True or False - correct answer False pg 16 Central service workflow can be divided into the handling of 3 categories of items: soiled items, clean items, or sterile items. True or False - correct answer True pg 9 The use of positive and negative air pressure in the CSD is designed to take the place of heating and cooling. True or False - correct answer False Pg 13 Since modern CS departments are virtua...

Information technology is often the cornerstone of initiatives to transform healthcare - correct answer True Disposable items increase combustible load in a healthcare facility - correct answer True Enabling people to use information gained to interact with others is known as - correct answer human relations At this time tracking systems are unable to track worker productivity information. - correct answer false A step in communication that occurs when a listener asks a quest...