NURSING TEST

Geri midterm Questions and Answers Match the team members with the best description of their function on the geriatric team. occupational therapist (f) a. works with gait and balance activities physical therapist (a) b. assessment, planning, care coordination nurse (b) c. discharge planning, social assessment social worker (c) d. counseling of patient and family psychologist (d) e. diagnosis and treatment of medical problems geriatrician (e) f. works with home maintenance and ADLs occupa...

Exam 1 LPN-RN Transition Questions and Answers The nurse willing to take risk when others are content with the status quo. This is an example of what nursing role? Change agent A trusted advisor is what role as a nurse? Mentor As a valued member of the healthcare team, the register nurse functions as what when working with physicians, assistant, nursing personnel, pharmacist, physical therapist social workers, and others Collaborator What are the roles of a registered nu...

Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam 1 (Key Terms) - Jersey College Questions and Answers otalgia sensation of fullness or pain in the ear otorrhea drainage from the ear otosclerosis a condition characterized by abnormal spongy bone formation around the stapes presbycusis progressive hearing loss associated with aging rhinorrhea drainage from the nose sensorineural hearing loss loss of hearing related to damage to the end organ for hearing or cranial nerve VIII...

Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College Final Questions and Answers Ch 13: What helps to regulate muscle contraction and relaxation? - calcium Ch 13: What affects threshold potential? - calcium Ch 13: What contributes to muscle weakness and come? - hypercalcemia Ch 13: What contributes to muscle irritability and tetany? - hypocalcemia Ch 13: What helps with carb and protein metabolism, and affects neuromuscular function and produces vasodilation? - magnesium...

Lifespan Finals-jersey College Questions and Answers growth spurt a period during which growth advances at a dramatically rapid rate compared with other periods gross motor skills physical abilities involving large body movements, such as walking and jumping fine motor skills physical abilities involving small body movements, especially of the hands and fingers, such as drawing and picking up a coin Reaction Time the amount of time taken to respond to a specific stimulu...

Fundamentals Nursing - Exam -2 Questions and Answers Hypertonic solution 3% NaCl - causes shift of fluid from ICF to ECF - out of the cells into the vessels. Hypertonic solutions have high osmolality - high ability to draw water toward it and draw water out of the cells. Hypotonic solution 0.45% NaCl - causes shift of fluid from ECF to ICF - pushes water from the vessels into the cells. HypOtonic - cells expand with fluid - used for dehydration. Isotonic Solution 0.9% NaCl and ...

Final exam review LPN to RN Questions and Answers A client loses consciousness after strenuous exercise and needs to be admitted to a health care facility. The client is diagnosed with dehydration. The nurse knows that the client needs restoration of: electrolytes. Non-electrolytes are chemical compounds that remain bound together when dissolved in a solution. Interstitial fluid is the fluid in the tissue space between and around cells. Colloids are substances that do not dissolve...

LPN-RN Transition Course Exam 1 Question and Answers When should you use SBAR to communicate? With other healthcare workers What does the A in SBAR stand for? Assessment Which of these is subjective data? a. physical exam b. vital signs c. the patient's description of pain d. lab test c. the patient's description of pain Which of the following is part of the cycle of infection? a. suspicious host b. reservoir dog c. portal of exit d. port authority c. port...

Mental Health Nursing Exam 1 - Jersey College Questions and Answer at the same time each evening A client's medication sheet contains a prescription for Sertraline (Zoloft). To ensure safe administration of the med, how should the nurse administer the drug? crackers and tossed salad A hospitalized client is started on phenalzine for the tx of depression. The nurse should instruct the client that which foods are acceptable to consume while taking this medication? SATA -figs -yogurt...

Jersey College Sociology Final Questions and Answers Capitalist/Mixed In Denmark, college is free and is encouraged as a means of bettering the society by providing society with highly educated individuals and not profiting off students Feminist theorists argue that work creates and reinforces sex inequality. Women earn less than men in every country, gender is the critical factor in explaining economic inequality. Conflict theorists argue that capitalism creates social problem...

Med Surg 1- Definitions @ Jersey College Chapter 1-Health Care Delivery and Evidence- Based Nursing Practice Questions and Answers Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) a title that encompasses certified nurse practitioners (CNPs), clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), certified nurse-midwives (CNMs), and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) bundle a set of three to five evidence-based practices that, when implemented appropriately, can measurably improve patients' o...

Foundations Chapter 25 (Health assessment) JERSEY COLLEGE Questions and Answers Subjective data Symptoms, data that are experienced or known only by the patient and are gathered by verbal report during the health history. Objective data signs, directly observed or elicited through physical examination techniques. Health History collection of subjective information that provides information about the patient's health status. Physical assessment collection of objective...

Foundations Exam 1 Questions and Answers Standards of care for the nursing practice of the LPN are established by the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses. The LPN demonstrates an evidence-based practice by using scientific information to guide decision making. Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service in New York in 1893 in order to: provide health care to poor persons living in tenements. An educational pathway for an LP...

Pathophysiology Midterm - Jersey College Questions and answers Secondary level of prevention Happens after an illness or serious risk factors have already been diagnosed. Tertiary level of protection Focuses on helping people manage complicated, long-term health problems Biopsy Examination of living tissue Prognosis The probability of specific outcomes Etiology Concerns the causative factors in a particular disease Epidemiology The science of tracking th...

Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam 1 (questions) - Jersey College Questions and Answers VIII Vestibucochlear Balance and equilibrium are functions of the ________ nerve. tympanic membrane The external ear is separated from the middle ear by a disk-shaped structure called the ________________________. auricle (pinna) The _______ collects the sound waves and directs vibrations in to the external auditory canal. cerumen (ear wax) A brown, waxlike substance secreted by ceruminou...

Rosey Health Assessment jersey college Questions and Answers Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) A neurological scaled used to determine the level of consciousness of a patient. TBI PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 depression screening tool SBRIT Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment CAGE questionnaire Alcohol Dependence AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Geriatric Depression Scale a tool to assess for risk of depression in older adults SAD PERSONS scale A simpl...

Nutrition Ch 1 Jersey college Questions & Answers food refers to the plants and animals we consume Nutrition the science that studies food and how nourishes our body and influences our health chronic disease disease develops slowly and can persist for years, often despite treatment. These include obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes Wellness a multidimensional, active process by which people make choices that enhance their lives pellagra deficiency d...

Jersey College Nutrition Final Study Questions & Answers Along with weight reduction, what vitamins are recommended to help with bone health? Vitamin C Loss of muscle mass can be halted or reversed with which of the following? Strength gaining exercises A 79 year old client has been admitted to a long tern care facility that follows a liberal diet approach. The client has a long history of high cholesterol and desire a low cholesterol diet. How might the nurse respond? Malnutri...

Nutrition Ch 1 jersey college Questions and Answers The newborn or neonatal period of infancy is defined as The period from birth until 28 days of age. Infancy is defined as the period from Birth to 12 months of age Growth refers to An increase in physical size Development refers to The sequential process by which infants and children gain various skills and functions Maturation refers to An increase in functionality of various body systems or developmental sk...

LifeSpan Midterm Review - Jersey College Questions and Answers Common chromosomal abnormalities Down's Syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Turner's syndrome What does Rousseau believe about children? Children come into the world as a tabula rasa- "a blank tablet" or clean slate. The field of biology that studies heredity is called Genetics What are the 3 prenatal stages? Germinal, Embryonic, Fetal What are teratogens? environmental influences or agents t...