NURSING TEST

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 ...

CJE Fundamentals NR 226 Questions and Answers Assessment includes recognizing cues gathering data subjective and objective data Diagnosis includes analyzing cues and prioritizing hypothesis nursing diagnosis Planning includes generate solutions plan goals and outcomes smart goals Implementation includes take actions direct care v. indirect care with ADLs and IADLs model of reflection R-recall events E- examine the response F- acknowledge feelings L- lea...

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...

Fundamentals NR 226 Quiz 3 Questions and Answers What are the main causes of electrolytes imbalances? Changes in diet GI malfunction Renal problems Medications Procedures Disease process What is considered an isotonic solution? Fluid with the same tonicity as normal blood What is considered a hypotonic solution? More dilute than blood --cell swells What is considered a hypertonic solution? More concentrated than normal blood --cell shrinks Extracellular fl...

NR 226 fundamentals week 1 exam 1 Questions and Answers Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice Registered nurses (RNs) are responsible for making accurate and appropriate clinical decisions or judgments. Nurses must learn to question, wonder, and explore different perspectives and interpretations to find a solution that benefits the patient. critical thinking The ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process A c...

NR 226 Exams 3 Questions and Answers Types of surgery Categories: Seriousness, Urgency, Purpose Seriousness of surgery major: involves extensive reconstruction of body parts (ex. colon resection) minor: involves minimal alteration of body parts; correct deformities (ex. cataract extraction) purposes of surgery diagnostic, ablative, palliative, reconstructive, transplantation, constructive urgency of surgery 1. Elective: not necessary for health (ex. BA) 2. Urgent: n...

NR 226 Managing Patients Cares Questions and Answers Magnet recognition has a transformed culture with a practice environment that is dynamic, autonomous, collaborative, and positive for nurses. The culture focuses on concern for patients Team nursing developed in response to the severe nursing shortage following World War II Total patient care was the original care delivery model developed during Florence Nightingale's time Primary nursing was developed to place RNs...

NR 226 Ethics Questions and Answers The nurse gives the wrong medication to a patient and notifies the provider and charge nurse immediately. Which code is the nurse practicing? Accountability A nurse receives a call from a church member regarding when Mr. Jones may be coming home. The nurse shares that Mr. Jones will be coming home on Friday. Which act did the nurse violate? HIPPA What is the nurse's role in informed consent? Witness Consent Mr. Jones has decided to ...

NR 226 Exam 1 Questions and Answers medical diagnosis identification of a disease based on specific evaluation of physical s/s, pt's medical hx, and results of diagnostic tests and procedures nursing diagnosis clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual/potential health problems/life processes that nurse is licensed/competent to treat focuses on pt's actual/potential response to health problem not physiological event/disease/complication ...

NR 226 Weeks 1 & 2 Questions and Answers Which type of nurses make the best communicators? Ones who develop critical thinking skills Perception is influenced by which three things? The five senses, culture, and education Define perceptual bias human tendencies that interfere with accurately perceiving and interpreting messages from others. What can help overcome perceptual bias? Critical thinking What are the 6 levels of communication? Intrapersonal: occurs wit...