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What Are the 2017 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals? - - Identify patients correctly - Improve staff communication - Use medicines safely - Use alarms safely - Identify patient safety risks - Prevent Infection - Prevent mistakes in surgery What Are the Purposes of Surgery? - - Diagnosis (Yes or No) - Exploration (Find Problem) - Cure (Remove/Fix) - Prevention (Early Stages) - Palliation (Dying, Hospice, Comfort, No Cure) - Cosmetic Improvement (Burns, Mastectomy, Reconst...

A nurse is caring for a client who has atopic dermatitis and a prescription for triamcinolone ointment. The nurse should assess the client to monitor for which of the following adverse effects? Increased pigmentation Topical glucocorticoid therapy can cause the adverse effect of hypopigmentation. Localized hair loss Long-term glucocorticoid therapy can cause hypertrichosis, or excessive hair growth, especially on the facial area. Thinning of the skin assessing a client who ha...

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Surgery - A branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of diseases, deformities, and injuries through manual procedures called operations Ectomy - Excision or removal/cutting out or off (Ex. Appendectomy) Lysis - Destruction of/removal Orraphy - Repair or suture of Oscopy - Looking into Ostomy - Creation of opening to furnish an outlet (Ex. Colonostomy) Plasty - Repair of scar or tissue revision Oma - Tumer excision of a fibroma Otomy - Cut into - thoracotomy - cut i...

The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and discharge goals will be developed with the patient's input. The patient states, "How is this different from what the doctor does?" Which response would be most appropriate for the nurse to make? a. "The role of the nurse is to administer medications and other treatments prescribed by your doctor." b. "The nurse's job is to help the doctor by collecting information and communicating any problems th...

Type 1 diabetes - is when the pancreas makes little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone the body uses to allow sugar aka glucose to enter cells to produce energy. Usually Causes in adolescents through genetics or exposure to certain viruses. Treatment is directed toward managing the amount of sugar in the blood using insulin, diet and lifestyle to prevent complications. Symptoms include thirst, weight loss, hungry, tired/ weak, urinating a lot, and blurry vision. Type 2 diabetes - impai...

Which adaptive equipment would be most appropriate to use for a severely contracted patient who is unable to bear weight when transferring from bed to chair - Patient Lift example hoyer What lab values are expected to be in a patient with end stage renal disease on hemodialysis - BUN 32, CREATNINE 8.32 Your 85 year old patient with atrial fibrillation fell at home 3 days ago. You notice she has been having several episodes of acute confusion since being admitted to your unit. What is...

When describing patient education approaches, the nurse educator would explain that informal teaching is an approach that a. follows formalized plans b. has standardized content c. often occurs one-to-one d. addresses group needs - C. Informal teaching is individualized one on one teaching which represents the majority of patient education done by nurses that occurs when an intervention is explained or a question is answered. Group needs are often the focus of formal patient education c...

A student nurse is preparing blood for an A Positive patient who needs to receive a blood transfusion. The nurse intervenes after which statement? A. " Since you are A positive, you are considered a "universal recipient", therefore you can receive any type of blood. B. "A positive blood types can receive A+, A-, O+ and O-" C. "Testing your blood type helps us determine what type of blood you need. Not all blood types are the same and can cause a reaction" D. "Only certain people w...

1.2 milligrams is equal to how many micrograms? - 1200 mcg Your post-op patient has a Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain in place. How do you ensure effective drain function? - Compress the drain, then plug the bulb to establish suction Your male patient complains of discomfort while inflating the balloon during insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter. What would be the MOST appropriate action? - Deflate the balloon, advance the catheter further, then reinflate the balloon Your patie...

A nurse is caring for a client who is to have his chest tube removed. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Cover the insertion site with a hydrocolloid dressing after removal B. Provide pain medication immediately after removal C. Instruct the client to perform the Valsalva maneuver during removal D. Delegate removal of the chest tube to a LPN - C The nurse should instruct the patient to perform the Valsalva maneuver during removal to maintain the appropriate amount ...

On initial assessment the patient is found to be quiet interested in asking questions about the nurse, evades personal questions, and is often silent while making no eye contact. These characteristics are more likely to be found in which behavior: 1 Withdrawn 2 Manipulative 3 Dependent 4 Hostile - ANS 1 Rationale: Patients displaying withdrawn behavior frequently are lonely and fearful, and set up barriers for contact, such as avoiding eye contact. Getting personal needs met is characte...

An adult client who is hospitalized after surgery reports sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnea. the client appears anxious, restless, and mildly cyanotic. the nurse should further assess the client for which condition? - Pulmonary embolism which information should the nurse obtain when performing an initial assessment of a client who presents to the emergency department with a painful ankle injury? (select all that apply) - Quality of the pain Signs of inflammation Ankle range of m...

A nurse has recently been assigned to a medical-surgical clinical rotation. According to the scope of medical-surgical nursing, what type of client assignments does the nurse expect to see? A. Hospitalized children with acute and chronic illnesses B. Hospitalized adults with acute and chronic illnesses C. Older adults in a nursing home D. Working adults in a corporate setting - B. Hospitalized adults with acute and chronic illnesses Rationale The scope of medical-surgical nursing, som...

A nurse working in an emergency dept. Is caring for a client who has benzodiazepine toxicity due to an overdose. Which actions is the nurses priority? A- administer flumazenil B- identify the clients level of orientation C- infuse iv fluids D- prepare the client for gastric lavage - B- identify the clients level of orientation A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for escitalopram for treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. Which of the following statements by the ...

a nurse is planning care for a client who has - A nurse is monitoring a client following a thyroidectomy. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication of hypoparathyroidism? - Involuntary muscle spasms (occurs if the parathyroid glands are damaged or removed during a thyroidectomy. Muscle twitching and paresthesias can result due to decreased parathyroid hormone levels and calcium deficiency.) A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client wh...