NURS 221 (With 100% correct answers)

A patient is preparing for discharge following hip surgery and the patient will likely require extensive physiotherapy. What assessment question should the nurse prioritize? correct answers "Are you able to pay for the costs of your physiotherapy treatments?" A nurse is providing care for a pat...

Nurse Practice Acts correct answers State laws that determine and define the responsibility and scope of practice of nurse Patient Self Determination Act correct answers A federal law that ensures that patients have the right to self-determination in health care decisions, that these wished be pr...

A patient complains of pain during a dressing change. What would be the most effective intervention the nurse could initiate at the next dressing change in order to reduce the patient's pain? correct answers Premedicate the patient with a prescribed analgesic 30 minutes before the intervention. ...

A nurse is performing an admission assessment on a client who has hypovolemia due to vomiting and diarrhea. The nurse should expect to find which of the following? (select all that apply) correct answers A.Tachycardia B. Syncope (spontaneous loss of consciousness with spontaneous recovery) C. Decr...

Why is hygiene important? correct answers It is necessary for comfort, safety, ad well-being What should you consider when giving a patient a bed bath? correct answers normal grooming routines, culture, and individualize care Therapeutic baths correct answers used to promote comfort and/ or pr...

Why is pt safety important? correct answers reduces risk of illness/injury, length of stay, promotes pt well being and protects staff What is the nurses responsibility in reduction of medical errors? correct answers having critical thinking and a spirit of questioning Basic human needs correct...

What do you do before giving supplemental 02? correct answers Skin assessment, and look at pt's mucous membrane, check pulse ox What does the bag need to be before inspiring? correct answers 1/3-2/3 inflated If patient has a tracheostomy or 4 or more L of 02 what do you need to use? correct a...

A.I.D.E.T. correct answers A-acknowledge I-introduce D-duration E-explanation T-thank you patient-inherent accident correct answers the patient is the primary cause of the accident potential safety hazards include correct answers -physical hazards -fire -poison -med error -transmission...

A nurse is caring for a client who is at high risk for aspiration. What is an appropriate nursing intervention? A. Give the client thin liquids B. Instruct the client to tuck her chin when swallowing C. Have the client use a straw D. Encourage the client to lie down and rest after meals correct ...

Definition of Pharmacology/Drug correct answers study of or the science of drugs what is a drug? correct answers Any chemical that affects the physiology of a living organism how do drugs get their names? correct answers Every drug has 3 names: -Chemical Name: molecular structure -Generic ...

c. differentiation correct answers Cells develop specialized functions through the process of A. diffusion B. anaerobic glycolysis C. differentiation D. transcription B. protein correct answers Receptors bind specific small molecules and are composed of this: A. lipid B. protein ...

Describe what nursing is? correct answers Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, and alleviation of suffering the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, fa...

A patient newly diagnosed with diabetes needs to learn how to use a glucometer. Use of a glucometer constitutes: A. affective learning. B. cognitive learning. C. motivational learning. D. psychomotor learning. correct answers D. psychomotor learning. During a teaching session, the nurse tells...

What does RACE stand for? correct answers rescue, alarm, confine, extinguish What does PASS stand for? correct answers pull the pin, aim, squeeze, sweep If seizures occur what do you do? correct answers always stay with the patient, call for help, if standing, guide to the floor and cradle hea...