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NR 224 Final Exam Key Concepts (FUNDS) LATEST
NOTE: Remember NR 224 requires you to answer exam questions in which you will have to not only understand but also apply information related to the concepts covered in the course. The intent of this study tool is to outline the major content that will ...
NR 224 Final Exam Key Concepts (FUNDS) LATEST
NOTE: Remember NR 224 requires you to answer exam questions in which you
will have to not only understand but also apply information related to the concepts
covered in the course. The intent of this study tool is to outline the major content
that will be covered on the exam. Additional content may be included on the exam.
What are essential steps the
Critical Thinking nurse should do prior to
Be prepared to prioritize and to performing any skill on a
consider the patient?
best option when answering exam -AIDET
questions. A-Acknowledge (greet the
patient)
What considerations are important I- Introduce yourself
when determining the best option? D- duration of assessment
Whatever decision is best for the E- explain the procedure
patient T- thank you
-Hand hygiene and provide
When should the nurse delegate privacy
vs not delegate? -Identify your patient using
Delegation: “transferring name and DOB
responsibility for a performance of an -Assess allergies
activity or task while retaining -Assess pain
accountability for an outcome” -Determine level of
consciousness (LOC)
• assigning tasks to other
healthcare professionals
(vitals, labs); UAP
(unlicensed assistive
personnel),
LPN
s
Not delegate: “to do on your own or
not share the tasks”
• give meds, change in status,
receive new meds, new
admission, teaching
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• Planning: nurse/pt make a
What are principles related to HIPAA? plan to achieve the goal
• Patients’ privacy, who the patient
give right to have his information
• Patient information can be used or
disclosed by a health plan,
provider
• HIPAA enables patients to find out
how their information may be
used and how it has been disclosed
• gives patients the right to examine
and obtain a copy of their own
health records and to request
corrections.
What is HIPAA?
• Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
• Focuses on Patient Health
Information
• Stipulates how healthcare workers
can share information
A major component of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA), the Privacy Rule, was
introduced to promote the use of standard
methods of maintaining the privacy of
protected health information (PHI) among
health care agencies.
Nursing Process
Review the steps in the nursing process.
Be prepared to interpret a
scenario/situation to determine the
corresponding step in the nursing process.
• Assessment: gather all subjective
and objective data
• Diagnosis: NANDA, nursing
diagnosis for actual problems,
Potential problems, or risk for
problems.
• Outcome identification: SMART
goals for pt (patient)
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• Implementation: how the
nurse will put the plan into • Sterile: No
action & SPORES or
Interventions microorganism
• Evaluation: was the goal s
met and what needs to be
adjusted
What are examples of skills and
procedures that should be
Consider nursing diagnoses that performed using clean
are applicable to a given technique? Sterile technique?
situation/scenario. 1. During procedures that
require intentional
perforation of the
patient’s skin, such as
Infection Prevention and insertion of
Control What is the difference
between clean (aseptic) and
sterile technique?
• Clean is the routine hand
hygiene, drying and use of
nonsterile gloves, it uses for
taking blood, examining
patients, and feeding patients.
• Sterile techniques used for
surgery and invasive
procedures with high rates of
infection. It involves
surgical hand rub with long
actin antiseptic, dry hands
with sterile towel, sterile
field (gown, mask, gloves,
supplies), skin prep, a
dedicated room.
• While clean means free from
marks and stains, sterile goes
even further and is free from
bacteria or
microorganisms
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peripheral IV catheters or a What are the different types of
central intravenous line. isolation precautions and
2. when the integrity of the skin is considerations are associated with
broken as a result of trauma, each type?
surgical incision, or burns • Standard precautions should be
3. during procedures that involves used in all settings and it
invasive procedures such as includes hand washing, when
insertion of a urinary catheter or hands are visibly soiled used
surgical instruments into sterile antibacterial soap and water,
body cavities such as insertion of a when not visibly soiled use
wound drain hand
List strategies/interventions that
may prevent infection transmission.
• Standard precaution (wash hands,
gloves) => apply when contact
with blood, body fluid, non-intact
skin, and mucous membrane.
• Hand hygiene is the most
effective basic technique in
preventing and controlling the
transmission of infection.
What are principles associated with
creating and maintaining a sterile field?
consider the 2.5cm (1 inch) around
the sterile gloving contaminated
must be waist level
What is PPE?
PPE: Personal protective equipment
for protection against exposure to
infectious materials. This includes
gloves, mask, goggles, hair net and
gown.
Removal: gloves comes off first, then
gown, mask, head pieces, and first thing
that goes on
Standard precautions: handwashing
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