460 Nursing Bullets: Fundamentals of Nursing Reviewer
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460 Nursing Bullets: Fundamentals of Nursing Reviewer
Nursing Bullets
Here’s your list of 460 nursing bullets about fundamentals of nursing.
1. After turning a patient, the nurse should document the position used, the time that the patient was turned, and the findings of skin assessment.
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460 Nursing Bullets: Fundamentals of Nursing Reviewer
Nursing Bullets
Here’s your list of 460 nursing bullets about fundamentals of nursing.
1. After turning a patient, the nurse should document the position
used, the time that the patient was turned, and the findings of
skin assessment.
2. PERRLA is an abbreviation for normal pupil assessment
findings: pupils equal, round, and reactive to light with
accommodation.
3. When percussing a patient’s chest for postural drainage, the
nurse’s hands should
be cupped.
4. When measuring a patient’s pulse, the nurse should assess its
rate, rhythm, quality,
and strength.
5. Before transferring a patient from a bed to a wheelchair, the
nurse should push the wheelchair footrests to the sides and lock
its wheels.
6. When assessing respirations, the nurse should document their
rate, rhythm, depth, and quality.
7. For a subcutaneous injection, the nurse should use a 5/8″ to 1″
25G needle.
8. The notation “AA & O × 3” indicates that the patient is awake,
alert, and oriented to person (knows who he is), place (knows
where he is), and time (knows the date and time).
9. Fluid intake includes all fluids taken by mouth, including foods
that are liquid at room temperature, such as gelatin, custard, and
ice cream; I.V. fluids; and fluids administered in feeding tubes.
Fluid output includes urine, vomitus, and drainage (such as
from a nasogastric tube or from a wound) as
well as blood loss, diarrhea or feces, and perspiration.
10. After administering an intradermal injection, the nurse
shouldn’t massage the area
because massage can irritate the site and interfere with results.
11. When administering an intradermal injection, the nurse
should hold the syringe almost flat against the patient’s skin (at
about a 15-degree angle), with the bevel up.
12. To obtain an accurate blood pressure, the nurse should
inflate the manometer to 20 to 30 mm Hg above the
disappearance of the radial pulse before releasing the cuff
pressure.
13. The nurse should count an irregular pulse for 1 full minute.
14. A patient who is vomiting while lying down should be placed
in a lateral position to prevent aspiration of vomitus.
15. Prophylaxis is disease prevention.
16. Body alignment is achieved when body parts are in proper
relation to their natural position.
17. Trust is the foundation of a nurse-patient relationship.
,18. Blood pressure is the force exerted by the circulating
volume of blood on the arterial walls.
,19. Malpractice is a professional’s wrongful conduct, improper
discharge of duties, or
failure to meet standards of care that causes harm to another.
20. As a general rule, nurses can’t refuse a patient care
assignment; however, in most
states, they may refuse to participate in abortions.
21. A nurse can be found negligent if a patient is injured
because the nurse failed to perform a duty that a reasonable and
prudent person would perform or because the nurse performed
an act that a reasonable and prudent person wouldn’t perform.
22. States have enacted Good Samaritan laws to encourage
professionals to provide medical assistance at the scene of an
accident without fear of a lawsuit arising from the assistance.
These laws don’t apply to care provided in a health care facility.
23. A physician should sign verbal and telephone orders within
the time established by facility policy, usually 24 hours.
24. A competent adult has the right to refuse lifesaving medical
treatment; however, the individual should be fully informed of
the consequences of his refusal.
25. Although a patient’s health record, or chart, is the health
care facility’s physical
property, its contents belong to the patient.
26. Before a patient’s health record can be released to a third
party, the patient or the patient’s legal guardian must give
written consent.
27. Under the Controlled Substances Act, every dose of a
controlled drug that’s dispensed by the pharmacy must be
accounted for, whether the dose was administered to a patient or
discarded accidentally.
28. A nurse can’t perform duties that violate a rule or regulation
established by a state
licensing board, even if they are authorized by a health care
facility or physician.
29. To minimize interruptions during a patient interview, the
nurse should select a private room, preferably one with a door
that can be closed.
30. In categorizing nursing diagnoses, the nurse addresses life-
threatening problems first, followed by potentially life-
threatening concerns.
31. The major components of a nursing care plan are outcome
criteria (patient goals) and nursing interventions.
32. Standing orders, or protocols, establish guidelines for
treating a specific disease or set of symptoms.
33. In assessing a patient’s heart, the nurse normally finds the
point of maximal impulse
at the fifth intercostal space, near the apex.
34. The S1 heard on auscultation is caused by closure of the
mitral and tricuspid valves.
35. To maintain package sterility, the nurse should open a
wrapper’s top flap away from the body, open each side flap by
, touching only the outer part of the wrapper, and open the final
flap by grasping the turned-down corner and pulling it toward the
body.
36. The nurse shouldn’t dry a patient’s ear canal or remove wax
with a cotton-tipped applicator because it may force cerumen
against the tympanic membrane.
37. A patient’s identification bracelet should remain in place
until the patient has been
discharged from the health care facility and has left the premises.
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