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NUR155 Exam 1 – Questions & Complete SolutionsNursing Process: Assessment - ✔️ collect, organize, validate &
document data,
what do you see, hear, feel
Nursing Process: Diagnosis - ✔️ analyze data,
identify health problems/risks/strengths,
formulate diagnostic statements,
what are priority problems?
Nursing Process: Planning - ✔️ prioritize problems/diagnosis,
formulate goals/outcomes,
select then write nursing interventions,
how will you fix them?
SMART goals during nursing process (planning) - ✔️ specific,
measurable, achievable, realistic, timely
Nursing Process: Implementation - ✔️ your action, reassess pt,
implement nursing interventions,
supervise delegated care,
document nursing activities
Nursing Process: Evaluate - ✔️ collect/compare data related to
outcomes,
relate nursing actions to pt goals/outcomes, continue/modify/terminate pt
care plan based on goals
inductive reasoning?
example? - ✔️ -specific to general, formed from a set of
facts/observations
-the neighbors dog just barked, all dogs can bark
deductive reasoning?
example? - ✔️ -general to specific
-all men are mortal, socrates is a man, socrates is mortal
, Intuition - ✔️ relies on nurses inner sense/clinical judgement
Asepsis - ✔️ freedom from disease-causing microorganisms
medical asepsis - ✔️ confine a specific microorganism to specific
area limiting the number, growth, & spread of microorganisms
surgical asepsis - ✔️ keep an area/object free from ALL
microorganisms; destroy all microorganisms and spores, aka sterile
technique
Sepsis - ✔️ condition in which acute organ dysfunction occurs
secondary to infections
Seizure precautions - ✔️ protect from injury,
don't force anything in mouth,
turn pt on side,
maintain airway & suction oral secretions PRN,
loosen restrictive clothing,
guide movements if necessary,
record time seizure starts & ends
After the completion of a seizure, what should the nurse do? - ✔️
vitals,
neuro checks,
document,
keep patient on their side,
allow patient to rest
Donning PPE - ✔️ gown,
mask,
goggles,
gloves
Doffing PPE - ✔️ gloves,
goggles,
gown,
mask
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