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Nurs 125 final answered correctly updated summer 2024
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NUR 125 Study Guideearly morning care - answerprovided to people as they wake in the morning
also referred to as "face, hands and back"
settling care - answerprovided to people before they retire for the night
also referred to as "PM care"
as-needed care - answerprovided to people as required
aslo referred to as "PRN care"
skin assessment - answer1. a nursing history to determine the person's skin care
practices, self-care abilities and past or current skin problems
2. physical assessment of skin
3. identification of people at risk of developing skin impairments
clinical reasoning cycle - answer1. consider the patient
2. collect cues / information
3. Process information
4.Identify problems / issues
5. establish goal/s
6. take action
7. evaluate outcomes
8. Reflect on process and new learning
REPEAT
consider the patient - answerdescribe
- list facts, context, objects or people
collect cues / information - answer1. review current information
- eg handover reports, patient history, patient charts, results of investigations and
nursing/mediacl assessments previously undertaken
2. Gather new information
eg undertake patient assessment
3. Recall knowledge
eg physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, epidemiology, therapeutics,
context of care, ethics, law etc)
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subjective data - answerconsist of information obtained from what the person
says.
It describes the person's perceptions and experience with the problem
objective data - answerconsist of information that is measured or observed by
use of the senses
S2 - answerschedule 2
pharmacy medicine
S3 - answerschedule 3
pharmacist only medicine
S4 - answerschedule 4
Prescription Only Medicine OR Prescription Animal Remedy
S5 - answerschedule 5
Caution
S6 - answerschedule 6
Poison
S7 - answerschedule 7
dangerous poison
S8 - answerschedule 8
controlled drug
S9 - answerschedule 9
prohibited substance
S10 - answerschedule 10
Substances of such danger to health as to warrant prohibition of sale, supply and
use
Scheduling - answera national classification system that controls how medicines
and poisons are made available to the public.
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Medicines and poisons are classified into Schedules according to the level of
regulatory control over the availability of the medicine or poison required to
protect public health and safety.
pharmacokinetics - answerThe process by which drugs are absorbed, distributed
within the body, metabolized, and excreted.
influences the decided route of administration for a specific medication, the
amount and frequency of each dose and its dosing intervals.
half-life - answert1/2) refers to the time taken for half the initial dose of medicine
administered to be eliminated from the body
t1/2 = 0.693/ke (Where ke = first order elimination constant of the medicine.)
For example, a medicated dose with a half-life of 12 hours, would have 25 per
cent of the medication left in the body after 24 hours.
PO - answerby mouth
first year students - S2 only
PR - answerper rectum
out of scope for first year students
PV - answerper vagina
out of scope for first year students
SC - answersubcutaneous
out of scope for first year students
also called IMI = intramuscular injection
IMI - answerintramuscular injection
out of scope for first year students
also called SC = subcutaneous
SL - answersublingual (under the tongue)
out of scope for first year students
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Topical or Transdermal Drugs - answerApply directly to skin
Act directly on skin: immediate onset of action
Absorb through skin: delayed onset of action
out of scope for first year students
inhalation medication - answermedication that is sprayed or breathed into the
nose, throat, and lungs. It is absorbed into the mucous membrane lining of the
nose and throat and by the alveoli of the lungs
out of scope for first year students
intranasal - answerwithin the nose
out of scope for first year students
Telephone orders (TO) or verbal orders (VO) - answerout of scope for first year
students
Intraosseous (IO) - answerInto the bone; a medication delivery route.
out of scope for first year students
immunisation - answerGiving a vaccine that allows immunity to develop without
exposure to the disease itself.
out of scope for first year students
medications that require checking by 2 authorised healthcare professionals for
CDU students - answer• S2, S4 and S8 telephone orders
• Medication administered as an additive to an IV infusion bag, burette or syringe
driver
• Medication administered by direct IV injection
• Medications administered by intramuscular or subcutaneous
• Medications given to babies and children
• Controlled drugs
• Warfarin
Preceptee - answerA student learning within a clinical area which may be
attached to a primary, secondary or tertiary agency including primary health care,
community, acute, mental health, aged care.
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