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NURS 309 Exam 1 Questions And Accurate Answers


Assessment

Subjective: complaints, history, medications, etc currently

Objective: vital signs, fluid intake and output, heigh/weight

Diagnosis

RN's clinical judgment about actual or potential health problems to assist in prioritizing
and planning care

Problem, related to, as evidenced by

Planning

goals and outcomes established and individualized to unique needs

Implementation

carrying out interventions identified such as cardiac monitor or oxygen, medication and
usual policy

anaylse implementation to decide whether desired outcomes have been met;
intervention may need to be reviewed constantly

Basic human needs

oxygen, nutrition, temperature

Oxygen

The client may require supplemental oxygen, this is flammable.

Nutrition

Food left at room temperature or not prepared appropriately leads to nosocomial
infections and foodborne illness

Temperature

Extended exposure to cold causes frostbite and accidental hypothermia. Extended
exposure to heat changes levels of electrolyte causing heatstroke or heat exhaustion

Motor Vehicle Accidents

- Risk is higher among 16-19 year old drivers than any other age group.

, - Risk associated with older drivers are decline in vision, cognitive functioning, and
physical changes

Poison

Any substance that impairs health or results in death when ingested, inhaled, injected,
or absorbed into the body.

Sources of poison in a persons home

medicines, solid or liquids cleaning substance, gases, and vapors

Falls

An event that results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground or floor, a
leading cause of accidental injury deaths worldwide.

Disasters

Natural disasters such as floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires are a
major cause of death and injury.

Six critical factors of Disaster-preparedness

communication, resources-supplies and assests, safety and security, staff
responsibilies, utilities management, patient clinical and support activities

Transmission of Pathogens

Pathogens and parasites at all times threaten a person's safety; the use of appropriate
hand hygiene can prevent many of these

Vaccinations

Decreases and in some instances prevents the spread of infectious diseases from one
person to another.

personal factors

- organizational culture

- lifestyle

- immobility

sensory, perceptual, or communicative impairment

economic status

knowledge/awareness of safety

Organizational culture

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