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NUR 233 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE what are the ABCs? airway, breathing, circulation what is something that has high priority? life threatening what is something that is moderate priority? not a direct threat to life, but may cause physic...

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NUR 233 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE


what are the ABCs?

airway, breathing, circulation

what is something that has high priority?

life threatening

what is something that is moderate priority?

not a direct threat to life, but may cause physical or emotional challenges

what is something that is low priority?

requires minimal supportive nursing intervention

what can the RN delegate?

they can delegate components of care but cannot delegate the nursing process itself

who is responsible of a task after the RN delegates it to a UAP?

the RN remains responsible for the task

do UAPs work without supervision?

no, they are always supervised by the nurse

what are the 5 rights of delegation?

right task, circumstance, person, direction/communication, supervision

what are examples of things that can be delegated to a UAP?

attain vital signs, pain reports and fingers tick blood glucose levels

what is primary prevention

,prevents and slows the onset of disease; pro active health prevention

what happens during secondary health prevention?

early recognition and treatments of illnesses in the early stages so that the patient can

return to good health - typically happens in the acute care setting

tertiary health prevention

stop the disease from progressing and try and return to pre illness state. Happens

through medical treatment, surgery, rehabilitation, and recovery - happens in the acute

care setting

what is the most reliable indicator of pain in a patient?

their self reported pain

what pain scale is used for children?

a pain scale with faces

what pain scale is used for adults?

a pain scale with numbers

when treating pain, what types of treatment do you want to use?

non drug and drug therapies

what type of approach do you want to use when treating pain?

a holistic approach - treating the whole

non opioid analgesics are effective for what?

mild to moderate pain

what is beneficial about non opioid analgesics?

they do not produce tolerance or physical dependence

what is an example of a nonsalicylate?

, acetominophen

what is an example of a salicylate

aspirin

opioid analgesics are classified based on what

according to their action

pure agonist opioid examples:

morphine, oxycodone, coedine

what is the gold standard opioid?

morphine

what are examples of mixed agonists and antagonist opioids?

pentazocine (taluni), nalbuphine (nubrain), butorphanol (stadol)

what is good about agonist-antagonist opioids?

they cause less respiratory depression

what is bad about agonist-antagonist opioids?

they cause more dysphoria and agitation and have an analegsic ceiling

what are side effects of opioids

constipation, N/V, sedation, respiratory depression, puritis

What is a PCA pump?

a specific type of IV delivery system, where the patient has control on how much of the

medication gets administered

what are the barriers of opioid administration?

fear of addiction, fear of tolerance, concern about side effects

what do non drug therapies include?

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