Patient contact cent - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. Why do we do the 5 rights when giving medications? 2. How many patient identifiers do we need? 3. How do you give sublingual nitroglycerin 4. Benefit of giving a transder- mal patch? 1. right drug 2. right person 3. right dose 4. right route 5. right time To ensure patient safety We need 2 patient identifiers to ensure that it is the correct patient Have patient put medication underneath their tongue while sitting or lying down 3 doses within 15 minutes with each dose being 3-5...

1. Sixteen-year-old Sarah makes the following state-ments to you during a health visit. Which of the fol-lowing pieces of information should not be kept confidential? a. "I have been sexually active with three of my boyfriends." b. "I sometimes smoke marijuana. "c. "I want to get pregnant." d. "Sometimes I feel like ending my life." - ANSWER-1. D: Any statements a patient makes that entail harm of self or others are not covered by patient confidential-ity guidelines. 2. In perform...

CNOR Questions While completing the preoperative assessment, a nurse notices the pt R knee has been marked by the surgeon but the pt is scheduled for the L Knee arthroplasty. What is the best action for the nurse? - Correct answer verify with the surgeon" "A pt age 7 is scheduled for a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy at the ambulatory surgery center. During the preoperative telephone interview, the mother asks the preoperative nurse if her daughter will be able to take her favorite stuff...

SAM 1A Module 1: The Nurse as Team Leader • 1953 o Eleanor Lambertson and her colleagues proposed a system of team nursing to overcome the fragmentation of care resulting from the task-oriented functional approach. • Practical nurses' role  team leadership and patient teaching. • Leadership o Influencing individuals or groups to take an active part in the process of achieving agreed-upon goals. • Nursing leadership o a process of interpersonal influence through which a patien...

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1. A nurse is teaching the parent of an infant about "Give the infant ways to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). a pacifier at bed- Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? "Place the infant in a prone position to sleep." "Allow the infant to sleep on a large pillow." "Use a soft mattress in the infant's crib." "Give the infant a pacifier at bedtime." 2. A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a school-age child who is experienci...

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1. Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? 2. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply 3. Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the fol- lowing effects? 4. Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral effects by blocking which of the following receptors? 5. The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome charac- terized by specific s/s resultin...

Distribution of this document is illegal Please write clearly in block capitals. Centre number Candidate number Surname Forename(s) Candidate signature I declare this is my own work. A-level BIOLOGY Paper 3 Time allowed: 2 hours Materials For this paper you must have: • a ruler with millimetre measurements • a scientific calculator. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill within the boxes at the top based on this page. • Answer all questions withi...

NURS 6521N Midterm Exam 2 – Advanced Pharmacology | LATEST UPDATE A nurse is caring for a postsurgical patient who has small tortuous veins and had a difficult IV insertion. The patient is now receiving IV medications on a regular basis. What is the best nursing intervention to minimize the adverse effects of this drug therapy? A patient is in the clinic after 6 weeks of taking riluzole (Rilutek) for a recent diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The nurse will priori- tize assessment f...