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Advanced Directives correct answers 2 basic types of Advanced Directives: Living will Power of Attorney Closed-ended Questions correct answers -Good if need a specific answer -Usually requires 1 or 2 words -Can be answer with a simple 'yes' or 'no' ex: "what is your insulin dose?" or "what is your name or DOB?" Open-ended Questions correct answers -Helps when we want/need more info -Requires elaboration -Cannot be answered with a simple 'yes' or 'no' Therapeutic C...

Diagnostic errors treatment errors preventive errors communication errors correct answers what are the 4 types of errors? active and latent errors correct answers What are the 2 placements of errors healthcare personnel who are providing patient care and responding to patient needs correct answers what are active errors caused by latent error correct answers med cart being incorrectly stocked with a look alike and sound alike medication that the nurse mistakenly administers to the p...

What does OSHA regulate? correct answers Responsible for workplace safety What do Advanced Directives include? correct answers Living will, DNR, DPOA What is 2-way communication? correct answers Tell me more, Ball your fist. Factors that Affect communication? correct answers Level of trust, dementia, environment Barriers to communication? correct answers Arguing, defensiveness, false assumptions. Ethical refers to the state of being what? correct answers Right or wrong The Join...

COPD correct answers Barrel chest/clubbed fingers Caused by smoking Encourage purse lips breathing Orthopneic position Nasal cannula-Keep at low flow Wein off of o2 Elevated HOB Asthma, bronchitis, emphasema Many rest periods Many Small meals Best position for breathing correct answers Orthopneic Pursed lip breathing correct answers In through the nose, out thru the mouth PSA correct answers Prostate Specific Antigen-0.04 Proscar correct answers Women need to wear gloves,...

just culture correct answers workers are protected from disciplinary action when they report injuries, errors, or near misses close-ended question correct answers What is your name? false reassurance correct answers Everything will be fine Why Assess? correct answers To identify changes in pt condition, to help foresee areas of concern RN correct answers who does the initial assessment? Within 24 hours correct answers When should an initial assessment be done? discharge plannin...

When teaching the breast self-examination, you would inform the woman that the best time to conduct breast self-examination is: correct answers on the 4th to 7th days of the menstrual cycle. a male patient presents to the clinic with a complaint of a hard, irregular, nontender mass on his chest under the areola. Upon examination, the nurse notes that the mass is immobile and suspects correct answers carcinoma gynecomastia may occur in an older male secondary to correct answers testosterone...

intramuscular injection (IM) correct answers the administration of medication by injection directly into muscle tissue half-life correct answers Amount of time required for 50% elimination from the body EX: Fentanyl (short half life of 2 hrs) ; Digoxin (long half-life of 36 hrs) onset correct answers When drug starts working peak correct answers When drug reaches highest concentration duration correct answers the length of time that drug continues or lasts (half-life) drug leve...

How to teach pursed lip breathing correct answers breathing into the nose and breathing out slowly through the mouth. What is a PCA pump? correct answers patient controlled analgesic - delivers set amount of pain reliever with push of a button Proscar correct answers -urinary retention medication for enlarged prostate. -shouldn't be used be handled by women at childbearing years. -could cause hair loss Syphilis correct answers bacterial infections usually spread through sexual cont...

Gas Exchange COPD (What is the Patient teaching for COPD? correct answers 1.Pursed lip Breathing 2.Rest period to conserve energy 3.Orthopneic position 4.High fowler's Position 5.2L Oxygen Nasal cannula 6.88-92% oxygen SAT is normal. ABG'S (Normal PH Level? correct answers 7.35-7.45 ABG'S (PaCO2? correct answers 35-45 ABG'S (HCO3? correct answers 22-26 ABG'S (Acidosis? correct answers Lower than 7.35 ABG'S (Alkalosis? correct answers higher than 7.45 ABG'S (Res...

Lasix correct answers Loop diuretic,promotes diuresis,⬇BP,⬇Potassium Metoprolol correct answers Beta blocker It can treat high blood pressure, chest pain (angina), and heart failure. This may lower the risk of death after a heart attack. DO NOT CRUSH Emphysema /COPD correct answers Destruction and enlargement of the air spaces, Symptoms include shortness of breath, wheezing, or a chronic cough. Treatment consists of self care and bronchodilators Rescue inhalers and inhaled or oral st...