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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is joint commission? RAE? | Regulatory agency that provides accreditation |
| Press Gainey survey? | Pt satisfactory survey |
| What is the role of case manager? | To help pts if they have nowhere to go |
| Affordable care act? | Lessen health care disparities, insurance can't turn away pt w/ pre-existing conditions, adults remain on parents' insurance until 26 |
| If someone has to go to long term care facility, what does it look like? | Physical therapy, an order pt referral needed 2-3x a week |
| Pt is discharged home but has pressure ulcer? | Home care |
| Interprofessional collaboration? | Members of health care team collaborate together |
| Preventive measures for chronic illness? (Diabetes, HTN) | Health promotion |
| Role of healthy people 2030? | Science based goal |
| What can't we modify? | Genetics & age |
| If you have a young mother w/ no job & homeless? | Social economics |
| QSEN? | Quality, safety, education for nursing Pt centered care, teamwork + collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, informatics |
| Examples of safety? | Call light within reach Wheelchair locked Bed at lowest position Room free of clutter |
| Role of board of nursing? | Determines & enforces contents of NPA |
| When a nurse graduates in one state and then moves to another state? | Follow state by state guidelines Get compact license |
| What is infidelity? | Not being true to pt |
| Code of ethics? | Guidelines that outline professional behaviors |
| Values? | Morals Life experiences Own values |
| Professional values? | Leave personal values Be impartial |
| What do you do when you pt has an unwitnessed fall? | Assess pt Objective charting No feelings, opinions just facts |
| Nurse is inebriated or smells like alcohol? | Report it |
| What does delegation mean | |
| When receiving informed consent we are? | Pt advocates |
| What does professionalism mean? | You are taking accountability |
| Nurse using evidence based practice? | Researching |
| Antihypertension meds, what do we worry about? | Dizziness and falls |
| When you have a pt w/ kidney, disease, what wouldn't you eat? | Sodium substitute |
| What are soft foods? | Mashed potatoes Ground beef Apple sauce Yogurt |
| What are clear liquids? | Water Grape liquids Broth Apple sauce |
| Dysphagia? | Alternate food + liquids |
| Pt with phantom pain is called? | Neuropathy |
| When a pt can't speak how do you know they are in pain? | BMP heart rate increases |
| What is autonomy? | Do it for yourself |
| What kind of order can a Dr. write that nurse has autonomy to give? | PRN meds |
| If an elderly pt doesn't want to take a med, why? | They are afraid of getting addicted |
| Non-maleficence? | Do no harm |
| What is acupressure? | Using fingertips to press pressure points |
| What is acupuncture? | Small needles on pressure points |
| what do we worry about acupuncture? | Infection |
| Where would you use ice on a pt? | Reduce swelling new injuruies R.I.C.E |
| Nail polish? | Can interfere with pulse ox |
| Where do you find mucous membranes? | Mouth, nose, ears, respiratory tract |
| Cheyne-stokes? | Shallow breathing w/ apnea |
| What is normal O2 rate? If its low? | 94-100 give O2, elevate head of bed |
| What does nurse compact license allow? | To work in another state that has them |
| What organization will advocate for culture competency? | Indian health service (IHS) |
| SOAP? | Subjective, objective, assessment, plan |
| Purpose of EHR? | to allow efficient interprofessional collaboration |
| Who started EHR? | Department of veteran's affair 1970s |
| What is EHR? | Demographics |
| Reconciliation has to do w/ ? | Medication |
| Pt w CHF what do you do before they eat? | you weigh pt |
| what kind of pt with trouble communicating? | pt on a spectrum |
| what is the critical thinking and interpreting? | breaking down complex data |
| maslows hierchy | |
| if a pt is threating to throw food what do you do? | take them somewhere quietly |
| what do it mean to deescalate a pt | to calm them down |
| a pt w a stroke? | refer them to physical therapy |
| where do you give report? | pt bedside |
| nurse is calling from lab | read back |
| do all members get along? | no lack of communication |
| hippa enforcement rules | pay a fine |
| medication errors are likely to occur when | during administration |
| when you are getting a dr for a pt | pt advacate |
| what are most incident reports related to | falls |
| nursing process is based of | evidence based practice |
| when washing pt what do you do when drying? | moisture skin to keep skin in tact |
| when pt is coughing what stage are you in | acute stage |
| what stage is incubation | 1st stage , early stage |
| when cleaning equipment, what do you do first? | clean it |
| how do you hold hands | hands downward |
| what do you do when setting up a sterile field, what do you do w packages | inspect it |
| what do you do w c-diff | remove ppe in room, wash hands |
| Can you recap needles | no retract put in sharps container |