Question | Answer |
Lpn or vocational nurse | basic of all the entry level options for nursing w/ full time programs lasting from 9 to 1 yr. |
Associates degree nurse | Entry level education of registered nurses; minimum of two years at a community college |
Nurses Practice Act | A law in each state that governs the actions; addresses each level of nursing |
Health Occupational student of america (HOSA) | A national organazation specifically for the students. |
Scope of practice | Limitatione and allowances of what can be done as a nurse. |
The professional organization for licensed practical / vocational nurses is the ? | National federation of licensed practical nurse |
The purpose(s) of the clinical connections in this book is/ are to help you? | (a) Identify actions to take the information to consider to care pt. (b) Understand your toughts and feelings about caring for a specific types of pt. (c) Connect what you read in the book with what will you see and do during clinical experience |
Which ff are concerns when you are providing care for elderly pts? | These pts have chronic illnesses, sensory deficits, and multiple medications. |
When you care pediatrics pts keep in mind that they? | (a) Have difficulty understanding whats is happening ana expressing their feelings during procedure. (b) Often have no previos experince to prepare them to illness or treatment,so they frightened |
Unique aspect of home health is that ? | (a) Fewer supplies and less equipment are available than in the hospital setting.(b) The nurse is alone in the home with no health care staff to help make decisions about care |
Which of the ff is true of working in long term care? | (a)The setting is more homelike (b) You will need to used the most calming approach to residents (c) Changes in behavior can indicatehealth problems in the elderly. |
Which are your responsibilities as a nursing student regarding laboratory and test results? | (a) Check the test results often and note any abnormal findings (B) Notify the physicians of significant abnormal results. |