Exam 2 Review Flashcards
The student nurse should be aware of the signs of caregiver stress according to their Giddens resource. When a family member states “If he asks me that question one more time, I will scream,” the family member is displaying which sign of caregiver stress?
Anger
A service that offers short-term relief by providing a new environment or time to relax for family caregivers who support the ill, disabled, or frail older adult and can be provided at home by a friend, another family member, or a volunteer; by a paid service; or in a care setting such as adult day care or a residential center is called _______ care.
Respite
Performing skillfully, protecting, and preserving dignity are all examples of which caring process of Swanson’s Theory of Caring?
Doing for
The healthcare provider orders a patient to take 250 mg PO TID of a medication. You have 125 mg/tablets available. How many tablets will you administer per DAY?
6 tablets/day
Caregiver stress can be influenced by:
The amount of time for self-care.
The perception of the experience by the caregiver.
The ability to cope and coping resources.
Empathy is defined/described as:
The ability to understand the feelings of others.
The provider has ordered a hospice consult for the client you are caring for. The nurse knows that the client:
Will no long receive aggressive treatment.
Is reaching the end of life.
Will receive medications for symptom relief.
The caregiver states “Oh i forgot to give their AM meds”, which sign of caregiving stress are they displaying?
Inability to concentrate (being forgetful)
The caregiver states, “I’m so tired all the time”. Which sign of caregiving are they displaying?
Fatigue
The caregiver states “ If they ask me for one more thing…” Which sign of caregiving stress are they displaying?
Irritability; anger.
The caregiver states “ I sometimes lay awake staring around the ceiling”. Which sign of caregiving stress are they displaying?
Sleeplessness
The nurse notices the pt caregiver is stressed. The nurse should…
Encourage the caregiver to take care of themselves as well.
Caregivers always ask for help when they need it.
False
State of burnout and secondary trauma is known as what?
compassion fatigue
Those with frequent, intense, or prolonged exposure to grief and loss are at high risk for compassion fatigue.
True
Providing caregiver with short term relief by sending the patient elsewhere is known as
Respite care
What is Swanson’s caring process?
Knowing
Being with
Doing for
Enabling
Maintaining belief
Patient and family-center care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering.
Palliative care
Recognized as the last stage of palliative care for patients with terminal diagnosis at the end of life.
Hospice care
What is the FLACC pain scale?
Scale used for infants
Face
Legs
Activity
Crying
Consolability
The health care provider prescribes 3 mg morphine IV as needed (PRN). The medication dispensing system has morphine 10 mg/mL. The nursing student prepares the medication and shows the syringe (see figures below) to the nursing instructor. What should the nursing instructor do first to support the students learning?
Ask the student to demonstrate the calculations and steps required to prepare the dose.
When admitting a patient the nurse asks the client about their experience with pain. The patient states that “it’s prolonged and varies in intensity. I can’t explain or identify a source or remember when it first started.” This is an example of
Chronic pain
A patient with diabetes mellites is complaining of pain in the feet. Upon assessment the nurse see’s no trauma, no lesions or infections and the tissue is warm. This client is experiencing which type of pain?
neuropathic
