Nursing Across Lifespans Final Exam Flashcards

1
Q

When planning care for an 18 month old, what should be included in the nursing plan?

A

Start eating finger foods

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2
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what action shows that a preschooler has not yet mastered Erikson’s initiative v. guilt?

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If the preschooler is following others

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3
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Which stage of development is most unstable and challenging regarding development of personal identity?

A

Adolescence

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4
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What is considered subjective data during a nursing assessment?

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Information the patient tells you

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5
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What is an example of objective data?

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Blood pressure reading

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6
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What should be included in a nursing teaching plan for toddlers?

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Being consistent and setting behavioral limits

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7
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What does a problem focused nursing assessment focus on?

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What the patient is complaining of

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8
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What is a nurse recommendation for importance of dental hygiene for toddlers?

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Parents should schedule time to brush their teeth with their toddlers

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9
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Anticipatory guidance for parents of a toddler include which information?

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Model good eating behaviors

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10
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Which basis of Gordon’s functional health patterns is asking a patient “how do you see yourself now”?

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Self-perception self-concept pattern

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11
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Advice a nurse can give when a parent asks how they can help their 6 year old feel good about themselves?

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Have them help around the house with easy tasks.

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12
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What are the emotional effects of puberty?

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Mood swings, independence, self-conscious, tired

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13
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What statement by a patient indicates healthy coping by a widow?

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Talking about “good time” before illness

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14
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Which age group of older adults has successfully navigated the stage of ego integrity v. despair?

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80 year old who has planned funeral

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15
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What age group has the majority of new HIV/AIDs cases?

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Middle adult

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16
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What are the defining characteristics manifested by the client?

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Signs and symptoms

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17
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What is the age group for generativity v. stagnation?

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40-65 years

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18
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What is the purpose of therapeutic communication?

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to encourage expression of feelings

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19
Q

what is clarification?

A

asking for a definition or example

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20
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what do nightmares and night terrors have in common?

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they both include fear in a scary episode

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21
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What is feedback?

A

Return message from receiver to sender

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22
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What is part of the evaluation step of the nursing process?

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Deciding if goals were met

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23
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Whose framework provides a foundation for nursing assessments?

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Gordons

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24
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Help to determine a child’s overall health and well-being; require precise measurements

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growth patterns/growth charts

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25
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change and expansion of ability and advancement/qualitative change

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development

26
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Early developmental patterns- Cephalocaudal

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head to toe

27
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Early developmental patterns- Proximodistal

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midline to periphery

28
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Early developmental patterns- Differentiation

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simple to complex or general to specific

29
Q

monitors development from birth to age 6

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Denver Developmental Screening Test

30
Q

Autonomy v. Shame & Doubt

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Toddler

31
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Trust v. Mistrust

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Infant

32
Q

Initiative v. Guilt

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Pre-schooler

33
Q

Industry v. Inferiority

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Grade-schooler

34
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Identity v. Role Confusion

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Teenager

35
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Intimacy v. Isolation

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Young Agult

36
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Generativity v. Stagnation

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Middle-age Adult

37
Q

Ego Integrity v. Despair

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Older Adult

38
Q

focused on how the individual mind works v. what it does
Quantitative changes in cognitive function after 15 years
Development precedes learning

A

Piaget

39
Q

Theory of Moral Development
Based on Piaget
School Age to Young Adult

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Kohlberg

40
Q

Prevention that involves health protection and health promotion

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Primary

41
Q

Prevention that involves screening and treating diseases

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Secondary Prevention

42
Q

Prevention that minimizes effects of disease and disability. Aims to return the affected individual to useful place in society

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Tertiary Prevention

43
Q

Review each of the 11 steps of Gordon’s Functional Health

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It is the promotion of Health and Individual Responsibility

44
Q

Nursing Role that is helping individuals attain what they are entitled to receive through the health care system
Spends great deal of time identifying and coordinating resources in complex cases

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Nursing Role - Advocate

45
Q

Nursing Role that assists in preventing duplication of services
Maintains quality and safety
Reduce costs

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Nursing Role - Care Manager

46
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Nursing Role that is made up of nurse specialists and works with company and community

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Nursing Roles - Consultant

47
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Nursing Role that is within the foundation of public health nursing
Combination of many roles: educator, provider, promoter

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Nursing Role - Deliverer of Services

48
Q

Nursing Role that is important in primary prevention

Lack of knowledge v. lack or application

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Nursing Role - Educator

49
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Nursing Role that must be able to read people to identify needs
What is important to that individual and how to incorporate insights into care plans
Holistic approach

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Nursing Role - Healer

50
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Nursing Role that integrates individual clinical experience with best available external clinical evidence
Scientific, systematic research

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Nursing Role - Researcher

51
Q

An organizing framework for professional nursing practice, a critical thinking process for the nurse to use to give the best possible care to the client

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Nursing Process - ADPIE

52
Q

Occurs at the end and throughout the nursing process

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Evaluation

53
Q
Collection of data
Identify cues and make inferences
Validating (verifying data)
Organizing (clustering data)
Identifying Patterns
Reporting and recording data
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Nursing Process - Assessment

54
Q

Clinical judgement about an individual, family or community response to actual or potential health problems

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Nursing Process - Nursing Diagnosis

55
Q

Requires mutual participation

Formulate nursing activities to monitor, prevent, reduce or eliminate the alteration identified in the diagnosis

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Nursing Process - Planning

56
Q

“carrying out” of client specific outcomes
During this step, actual care is carried out. Nurse must possess the necessary knowledge and skills to implement the nursing interventions.

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Nursing Process - Implementation

57
Q

Focus on the needs of the individual
Knowing each other
Reciprocity, respect, confidence

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Therapeutic Relationships

58
Q

Imbedded in culture-family/social context

Evolve-affected by life events and social processes

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Values

59
Q

Application of one’s cognitions, perceptions, and behaviors to create interpersonal encounters that promote health

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Therapeutic Use of Self

60
Q

Nurse-Patient Relationships : where trust is built, mutual goals identified, roles & boundaries identified

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Beginning or Orientation Phase

61
Q

Nurse-Patient Relationships : where most of the work is done in nurse-patient interaction; trust continues to build

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Working or Intervention Phase

62
Q

Nurse-Patient Relationships : ending of the relationship so boundaries are recognized, sharing what each received out of the relationship

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Termination Phase