Nursing Process Flashcards
What type of breath sound is normally heard over the periphery of the lung
vesicular
Which type of nursing skill would be needed to help a patient deal with his feelings about his illness?
caring
Care must be taken when providing oral care to an unconscious patient since there is a risk for
aspiration
What is the first step in the nursing process
assesment
Your patient is positioned on her left side with the chest slightly forward
sims
Formation of generalizations from a set of facts or observations
inductive reasoning
reasoning from the general to specific
deductive reasoning
Collecting data
Assessments
prioritize problems, formulate goals
planning
reassess the patient - supervise delegated case
implementing
collect data related to outcomes
modify care plan
evaluation
subjective
patients feelings, values, beliefs, attitudes and perceptions
objective
can be measured or tested
- A 95 year old male reports he isn’t feeling very well, but that he took all of his medications today. The nurse asks the patient when he took the medications and the patient is fuzzy on the details stating, “I don’t know if I took them this morning or at lunch.” The nurse notes that the patient takes a baby aspirin everyday and metoprolol. The nurse knows that if the patient took his metoprolol multiple times by accident today that the patient could possibly have overdosed on the medication. What is the next step the nurse should take?
A. Check vital signs
B. Check glucose
C. Assess mental status
D. Call patients caregiver and ask how much the patient took today.
A. check vital signs
- The nurse walks into a clients room and looks at the cardiac monitor. The nurse notices a few PVCs. The nurse starts to do an assessment when the monitor starts to alarm. The nurse looks up and sees the client is in Ventricular Tachycardia. What is the next step the nurse should do?
A. Check a pulse
B. Call the physician
C. Call a Code Blue
D. Call for help
D. call for help