Questions from Review Flashcards
1.As a nurse what action should you take using critical thinking to make a clinical decision?
Determining most important
2.You’re discussing with the patient or physician the need for sleep, after education the patient can state factors that hinder sleep. What statement shows that the patient has a good understanding?
Worrying, distractions (TV, cell phones), staying up late disrupts your sleep cycle, eating before bed, caffeine, medication
3.Using Erickson’s theory: what do you expect for the developmental status of a 20-year-old?
Enjoys participating in community
4.Using Erickson’s theory: think about a behavioral task or critical events for older adult?
Decreasing in physical strength
5.Growth and development: What statement is true?
Developmental task: Milestones are age related achievements
- Safety: what is the major thing we need to teach the young adult group?
Automobile safety
7.What action would you see a nurse utilize in reflection to improve clinical decision making?
Care plan, experience
- Using Erickson’s theory: a 9-year-old that has difficulty making friends and doesn’t get chosen to play in sports, receives very little positive feedback from teachers or parents. According to Erickson theory failure at this stage of development results in
Feelings of inferiority
- You are assessing a 58-year-old woman you will most likely find that this patient is experiencing which physiological change that is normal?
Decreased mental status
- Statement regarding self-medication administration, what would require you to follow up teaching?
Pt says she will just take the pills all at once, so she doesn’t forget. That requires follow up
- Safety: what body mechanics would the nurse incorporate in to patient care?
Feet flat, legs wide apart, knees should be flexed (bent)
- Which of the following interventions is likely to have the most impact on reducing friction when repositioning an immobile client?
Using a lift sheet
- You have a client that tends to take smaller steps, feet are kept closer together what is happening or could happen?
increase clients risk for injury
- Symptoms a nurse should assess, for a patient that is sleep deprived:
irritaion and confusion
- Nurses are protected by what law in the scope of practice during an emergency?
Good Samaritan law
- Nursing diagnosis: a patient with irritability, being sleepy during the day, and can’t sleep at night. What nursing diagnosis would you chose?
insomnia
- Document notation: which are the most appropriate notations used according to the guidelines when charting client care?
Answer not given: pick the most thorough notation
- Pressure ulcers: how are they primarily formed?
ischemic
- Why do we irrigate wounds?
Remove debris
- A patient has a midsternal wound, she is afraid because she is coughing, and the wound is still fresh. What is she going to do for the cough?
use pillow
- Which nursing entry is most complete in describing the patients wound?
Approximated, staging, no blanching or redness, drainage
- Nursing diagnosis for ineffective breathing pattern to a patient care plan, which sleep condition caused the nurse to assign the nursing diagnosis?
sleep apnea
- What is the primary reason for an older adult to have a pressure ulcer on the elbow compared to someone that is middle aged?
Thin skin, subcutaneous tissue