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1
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What someone uses to make their decisions.

Characterized by implicit and explicit.

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Values

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2
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Emphasis on morality.

Thought of as good v bad; right v wrong

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Ethics

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3
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What is it called when the right action is unclear?

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Ethical Dilemma

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Who is called into a healthcare facility when the healthcare team needs assistance in making ethical decisions?

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Ethics Committee

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5
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What are the ethical principles nurses use in healthcare?

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respect for persons 
beneficence
veracity
Nonmaleficence
justice 
confidentiality 
fidelity
privacy
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What is meant by the ethical principle respect for persons?

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That people are free to make their own decisions.

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What is beneficence?

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Doing/promoting good to help others

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8
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Do no harm is what ethical principle?

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Nonmaleficence

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9
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Standard of care is equal across the board regard less of financial/cultural/ethnic status is the definition of what ethical principle?

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justice

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10
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Veracity is:

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truth telling

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11
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Fidelity is:

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loyalty and faithfulness to patient and their wishes

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12
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What are the nursing principles of behavior?

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Accountability
Responsibility
Judgement
Advocacy

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13
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False communication that leads to the injury of someone’s character is:

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defamation of character

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14
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Misrepresentation that causes harm is:

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fraud

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15
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Disclosing confidential information to the wrong party is:

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invasion of Privacy

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16
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What is the difference between assault and battery?

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Assault is the threat of touching without consent.

Battery is action of carrying out the threat.

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17
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Not doing something any other reasonable person in profession would/would not do is:

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negligence

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18
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Deviation from the standard of care that results in harm is:

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Malpractice

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19
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Failure to conform to that standard of practice that creates a risk a reasonable person would have seen is:

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Breach of Duty

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20
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What is informed consent?

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Patient understands all risks presented and agrees to procedure

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21
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Documentation should be:

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accurate, complete, consistent, objective

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22
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What are the steps of the nursing process?

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assessment 
diagnosis 
outcome
planning 
implementation 
evaluation
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23
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Collection, Validation, and Organization of objective and subjective data occurs in what step of the nursing process?

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Assessment

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24
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During the diagnosis step of the nursing process what is done?

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patterns are identified
nursing diagnosis is formulated
asks what is the real problem?

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25
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What step of the nursing process establishes priorities, client goals and uses SMART goals?

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Outcome

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26
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What happens in the planning stage of the nursing process?

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writing of the client care plan

plan nursing interventions

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27
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In what stage of the nursing process do you perform interventions, record nursing actions, and set priorities?
You “do the thing”

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Implementation

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28
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What step of the nursing process asks, “did it work”?

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evaluation

29
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Acute pain R/T surgical trauma and inflammation EGB grimacing and verbal report of pain is an example of:

A

an actual nursing diagnosis

30
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Risk for infection R/T surgery and immunosuppression is an example of:

A

a risk nursing diagnosis

31
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Readiness for enhanced family processes is an example of

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health promotion nursing diagnosis

32
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What are the parts of an actual nursing diagnosis?

A

diagnostic label
related factors
defining characteristics (EGB- evidence given by)

33
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The desired response to a medication is the

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therapeutic effect

34
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An unintended response to a medication is

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an adverse effect

35
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an unintended symptom of a medication is a

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side effect

36
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An unusually low response to a medication, that requires an increase in the dose to get the desired therapeutic effect is

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drug tolerance

37
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An immune reaction to a medication that ranges from mild to severe is

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an allergic reaction

38
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An overdose or buildup of medicine in the body is

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drug toxicity

39
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The administration of 1 drug being altered due to effects of another medication or food is

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drug interaction

40
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When an IV med precipitates/inactivates when mixed with another medication it is called

A

drug incompatibility

41
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what are the six rights of medication administration?

A 
person
medication 
dose
time 
route 
documentation
42
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What are the 5 types of medication orders?

A 
routine/standing 
PRN 
standing protocol 
one-time 
STAT order
43
Q 
5-15 degree 
used for TB
bevel up 
shows a wheal 
these are the characteristics of what type of med admin?
A

intradermal administration

44
Q

Tuberculin syringe
26-28 guage
1/2 in needle
is used for what type of med admin?

A

intradermal administration

45
Q

45 or 90 degree angle
into connective tissue
not more than 1mL administered at a time

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subcutaneous administration

46
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1 mL syringe
26-30 guage
1/2 to 1 inch needle

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subcutaneous administration

47
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administer into ventrogluteal, deltoid, vastuslateralis 
1-3 mL dose
do not give more than 2 mL in deltoid 
inject 90 degree angle 
rotat sites
A

intramuscular administration

48
Q

1-3 mL syringe
20-25 guage
1-3 inch needle

A

intramuscular administration

49
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what are the steps to z-track medication administration?

A 
pull skin (1 in. to side)
inject
hold for 10 seconds
remove needle
let skin slide back
50
Q

What test is checked for Furosemide administration?

A

potassium level

51
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What is normal potassium level to administer Furosemide?

A

3.5-5.0 mEq/L

52
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What lab test result is looked at to administer Warfarin?

A

PT & INR

53
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What are the normal ranges for PT and INR

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PT = 14-24 sec
INR = 2.0-3.0
54
Q

What labs are checked when Heparin is administered?

A

aPTT

Anti Xa

55
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What are normal ranges for aPTT and Anti Xa

A

aPTT 45-74 sec

Anti Xa 0.3-1.3

56
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What is checked before giving Digoxin? What is a normal range?

A

apical pulse

hold if <60

57
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What should be checked if giving Antihypertensive medications? What are the ranges?

A

pulse hold <60

BP hold < 90/60

58
Q

What should be checked before giving insulin or oral anti-diabetic meds? What is the normal range?

A

Blood Glucose
60-110 mg/dL
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59
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How are oral medications delivered?

A

swallowed and absorbed from the stomach or small intestines

60
Q

What are the routes of oral medications?

A

swallowed
SL
Buc

61
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What type of medication is given directly into the stomach or intestines?

A

enteral medications

62
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Medications absorbed through the skin are called

A

topical medications

63
Q

Ophthalmic medications are delivered where? In what forms?

A

the eye

eye drops & ointments

64
Q

What medications are applied to the ear? And what form?

A

Otic

Drops

65
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What type of medications are administered as sprays, drops, or tampons?

A

nasal

66
Q

What type of medication might be used to promote bowel movement?

A

rectal (PR)

67
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What are the forms a vaginal medication can be administered?

A

creams
gels
suppositories
foams

68
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A nebulizer or metered dose inhaler is used to administer what type of medication?

A

inhaled medication

69
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What type of medication is administered via injection

A

parenteral medication

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