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Unit III Exam 2 Flashcards

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1
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What is a disciplin specific, reflective, reasoning process that guides a nurse in generating, implementing, and evaluating approaches for dealing with client care and professional concerns?

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Critical thinking

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Critical analysis

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Determining essential information

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3
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Socratic questioning

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Differentiate between truth & assumptions

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4
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Inductive reasoning

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Specific example to generalized conclusion

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Deductive reasoning

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From generalized to specific conclusion

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6
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What level of anxiety is the best to learn something at?

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Mild

Stimulates learning

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7
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Relativism

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Knowledge is relevant

When you are older

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8
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Assumes there is only one right answer

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Dualism
Best way is to memorize
When you are young

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9
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Collect data, analyze, formulate solutions, implement action & evaluate

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Problem solving process

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10
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Approach that enables nurses to manage explosion of new literature & knowledge
Allows nurses to search for, assess & apply best practices to care

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Evidenced based practice

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11
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Three main elements of evidenced based practice

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Best evidence from well designed research studies
Clinicians expertise
Pt’s values & preferences

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12
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PICO

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P- pt

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13
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Which is the fastest growing subgroup of the late adulthood population?

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85-99 years old

The old old

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14
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What is the current % of individuals older than 65 years old?

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13%

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15
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During as dement you suspect the pt may be depressed, your next action is to?

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Administer the geriatric depression scale short form

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16
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What is thought to be the primary cause of aging?

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Genetic theory

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17
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Safety issues with the elderly

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Side rails up
Bed lowest position
dangle @ bedside b4 standing
Shoes with non skid soles

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18
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When can restraints be used? What do the prevent?

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Only as a last resort & by MD order

Helps with preventing falls, pulling out iv’s

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19
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Reality orientation

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Aware of:
Person
Place
Time
Circumstance
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20
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Turn non ambulatory pt’s every?

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Every 2 hours

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21
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Slow insidious progressive loss of cognitive function, chronic state

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Dementia

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22
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Usually transient condition characterized by difficult concentration, disorganized thinking, sensory misperceptions, acute state

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Delirium

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23
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Are adult day care centers acceptable?

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Yes

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24
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What is the purpose of teaching?

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Promote health
Prevent illness/injury
Restoration of health
Adapting to altered Heath & function

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25
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Process of activities intended to produce learning

Dynamic interaction between teacher & student

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Teaching

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26
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Manipulated environment for intended response

Pavlov’s dog

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Behaviorism

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27
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Refers to rational thought

Teach from simple to complex

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Cognitive

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28
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Difficult to measure learning in this domain

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Affective domain

29
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Learn skills that require integration of knowledge with muscular activity

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Psychomotor domain

30
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Learning is self motivated, self initiated & evaluated

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Humanism

Uses both cognitive & affective domains

31
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Name some factors that effect learning.

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Motivation

Active involvement

32
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What domain of learning does learning take place?

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Cognitive
Affective
Psychomotor

33
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What are key factors in cognitivism?

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Developmental & individual readiness

34
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Geragogy

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Teaching older adults

Takes longer to process information

35
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Subjective, non specific feeling of uneasiness, tension, apprehension or impending doom

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Anxiety

36
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T/F

Anxiety is not the same as stress

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True

37
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Symptoms of anxiety

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Increase: B/P, heart rate
Palpations
Nausea
Wringing of hands
Confusion 
Sweating
38
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Nursing process components

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A- assess
D-diagnosis
P-planning
I-implement 
E-evaluate
39
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NANDA

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Develop, revise nursing diagnosis terminology

40
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Pt benefits of the nursing process

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Helps to provide continuous care, pt centered

41
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Nurse benefits of nursing process

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Enhancing professional creative care, helps effectiveness in daily care
Helps collaborate with other team members & pts

42
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Professional benefits of the nursing process

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Define scope of nursing practice

43
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Methods of data collection

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Observe pt
Interview with pt, family
Physical exam
Chart review

44
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Pt’s perception of his/her health problems
Involves feelings “ my leg hurts”
Pt is only one who can provide this data
Symptoms

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Subjective

45
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Observations or measurements made by data collector
Sources include physical exam, diagnostic results, pt records
Signs

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Objective

46
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Who is the primary & best source of data

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Pt

47
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Data validation

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Double check your data

Ensure accuracy of info

48
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Data that is acquired through the 5 senses

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Cues

49
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Nurses judgement or interpretation of cues

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Inferences

50
Q

A clinical judgement about individuals, family or community responses to actual or potential health or life processes

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Nursing diagnosis

51
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Types of nursing disgnoses

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Actual
Risk
Wellness

52
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Steps in developing a nursing diagnosis

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Identify problem (NANDA list)
Identify etiology (related to factors)
Identify the defining characteristics (signs & symptoms)
53
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Actual nursing diagnosis

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Statement comes from NANDA list

54
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Risk nursing diagnosis

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2 part statement
No signs & symptoms
Ex.
Risk for falls r/t fatigue and altered gait

55
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A clinical judgement about a individual, family or community in transition from a specific level of wellness to a higher level of wellness

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Wellness diagnosis

56
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Medical diagnosis

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Goal - cure disease

57
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Nursing diagnosis goal

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Treat human response not disease

Caring for mind, body, spirit

58
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Physiological problems that nurses monitor & collaborate with medicine for co-treatment

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Collaborative problems

59
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Descriptive statements about what the pt’s state will be after the nursing interventions are carried out

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Expected outcomes

60
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Criteria for writing expected outcomes

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Clear concise
Specific (be able to measure)
Realistic for pt
What the pt will accomplish
Includes a time frame
61
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The # 1 intervention is?

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Assess

62
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Types of nursing interventions

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Independent- things done without MD order
Dependent-require MD order
Interdependent-standing orders, protocols

63
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Cognitive NI

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Teach

Education

64
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Interpersonal NI

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Use therapeutic communication

65
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Technical NI

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Perform routine nursing activities

66
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Monitoring NI

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Ongoing assessment of pt

67
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Carrying out the proposed plan of care to resolve the problem

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Implementing

68
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Determine the pt’s response to the MI’s & the extent to which the EO’s have been achieved

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Evaluating

69
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Metacognition

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Thinking about thinking

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