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VN 15 TEST 2 STUDY GUIDE-DONE Flashcards

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  1. What are the four types of incontinence and describe them
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urge incontinence - uncontrollable urge to urinate several times during the day & night

Overflow incontinence- occurs when you leak or dribble urine because your bladder is too full

Functional incontinence- disability associated urinary incontinence . When the person is unable to access the toilet due to physical or cognitive condition.

Stress incontinence-happens when physical movement or activity — such as coughing, laughing, sneezing, running or heavy lifting — puts pressure (stress) on your bladder, causing you to leak urine.

Reflex incontinence- with no warning ,involuntary urination

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  1. What is the purpose of a guaiac test?
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To check for blood in the stool

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  1. List nursing interventions for constipation
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  • Increase fiber & water consumption(unless containdicated) before more invasive interventions
  • Give bulk forming products(laxative like metamucil)before stool softeners, stimulants or suppositories
  • probiotic foods, exercise
  • Give an oil retention enema(last resort)
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  1. What would the VN instruct the client to avoid prior to taking an at home FOBT?
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  1. stop taking NSAIDS(more than 1 adult aspirin ect. For 7 days before self collection
  2. Avoid taking more than 250mg of vitamin c or consuming citrus fruits or juices for 3 days before beginning the test.
  3. Avoid red meats, raw vegetables, fruits,radishes, tunips 2-3 before the test.
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  1. What are manifestations of a UTI?
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Urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia,flank pain,hematuria(blood in the urine),cloudy, foul smelling urine & fever.

In older adults: new onset increased confusion, recent falls, new onset incontinence, anorexia, fever, tachycardia, hypotension.

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  1. List instructions to collect a 24-hour urine
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• Discard the first voiding.
* Collect all other urine. Refrigerate, label, and transport
the specimen.

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  1. Define: dysuria; urgency; nocturia, and oliguria
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Dysuria- difficult or uncomfortable voiding and a common symptom of trauma to the urethra or a bladder infection. (Discomfort when urinating)

Urgency- a strong feeling that urine must be eliminated quickly

Nocturia- frequent urination at night

Oliguria- urine output less than 400 mL in 24 hours, indicates the inadequate elimination of urine. (Low urine output)

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  1. Give an example of a good fluid balance when assessing I&Os
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The amount of fluid going in must come out.

30 ML/hr output

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  1. List indications for urinary catheterization
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  • Relieve urinary retention
  • keeping incontinent clients dry
  • instilling medication within the bladder
  • obtaining sterile urine specimens
  • Assessing fluid balance accurately
  • Keeping the bladder from becoming distended during procedures such as surgery
  • obvious perineal wound
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  1. What are diagnostic findings in a UTI?
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The urine is examined under a microscope for bacteria or white blood cells, which are signs of infection.

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  1. List client education when teaching about care for an ileal conduit.
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  • Change the pouching system every 3-7days week or more to avoid leaks & skin irritation. If there is itching & burning around your stoma its a sign to change pouching system & cleanse skin.
  • Be gentle when removing the pouch system. Peel skin carrier off gently.
  • Don’t remove the pouching system more than once a day unless there is an issue.
  • Cleaning the stoma & skin w/water is enough. If you use soap make sure to rinse well since soap may affect adhesiveness of skin barrier. Pat the skin dry before putting on the skin barrier & pouch.
  • Look out for allergic reactions or sensitivities.
  • empty pouch when its 2/3rd full
  • Making sure that stoma size opening is 1/16 TO 1/8 bigger than the stoma
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  1. List assessment of an ileostomy. What color should the stoma be? What instructions should be given regarding medications?
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Assess skin for evidence of erythema, ulcers, skin integrity.
Gently feel around the stoma site for any tenderness
Ask patient to cough & feel for a cough impulse (assessing for hernias)

The stoma should be bright red & meaty or pink.

DO NOT give enteric coated medications

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  1. List manifestations of dehydration (think skin, BP, Pulse rate, urine, neck veins)
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Poor skin turgor
dark yellow & strong-smelling urine
Weak, rapid pulse
Hypotension
Elevated body temperature
Flat neck veins
Tachycardia 
oliguria
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  1. What is the priority when caring for a child with severe diarrhea?
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Replace fluid & electrolytes
Monitor for manifestations of dehydration
Provide perineal care after each stool, apply a moisture barrier.

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  1. Why does the nurse recommend against straining with defecation? What can it cause?
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Straining against defecation can cause hemorrhoids, rectal fissures, syncope(fainting), tachycardia, heart dysrethmias,hypotension .

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  1. What causes constipation?
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Immobility, frequent use of laxatives, advanced age, inadequate fluid intake, inadequate fiber intake , sedentary lifestyle, ignoring the urge to deficate,pregnancy & medication effects

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  1. What nursing intervention should be done when a client experiences cramping during the instillation of an enema?
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Slow the flow of solution by lowering the container

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  1. What is a normal BP reading?
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Less than 120/ less than 80

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18a. Prehypertension?

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120-129 /less than 80

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18b.Stage 1?

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130-139/ 80-89

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18c. Stage 2?

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greater than or equal to 149 / greater than or equal to 90

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  1. List sources of errors while taking BP measurements
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Caffeine/Nicotine use, Acute meal ingestion, Full bladder, improper client positioning(legs crossed), wrong size cuffs

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  1. How does the nurse assess the apical pulse?
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By auscultating over the 5th intercostal space at the left midclavicular line.

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  1. What areas can be used to measure oxygen saturation? Why would the nurse use an alternative to the finger?
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The fingertip, earlobe or bridge of nose.

Use earlobe or bridge of nose for clients who have peripheral vascular disease.

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  1. Describe Cheyne-Stokes respirations
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Also known as the death rattle, Irregular rate & depth of respirations that follow a cyclical pattern. Shallow breaths that progress to a normal pattern & increased rate, then the rate begins to slow again, ending with an apneic(not breathing) period.

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  1. List the steps to taking a tympanic temperature
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Perform hand hygiene, lift ear up & back (adult) insert thermometer probe w/cover snugly into clients ear canal. You pull the ear down & back for a child. Leave thermometer in place until reading is complete and gently remove thermometer.

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  1. List 3 non-verbal behaviors that can indicate pain in a client
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Facial expressions( grimacing, wrinkled forehead)
Body movements(restlessness, pacing, guarding)
Moaning
Crying
Decreased attention span
Increase in blood pressure, pulse & respiratory rate

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  1. When first caring for an older adult in a SNF what should be the nurse’s first plan?
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Initial plan generally identifies priority problems & includes the client’s projected needs for teaching & discharge planning.

Assess for skin(head to toe),orientation, mobility

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  1. What is the proper cleansing agent for hands after caring for a client with C-Diff?
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Soap & water

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  1. List actions that can contaminate a sterile field
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Reaching across or above a sterile field
Turning your back on a sterile field
Putting hands down or above your abdomen region
Touching the outer wrappings & 1 inch edges of packaging of sterile items.
Touching any unsterile materials or fields
Sneezing, coughing or talking directly over a sterile field

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  1. What are the steps to pouring a sterile solution onto a piece of gauze.
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*Remove the bottle cap.
*Place the bottle cap face up on a clean (non-sterile) surface
*Hold the bottle with the label in the palm of the hand that the solution does not run down the label
*First pour a small amount (1 to 2 mL) of the solution into an available receptacle.
*Pour the solution (without splashing) onto the dressing or site without touching the bottle to the site.
*Sterile solutions expire 24 hr after opening and recapping in some facilities. Other facilities’ policies state that once a sterile solution container is opened.
can be used only once and then thrown away.

When pouring liquid, do not let the
container that carries the sterile
liquid touch the receptacle.

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  1. Where or who is the best place to identify assessment data?
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With the patient themselves.

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  1. What are nursing short-term goals and give examples
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Short term goals are things you want client to achieve in a span of the next few hrs. (1hr-3hr) or within your shift

Ex: A client who is experiencing immobility, short term goal would be getting client to reposition in the bed with little assistance.

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  1. What is subjective data and give examples
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Subjective data is information the client is providing such as pain level, symptoms, family history etc.

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  1. What are the levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs?
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  1. Physiological: air,water, food, shelter, clothing, reproduction
  2. Safety & Security:personal security, employment,resources, health, property
  3. Love & belonging: friendship, intimacy, family,sense of connection
  4. Self- esteem: respect,status,recognition,strength & freedom
  5. Self actualizaiton: Desire to become the most that one can be
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  1. What are the steps of the nursing process? And give an example of each step
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(A.D.P.I.E)
Assessment: collect subjective & objective data
Planning: Create short & long term goals that will achieve therapeutic result.
Implement: Nursing actions that can work towards achieving therapeutic results.
Evaluation: determine if goals were achieved.

VN 15 FUNDS OF NURSING (12 decks)

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