NUR 125 Exam Questions and Answers| New Update with 100% Correct Answers
early morning care provided to people as they wake in the morning
also referred to as "face, hands and back"
settling care provided to people before they retire for the night
also referred to as "PM care"
as-needed care provided to people as required
aslo referred to as "PRN care"
skin assessment 1. a nursing history to determine the person's skin care practices, self-care
abilities and past or current skin problems
2. physical assessment of skin
3. identification of people at risk of developing skin impairments
clinical reasoning cycle 1. consider the patient
2. collect cues / information
3. Process information
4.Identify problems / issues
5. establish goal/s
6. take action
7. evaluate outcomes
,8. Reflect on process and new learning
REPEAT
consider the patient describe
- list facts, context, objects or people
collect cues / information 1. review current information
- eg handover reports, patient history, patient charts, results of investigations and
nursing/mediacl assessments previously undertaken
2. Gather new information
eg undertake patient assessment
3. Recall knowledge
eg physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, epidemiology, therapeutics, context of care,
ethics, law etc)
subjective data consist of information obtained from what the person says.
It describes the person's perceptions and experience with the problem
objective data consist of information that is measured or observed by use of the senses
S2 schedule 2
pharmacy medicine
,S3 schedule 3
pharmacist only medicine
S4 schedule 4
Prescription Only Medicine OR Prescription Animal Remedy
S5 schedule 5
Caution
S6 schedule 6
Poison
S7 schedule 7
dangerous poison
S8 schedule 8
controlled drug
S9 schedule 9
prohibited substance
, S10 schedule 10
Substances of such danger to health as to warrant prohibition of sale, supply and use
Scheduling a national classification system that controls how medicines and poisons are
made available to the public.
Medicines and poisons are classified into Schedules according to the level of regulatory control
over the availability of the medicine or poison required to protect public health and safety.
pharmacokinetics The process by which drugs are absorbed, distributed within the body,
metabolized, and excreted.
influences the decided route of administration for a specific medication, the amount and
frequency of each dose and its dosing intervals.
half-life t1/2) refers to the time taken for half the initial dose of medicine administered to
be eliminated from the body
t1/2 = 0.693/ke (Where ke = first order elimination constant of the medicine.)
For example, a medicated dose with a half-life of 12 hours, would have 25 per cent of the
medication left in the body after 24 hours.
PO by mouth
first year students - S2 only
PR per rectum
early morning care provided to people as they wake in the morning
also referred to as "face, hands and back"
settling care provided to people before they retire for the night
also referred to as "PM care"
as-needed care provided to people as required
aslo referred to as "PRN care"
skin assessment 1. a nursing history to determine the person's skin care practices, self-care
abilities and past or current skin problems
2. physical assessment of skin
3. identification of people at risk of developing skin impairments
clinical reasoning cycle 1. consider the patient
2. collect cues / information
3. Process information
4.Identify problems / issues
5. establish goal/s
6. take action
7. evaluate outcomes
,8. Reflect on process and new learning
REPEAT
consider the patient describe
- list facts, context, objects or people
collect cues / information 1. review current information
- eg handover reports, patient history, patient charts, results of investigations and
nursing/mediacl assessments previously undertaken
2. Gather new information
eg undertake patient assessment
3. Recall knowledge
eg physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, epidemiology, therapeutics, context of care,
ethics, law etc)
subjective data consist of information obtained from what the person says.
It describes the person's perceptions and experience with the problem
objective data consist of information that is measured or observed by use of the senses
S2 schedule 2
pharmacy medicine
,S3 schedule 3
pharmacist only medicine
S4 schedule 4
Prescription Only Medicine OR Prescription Animal Remedy
S5 schedule 5
Caution
S6 schedule 6
Poison
S7 schedule 7
dangerous poison
S8 schedule 8
controlled drug
S9 schedule 9
prohibited substance
, S10 schedule 10
Substances of such danger to health as to warrant prohibition of sale, supply and use
Scheduling a national classification system that controls how medicines and poisons are
made available to the public.
Medicines and poisons are classified into Schedules according to the level of regulatory control
over the availability of the medicine or poison required to protect public health and safety.
pharmacokinetics The process by which drugs are absorbed, distributed within the body,
metabolized, and excreted.
influences the decided route of administration for a specific medication, the amount and
frequency of each dose and its dosing intervals.
half-life t1/2) refers to the time taken for half the initial dose of medicine administered to
be eliminated from the body
t1/2 = 0.693/ke (Where ke = first order elimination constant of the medicine.)
For example, a medicated dose with a half-life of 12 hours, would have 25 per cent of the
medication left in the body after 24 hours.
PO by mouth
first year students - S2 only
PR per rectum
