NUR 209 Exam 2 – Questions & Applicable Answers
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Terms in this set (55)
How do you ensure your patient's Home: fire alarms, accessibility
safety at home? Out in public? In the Acute care setting:
acute care setting? Wear an ID badge visible to pt.
Always ID patient
Orient patient to surroundings
Keep your working environment and the patient area
in good order
Be knowledgeable of all policies and procedures
Be an excellent communicator
What considerations are required for Current standard for long-term care facilities is to
any patient in restraints? provide safe care without the use of physical or
chemical restraints
Acute care settings should use restraints only as a
last resort - The Joint commission and well as Federal
and State mandates
not a restraint unless the patient wants to
Effects: Aspiration
Impaired Circulation
Alteration in skin integrity
Pressure Ulcers
How do you document an Must be completed after any accident or incident in a
unexpected patient event? healthcare facility that compromises safety
Describes the circumstances of the accident or
incident
Details the patient's response to the examination and
treatment of the patient after the incident
Completed by the nurse immediately after the
incident
Is not part of the medical record and should not be
mentioned in documentation
, Hendrich II Fall Risk Model Determines the risk for falling based on gender,
mental status, medication side-effects, and disease
symptoms such as dizziness
How do you establish learning Identify key goals
priorities?
What factors promote or hinder Hinder: Cultural ethnic influences Language
learning? (HealthInfoTranslations.org) (Medline Plus)
Literacy skills (ability to read and write)
Health literacy
Promote: Be sincere, honest, interested; ask for
questions; use simple words; listen do not interrupt
when the patient simple words; listen do not
interrupt when the patient speak
Perceived benefit Enhanced health literacy Ongoing
client participation Nonjudgmental support Quiet,
low-stimulus environment Repetition
What methods can you use to oral questions can assess cognitive learning, patient
determine whether learning has responses can assess affective learning, and a return
occurred? demonstration can assess psychomotor learning
What factors influence the adult Fear Anxiety Depression Lack of motivation
learner? Environmental distractions Psychomotor deficits
Physical discomfort (fatigue,pain) Timing
What are the domains of learning? 1. Cognitive
- thinking and comprehension
2. Affective
- involves feelings regarding attitude, values and
beliefs
3. Psychomotor
- physical and mental activities required to learn skills
(Hands)
How do you identify patient learning Patient's family and significant others Baseline
needs? knowledge, attitudes, skills Required knowledge,
attitudes, skills Readiness to learn Ability/motivation
to learn Learning strengths
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Terms in this set (55)
How do you ensure your patient's Home: fire alarms, accessibility
safety at home? Out in public? In the Acute care setting:
acute care setting? Wear an ID badge visible to pt.
Always ID patient
Orient patient to surroundings
Keep your working environment and the patient area
in good order
Be knowledgeable of all policies and procedures
Be an excellent communicator
What considerations are required for Current standard for long-term care facilities is to
any patient in restraints? provide safe care without the use of physical or
chemical restraints
Acute care settings should use restraints only as a
last resort - The Joint commission and well as Federal
and State mandates
not a restraint unless the patient wants to
Effects: Aspiration
Impaired Circulation
Alteration in skin integrity
Pressure Ulcers
How do you document an Must be completed after any accident or incident in a
unexpected patient event? healthcare facility that compromises safety
Describes the circumstances of the accident or
incident
Details the patient's response to the examination and
treatment of the patient after the incident
Completed by the nurse immediately after the
incident
Is not part of the medical record and should not be
mentioned in documentation
, Hendrich II Fall Risk Model Determines the risk for falling based on gender,
mental status, medication side-effects, and disease
symptoms such as dizziness
How do you establish learning Identify key goals
priorities?
What factors promote or hinder Hinder: Cultural ethnic influences Language
learning? (HealthInfoTranslations.org) (Medline Plus)
Literacy skills (ability to read and write)
Health literacy
Promote: Be sincere, honest, interested; ask for
questions; use simple words; listen do not interrupt
when the patient simple words; listen do not
interrupt when the patient speak
Perceived benefit Enhanced health literacy Ongoing
client participation Nonjudgmental support Quiet,
low-stimulus environment Repetition
What methods can you use to oral questions can assess cognitive learning, patient
determine whether learning has responses can assess affective learning, and a return
occurred? demonstration can assess psychomotor learning
What factors influence the adult Fear Anxiety Depression Lack of motivation
learner? Environmental distractions Psychomotor deficits
Physical discomfort (fatigue,pain) Timing
What are the domains of learning? 1. Cognitive
- thinking and comprehension
2. Affective
- involves feelings regarding attitude, values and
beliefs
3. Psychomotor
- physical and mental activities required to learn skills
(Hands)
How do you identify patient learning Patient's family and significant others Baseline
needs? knowledge, attitudes, skills Required knowledge,
attitudes, skills Readiness to learn Ability/motivation
to learn Learning strengths
