Hondros NURS 150 Final Exam with Solutions

What are similar in hospital and long term care national patient safety goals? - patient identification Proper procedure for fecal impaction removal? - Lube first two gloved fingers, insert into pt one at a time, in a scissor movement break down the stool and remove little by little. Watch for fatigue, dyspnea, heart palpitations What is the proper sequence to give medication/feeds via NG tube? - Check placement, pull residual, flush 30ml room temp water, push med/feed, flush 30ml room temp water. Define SOAPIER, what is it used for? - S- Subjective O- Objective A- Assessment P- Plan I- Intervention E- Evaluation R- Revision Used for an acute situation, helps use clinical reasoning to assess, diagnose and treat a patient based on provided information Define professionalism - Mix of knowledge and skills delivered in respect and with dignity. Define ethics - Values influencing a personal decisions of what's right from wrong Examples of subjective data? - what a patient SAYS "I have a 8/10 pain" "I've been puking for 2 weeks" "I have diarrhea" "My stomach pain is so severe" Examples of objective data? - objective=observed Vital signs Height and weight I&O's Define SBAR - S- Situation B- Background A- Assessment R- Recommendation Used to facilitate, promote and use appropriate communication What is the Ohio nurse practice act? - Defines a nurses scope of practice. LPN's cannot do IV push medications or write care plans. They can do oral narcotics and carry out a care plan.