NUR 172 exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass)

NUR 172 exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass) health care law - Answer️️ -Scope of practice Public health/infection control Consent Advanced directives Malpractice - Answer️️ -Type of negligence, any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of professional skill, non adherence 4 elements of malpractice - Answer️️ -Duty Breach of duty Injury Causation Standards of care - Answer️️ -focuses on the recipient of care, patient Standards of practice - Answer️️ -focuses on the provider. National patient safety goals - Answer️️ -Identify patient correctly (name and DOB) Use medications safely (rights) Prevent infections ©SOPHIABENNET@ Thursday, August 22, 2024 10:21 AM HONDROS COLLEGE OF NURSING 2 Improve staff communication Identify patient safety risk to suicide Prevent mistakes in surgery Informed consent - Answer️️ -Provide patient with enough information so they are able to make a decision. Nurse can be a witness, make sure it's signed. Dr is responsible to obtain consent Unusual occurrence report → incident report - Answer️️ -Non Judgemental, factual, not part of legal record. Sentinel event - Answer️️ -Not related to patient's natural course of illness (delay in treatment, pt fall, tissue necrosis) severe infiltrate. *malpractice complication with sentinel event. Injury causing a graft to patients IV site. Code of ethics - Answer️️ -The principles that used in ethical and moral decision making Scope of practice for IV therapy - Answer️️ -OBN Antibiotic = anti infection = antifungal Initiate (first dose) Maintain (administer/regulate) IVPB = secondary = intermittent infusion (IV piggy back) ©SOPHIABENNET@ Thursday, August 22, 2024 10:21 AM HONDROS COLLEGE OF NURSING 3 TPN PCA PICC Places where LPN can start an IV→ antecubital to hand Just culture - Answer️️ -Reporting healthcare errors without punishment. Nurse still to be held accountable for actions! Emphasis on correcting flows in the system and preventing future errors. Empowers staff to participate in reporting errors without fear of punishment. Nurse's legal, ethical and professional responsibility to participate to report error. Patient self determination act - Answer️️ -Health care law that gives patients the right to choose if they want to have the procedure done even if recommended by the doctor. LPN can reduce risk to IV therapy by - Answer️️ -Six rights of administration Monitor for complications Allergies Evidence based practice Tanner's model of critical thinking - Answer️️ -Able to ide