NU-126 exam 3 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

NU-126 exam 3 Study Guide with Complete Solutions nurse practice acts - Ans:-describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice within each state American Nurses Association (ANA) - Ans:-Professional organization that represents all registered nurses. determines what nurses are legally accountable for (ana code for nurses) when was the american nurses association founded? - Ans:-1903 standards of care - Ans:-legal guidelines for defining nursing practice in each state State Board of Nursing - Ans:-helps define RN responsibilities with detail, produces rules and regulations that are very specific any deviation from the profession standards of practice are defined as what? - Ans:-malpractice ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/15 legal definition of crime - Ans:-wrong against a person or his/her property, but act is considered to be against the public as well felony - Ans:-serious crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year Misdemeanor - Ans:-less serious crime than a felony punishable with fines or imprisonment for less than one year or both may include parole tort - Ans:-wrong committed by a person against another person, results in civil trial libel - Ans:-written defamation False Imprisonment - Ans:-restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom autonomy - Ans:-freedom to make decisions for oneself Nonmaleficence - Ans:-duty to do no harm Beneficence - Ans:-doing good ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/15 Justice - Ans:-treat every person equally fidelity - Ans:-duty to keep promises veracity - Ans:-truthfulness what happens when HIV enters a CD4+ T cell? - Ans:-host cell stops being an immune system cell and becomes a virus factory HIV class 0 - Ans:-stage HIV-II, positive test within 6 months after negative, CD4+ T cells in normal range HIV class 1 - Ans:-stage HIV-II, CD4+ T cell greater than 500 (29% or higher) HIV class 2 - Ans:-stage HIV-II, CD4+ t cell count between 200 and 499 (14-28%) HIV class 3 - Ans:-CD4+ t cell count less than 200 (less then 14%), anyone with AIDS diagnosis stage HIV-III HIV- III immunologic symptoms - Ans:-low WBC, CD4+ count 200, high blood immunoglobulin, opportunistic infections, lymphadenopathy HIV- III integumentary symptoms - Ans:-dry skin, skin lesion