CATONSVILLE
Why would a pt need breaks during a bed bath? - answer increase O2 consumption.
What step of the nursing process is done when the nurse comes to the conclusion that
a pts elevated temp, puls, and respirations are significiant? - answer Diagnoses
When two nursing diagnoses appear closely related, what should the nurse do to
determine which diagnoses is the most accurate? - answer review the defining
characteristics
C. Diff precautions - answer contact
What can you do to protect the pt from an infection at the portal of entry? - answer
Position their catheter bag below the level of the pts pelvis.
Wet to damp gauze - answer Facilitates the healing process (cells move better across a
wet surface)
Restraints should be removed every... - answer2 hours
Puncture wounds - answer put you at the greatest risk for infections because they are
deep
Skin protects the body because - answer the cells of the skins are constantly being
replaced.
Sims position - answer legs up
, Prone position - answer on belly
Lateral position - answer on side
High fowlers position - answersitting up
A pt is ready to learn - answer when they express the want and need to learn.
Threads - answer components integral to provision of nursing care
Threads examples - answer professionalism, caring, ethics
Concepts - answer classification system
Concepts examples - answer biophysical, psychosocial, life phases, professional
practice
History of nursing is based on - answer War, technology, gender, and religion
Renaissance - answer science and technology, Elizabethian Poor law
Industrial Revolution - answer migration to cities, Henry street settlement for immigrants
Crimean War - answer outcry in great Britain for soldier care
Theories - answer how and why we do what we do. Describes, explains, and predicts
HC
Florence Nightingale - answer Environmental Theory