NUR 172 Hondros Final Exam with Verified Solutions 2024

NUR 172 Hondros Final Exam with Verified Solutions 2024 Can an LPN start an IV on a 4 year old child? - Answer -No - must be 18 or older Can an LPN initiate chemotherapy treatment to a 65 year old patient? - Answer -No - LPN cannot initiate chemotherapy or antineoplastic agents Can an LPN initiate IVPB of antibiotic on a 16 year old patient who has been diagnosed with a staph infection? - Answer -No - must be 18 or older Can an LPN initiate NS on a 21 year old patient? - Answer -Yes When can an LPN administer solutions that contain vitamins or electrolytes? - Answer -After an RN initiates first solution Can an LPN administer D2W per a central line? - Answer -No - not in specified list of solutions allowed to give Can an LPN inject heparin or NS to flush an intermittent infusion device or hep lock? - Answer -Yes - in scope of practice Can an LPN place a venous catheter that is 4.5 inches long in hand, forearm, or antecubital space? - Answer -No - catheter cannot be longer than 3 inches Can an LPN change tubing on a central line if solution is TPN? - Answer -No - TPN not in scope of practice, may change tubing if solution in scope of practice Can an LPN stop a PCA pump or an infusion of blood component when complication arises? - Answer - Yes What is beneficience? - Answer -doing good for patients What is veracity? - Answer -truthfulness What is justice? - Answer -obligation to be fair to all people What is nonmaleficence? - Answer -doing no harm to patients What is fidelity? - Answer -obligation to be faithful What is autonomy? - Answer -right to self-determination; independenceWhat is a peripheral nerve catheter? - Answer -A form a pain relief at surgery site; small plastic catheter placed under the skin where nerves provide feeling to the area where surgery will be performed What would you teach your patient about the peripheral nerve catheter? - Answer -Can remove bandages and catheter after return of sensation (12 hours), must keep dressing over catheter clean and dry, avoid hot/cold objects and keep extremity close to body, s/s of infection If the patient notices the dressing of the peripheral nerve catheter coming off before sensation returns, what should you instruct them to do? - Answer -Reinforce with tape, DO NOT remove the dressing True or False: the patient should not take a shower or tub bath while the catheter is in place. - Answer - True - patient should do a sponge bath instead What are the goals of IV therapy? - Answer -Maintenance, replacement, restoration of homeostasis Maintenance therapy - Answer -provides nutrients that meet the daily needs of a patient for water, electrolytes, and dextrose Replacement therapy - Answer -necessary to take care of fluid, electrolyte, or blood product deficits of patients in acute distress Restoration - Answer -when maintenance and replacement therapy don't meet the needs of the patient,