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Term 1 Final Exam Unitek college Questions and
Verified Answers
What is acute pain? How long does it last?
Ans: sudden onset, usually subsides once treated.
Lasts no more than 6 months
What is chronic pain?
Ans: Pain continues for 6 months or longer, usually related to an
underlying issue ie: arthritis or illness
Who is the founder of modern day nursing?
Ans: Florence Nightingale
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Ans: 1. Physiological needs
2. Safety and Security needs
3. Love and Belonging Needs
4. Self esteem
5. self actualization
What is surgical asepsis?
Ans: the process of creating and maintaining an area that is completely free
of pathogens (sterile technique)
What is medical asepsis?
Ans: measures used to reduce and prevent the spread of pathogens (clean
technique)
What is the best way to breaking the chain of infection?
Ans: Washing hands
What is objective data?
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Ans: What you observe and can measure
What is subjective data?
Ans: Data that only the subject or "patient" can feel and will tell you.
Usually in a statement.
When should discharge planning begin?
Ans: Shortly after admission
When is a discharge against medical advice signed?
Ans: an AMA form is signed when patient wishes to leave healthcare facility
against medical advice
What is blanching?
Ans: whitening of skin/nail due to pressure, if not returned to normal color
within 3 seconds or less it may be an indicator for poor blood circulation.
What should a nurse do if reddened area appears on sacrum of patient?
Ans: Do blanching test
apply barrier cream
make sure pt is being repositioned every 2 hrs
What is informed consent?
Ans: permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences,
typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full
knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.
What is a DNR order?
Ans: Do Not Resuscitate- do NOT perform CPR
What are nursing intervention to aid a patient to liquify bronchial secretions?
Term 1 Final Exam Unitek college Questions and
Verified Answers
What is acute pain? How long does it last?
Ans: sudden onset, usually subsides once treated.
Lasts no more than 6 months
What is chronic pain?
Ans: Pain continues for 6 months or longer, usually related to an
underlying issue ie: arthritis or illness
Who is the founder of modern day nursing?
Ans: Florence Nightingale
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Ans: 1. Physiological needs
2. Safety and Security needs
3. Love and Belonging Needs
4. Self esteem
5. self actualization
What is surgical asepsis?
Ans: the process of creating and maintaining an area that is completely free
of pathogens (sterile technique)
What is medical asepsis?
Ans: measures used to reduce and prevent the spread of pathogens (clean
technique)
What is the best way to breaking the chain of infection?
Ans: Washing hands
What is objective data?
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Ans: What you observe and can measure
What is subjective data?
Ans: Data that only the subject or "patient" can feel and will tell you.
Usually in a statement.
When should discharge planning begin?
Ans: Shortly after admission
When is a discharge against medical advice signed?
Ans: an AMA form is signed when patient wishes to leave healthcare facility
against medical advice
What is blanching?
Ans: whitening of skin/nail due to pressure, if not returned to normal color
within 3 seconds or less it may be an indicator for poor blood circulation.
What should a nurse do if reddened area appears on sacrum of patient?
Ans: Do blanching test
apply barrier cream
make sure pt is being repositioned every 2 hrs
What is informed consent?
Ans: permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences,
typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full
knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.
What is a DNR order?
Ans: Do Not Resuscitate- do NOT perform CPR
What are nursing intervention to aid a patient to liquify bronchial secretions?
