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Reflection - Answer Looking back on each day's practice to better understand/learn from each day's challenge What is a trait of nurses who value their own integrity/development? - Answer Reflection Self-aware - Answer Knowing own strengths & weaknesses Effective communicator - Answer No mistakes orally/written Curious - Answer Ask why, learn more Intuitive - Answer Speak up when something is wrong, figure out what it is Confident - Answer Even when sc...

what are the three macronutrients? (explain each) - Answer carbohydrates - main source of energy for your body's cells - get broken down into sugar proteins - amino acids - used to build all structures of body lipids - concentrated source of energy - insoluble in water and blood - mainly triglycerides t adult: categories of BMI - Answer underweight: <18.5 normal: 18.5 - 24.9 overweight: 25 - 29.9 obese 1: 30 - 34.9 obese 2: 35 - 39.9 morbidly obese:...

arterial pH - Answer 7.35 - 7.45 basophils - Answer .5 - 1% bicarbonate (HCO3, arterial) - Answer 21 - 28 mEq / L Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) - Answer 10 - 20 mg/dL brain type natriuretic peptide (BNP) - Answer <100 pg/mL Calcium - Answer 9 - 10.5 mg / dL Creatinine (serum) - Answer .5 - 1.2 mg / dL D - dimer - Answer < 250 ng / mL Eosinophils - Answer 1 - 4% Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG, FBS) - Answer 74 - 106 mg / dL Glycosylated He...

what are the steps of the nursing process? (describe each step) - Answer assessment - collection, validation, and communication of patient data diagnosing - analysis of patient data to identify patient strengths and health problems planning - specification of patient outcomes to prevent, reduce, or resolve, and specification of related nursing interventions implementing - carrying out the plan of care evaluation - measuring the extent to which the patient has achieved the outcomes...

Mental illness - Answer all psychiatric disorders that have definable diagnoses Mental health - Answer a state of well-being in which each individual is able to realize his or her own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and make a contribution to the community Contributing factors to mental health - Answer Resilience (individual attributes and behaviors), Social and economic circumstances, environmental factors (cultures, etc.) Social Influences...

De-escalation Techniques for anger, aggression, and violence Box 27-2 and 27-4 - Answer -know triggers and anticipate with early interventions: plan ahead; team collaboration; seek out early and regularly -self-discipline: do not take personally--focus on client, not yourself! Know YOUR triggers -verbal communications: calm, confident, show no fear, controlled voice tone, volume, and inflection; be assertive not aggressive -non-verbal: keep a relaxed posture; hands/arms; understand persona...

milileu - Answer the setting in which you are receiving mental health care inpatient - Answer -changes in emergency treatment -admit or no? -voluntary or involuntary? -you can be forced = involuntary admission outpatient - Answer -deinstitutionalization, prevent decompensation -partial hospitalization treatment programs/assertive community -psychiatric rehab program; individualized care to people -community mental health center / private therapy recovery - Answer ...

Bleuler's signs of Schizophrenia - Answer Affect- flat, blunted, inappropriate, or bizarre Associative looseness- LOA-disorganized thinking and reasoning Autism-delusion, hallucinations and neologisms; focused inward Ambivalence-pathologic holding of opposing emotions, attitudes, ideas, wishes S/s of schizophrenia - Answer Bleuler's signs of Schizophrenia Schizophreniform-time difference Adults: difficulty with social, occupational, and family; self-cares affected Children-r...

psychoanalytical theory (Chapter 2) - Answer Defense mechanisms and Anxiety: Ego develops defense mechanisms: -unconscious level- except suppression; -...deny, falsify, or distort reality to make it less threatening. Problem: sometimes they get used too much or inappropriately Implications for psychoanalytic therapy (chapter 2) - Answer -Personalities 'rooted' from many past events. -Value of talking for client; value of 'attentive listening' of themes for nurse -Defen...

cyclophosphamide and carmustine - Answer chemo med alkylating agent o Action = break down DNA helix strand and interfering with replication o Use: blood related cancers, breast, ovarian, lung o CCNS (nonspecific) o AE: Hemorrhagic cystitis (bladder inflammation with bleeding, life threatening, bladder pain and symptoms) and common AE (bone marrow suppression, N/V, alopecia, fatigue, anorexia) oNI: : increase fluid intake is the best form of prevention for hemorrhagic cystitis Car...