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Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Answer Types of safety needs and considerations - Answer -Environmental Safety -Physiological -Psychological -Physical Hazards -Disasters -Chemical Hazards -Poison Factors that influence safety - Answer -Developmental Stages (Age) -Cognition -Mobility -Lifestyle choices -Economic Resources -Education/Awareness -System effectiveness -Individual performance A safe environment - Answer Reduces the risk for illness and i...

ANA definition of health - Answer a dynamic state of being in which the development and behavioral potential of an individual is realized to the fullest extent possible ANA's 2004 definition of health - Answer an experience that is often expressed in terms of wellness and illness, and may occur in the presence or absence of disease or injury individuality - Answer each patient is different than every other human being. Nurses need to remember this concept to help patie...

What is infection? - Answer invasion or colonization of the body by pathogens what is the goal of the infection cycle? - Answer to break the links of chain to end the cycle What are the infection cycle steps? - Answer - infectious agent - reservoir - portal of exit - means of transmission - portal of entry - susceptible host what is infectious agent? - Answer - Bacteria: most common - Virus: smallest - Fungi: mold/yeast (in air, soil, water) - Aerob...

what is the purpose of a health assessment - Answer Establish nurse-patient relationship. Gather data about patient's general health status. Identify patient strengths. Identify actual & potential health problems. Establish base for nursing process. what are the types of health assessments? - Answer Comprehensive, Ongoing partial, Focused health assessment, Emergency health assessment what is a comprehensive health assessment? - Answer conducted upon admission to h...

What are never events? - Answer Never events, or Serious Reportable Events, are preventative events that happen in healthcare. Examples: Surgical events product or device events patient protection events care management events environmental events criminal events Reason for using a restraint - Answer Confusion Agitation Harmful to self/others Removing medical equipment Wandering Falls (NOT FOR NURSES CONVIENIENCE) What kind of restraints are there? - Answer ...

Planning - Answer Written guide that directs the efforts of the nursing team as the nurses work with the patients to meet health goals, it specifies nursing diagnosis, outcomes, and associated nursing interventions. "A deliberative, systematic phase of the nursing process that involves decision making and problem solving". Planning involves: - Answer 1. Prioriting problems and diagnosis 2. Formulating goals/desired outcomes. 3. Selecting evidence based nursing intervent...

nursing process - Answer ADPIE Assessment, Diagnose, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation nursing process: assess - Answer Subjective (told) and objective (findings) data. Includes history physical examination, and consulting with team. Nursing process: Implement - Answer Carrying out plan, collect data and modify as needed. nursing process: evaluate - Answer Monitor and see how much the pt has improved. QSEN - Answer Quality and safety education fo...

Definition of pain - Answer whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever the experiencing person says it does Classifications of Pain - Answer - Duration - Localization/location - Etiology Duration - Answer - Acute - Chronic Acute Pain - Answer - Rapid onset, varies in intensity and duration - Protective in nature Chronic Pain - Answer - May be limited, intermittent, or persistent - Lasts beyond the normal healing period - Periods...

Benefits of Exercise in Cardiovascular System - Answer - increase efficiency of heart - decreased heart rate & blood pressure - Increased blood flow to all body parts - improve venous return Effects of Immobility In Cardiovascular System - Answer - increased cardiac output - increased risk for othrostatic hypertension - increased risk venous thrombosis, edema DVT, pooling Benefits of Exercise in Respiratory System - Answer - improved alevalor ventilation - decreased...

Nursing process - Answer 1. Assessment 2. Diagnosis 3. Planning 4. Implementation 5. Evaluation Gordon's Functional Health Patterns - Answer Health perception-health management pattern Nutritional-metabolic pattern Elimination pattern Activity-exercise pattern Sleep-rest pattern Cognitive-perceptual pattern Self-perception-self-concept pattern Roles-relationships pattern Sexuality-reproductive pattern Coping-stress tolerance pattern Values-beliefs pattern Asses...