Athabasca University (AU )

What are morals? private, personal, or group standards of right and wrong Moral behavior reflects personal moral beliefs What are beliefs? -something that one accepts as true -not always based on fact What are ethics? -systematic study of right and wrong conduct -formal process for making consistent moral decisions What are values? deeply held belief about the worth of something What are attitudes? -feelings toward person, object, idea -includes thinking and feeling component -wha...

Pain is a ___ experience subjective Nurses are legally and ethically responsible for assessing and managing pain What is pain? -unpleasant sensory/emotional experience -can warn of potential injury -multidimensional experience What destructive effects can pain cause? -sleep loss -irritability -cognitive impairment -functional impairment -immobility Pain causes the release of what vasoactive and pro-nociceptive mediators? -prostaglandins -bradykinin -substance P -histamine What...

1 Urinary tract obstruction - a blockage of urine flow from within the urinary tract the Severity of it depends on the location, completeness, one or both tracts, duration, and cause 2 Upper urinary tract obstruction - obstruction that has to do with the kidney and causes dilation of the ureter, renal pelvis, calyces proximal to the blockage it causes the Urine to back up like heart congestion (hydronephrosis), GFR decreases, fibrosis can occur 3 Calculi (stones) - masses of protei...

What is perioperative nursing? care of the client before, during and after surgery What is preoperative nursing? -before surgery -begins with decision to have surgery entering OR What is intraoperative nursing? during surgery i.e. OR to PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit) What is postoperative nursing? after surgery i.e. PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit) to full recovery Care of the patient having surgery has shifted from hospital focused to ___ focus home based Many surgeries and proce...

what is the functional unit of the kidney? nephron How does the nephron work? 1. Blood is filtered by the glomerulus as it enters at the Bowman's capsule 2. The filtrate passes through the proximal convoluted tube 3. It passes through the loop of Henle 4. It passes through the distal convoluted tubule 5. It passes through the collecting duct 6. The filtrate is modified to form urine 7. The urine exits the duct and enters the ureters 8. It enters the bladder 9. It exits through the ...

1 ADPIE assess, diagnosis, plan, implement, evaluate 2 Nursing Process a method to practice in organized systematic way leads to inferences about the meaning of patient's response to a health problem or the patient's functional state of health 3 Assessment collection and verification of data from patients & secondary sources as family then analysis 4 purpose of assessment establish database about the patients needs health problems and responses to these problems - nurs...

The stretchable quality of the cervical mucus at the time of ovulation is known as? a. Menarche b. Spinnbarkeit c. Mittelschmerz d. leukorrhea b. Spinnbarkeit A nurse is teaching a group of clients who are pregnant about measures to relieve backache during pregnancy. Which of the following should the nurse include? Select all that apply. a. avoid any lifting b. perform legal exercises twice daily c. perform the pelvic rock exercise daily d. use proper body mechanics e. avoid const...

premonitory signs of labor - braxton hicks contractions - lightening - increase in clear and non-irritating vaginal secretions (mucus plug) - "bloody show" on toilet paper - energy spurt / nesting - small weight loss - sometimes diarrhea - back ache - cervix ripening true vs false labor: pain true labor: - pain in lower back that radiates to abdomen false labor: - discomfort localized in abdomen - NO LOWER BACK PAIN true vs false labor: contractions true labor: - contra...

pain during childbirth increases the demand for oxygen and alters placental exchange of O2 and CO2 visceral pain slow, deep pain, poorly localized. dominates in first stage of labor with uterine contractions (tissue ischemia) and cervical dilation somatic pain faster, sharp pain, precisely located. dominates during transitional phase of stage 1 and stage 2 of labor descending fetus puts direct pressure on maternal tissues (distention of vagina and perineum) physiologic effects of ...

When caring for a patient with mild preeclampsia, it is critical that during assessment the nurse be alert for signs of progress to severe preeclampsia. Progress to severe preeclampsia is indicated by this assessment finding: a. Proteinuria greater than 2+, in two specimens collected 6 hours apart b. Platelet count of 180,000/mm3 c. Positive ankle clonus d. Blood pressure of 154/94 and 156/100, 6 hours apart c. Positive ankle clonus A nurse is admitting a client with a clinical diagnois ...