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Environmental Safety - Answer oxygen, nutrition, temperature, surroundings Common Environmental Hazards - Answer vehicles, poison, falls, fire, disaster Developmental Stages - Answer infant, toddler, school aged, adolescent, adult, older adult Individual Risk Factors - Answer Workplace Culture, Lifestyle, Impaired Mobility, Sensory, Cognitive, Communication Impairment, Economic Resources, Lack of safety Awareness Risk In Healthcare Agencies - Answer Proc...

Straight catheter - Answer intermittent and removed immediately after draining - used for people who are more prone to infection 3-way catheter - Answer indwelling catheter used for CBI (prostate surgery) Coude catheter - Answer a type of curved-tip urinary catheter used for intermittent removal of urine from the bladder in males with enlarged prostate Indwelling "foley" catheter - Answer left in bladder for continuous urinary draining - less than 30 days...

When preparing to administer a new medication, what would the nurse do first to ensure the patient's safety? A. Perform hand hygiene. B. Compare the written order with the medication administration record (MAR). C. Inform the patient about the medication. D. Review appropriate nursing considerations. - Answer b What is the nurse's first step in preparing to administer a prescribed medication using an automated medication dispensing system? A. Establish the patient's ID usi...

epidermis - Answer top layer of the skin. Has many layers for protection dermis - Answer inner lay of skin, made of collagen to help with structure how much of total body weight does the skin make up? - Answer 15% what is the largest organ? - Answer skin What are the functions of the skin? - Answer - protective barrier - support/structure - flexibility - absorption - excretion - sensory organ - vitamin D synthesis - self replenishing braden ...

Compliance - Answer the ability of the lungs to distend or expand in response to increased intra-alveolar pressure > decreases in diseases like pulmonary edema or with injuries like fractured ribs Airway Resistance - Answer the increase in pressure that occurs as the diameter of the airways decreases from mouth/nose to alveoli > this decreases the amount of oxygen delivered to the alveoli Oxygen Demand - Answer how much oxygen the body needs for an a certain acti...

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 ...