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NRSG 2210 - Module 3 Study Guide/NRSG 2210 - Module 3 Study Guide. Chapter 6 – Nursing as a Regulated Practice: Legal Issues • Identify the three legal risks of professional nursing practice. o Malpractice, delegation, and informed consent. o Confidentiality, delegation, and informed consent. • How does a nurse commit malpractice? What are the major categories of malpractice?

NRSG 3323 - Interventions 2 Exam 1 Review/NRSG 3323 - Interventions 2 Exam 1 Review. Module 1: Health History • A health History is obtained prior to a physical assessment. • Always subjective since it is gathered from patient • Primary source vs secondary • Primary – patient; best source of information • Secondary – when patient unable or unwilling to provide information; family member, caregiver, records, etc; parent of small children prime example; used to augment and ve...

NRSG 3323 - Interventions 2 EXAM 1 /NRSG 3323 - Interventions 2 EXAM 1 Module 7 ASSESSING THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Lab Skills Practice obtaining a CV/PV assessment health history Practice CV/PV physical assessment using lab guide provided Obtaining an ECG Cardiac Anatomy Review Anatomy Review • Four chambers separated by valves, whose main purpose is to prevent backflow of blood Atria right and left Ventricles right and left • Four valves in heart

NRSG 3323 - Exam 1 Study Guide/NRSG 3323 - Exam 1 Study Guide. Exam 1 covers modules 1-5, there are 50 questions and you will have 1 hour. YES there is math! Module 1: • Discuss goals of obtaining a patient health history (why do we do this??) Health History Goals • Gather information o Provides the subjective database o Primary source vs secondary  Primary – patient; best source of information  Secondary – when patient unable or unwilling to provide information; fami...

NRSG 4340 - Pharm Exam 3 Study Guide/NRSG 4340 - Pharm Exam 3 Study Guide. CHAPTER 32: DRUGS FOR IMMUNE SYSTEM MODULATION CONCEPTS • Innate (nonspecific) body defenses: general barriers to microbes or environmental hazards. Unable to distinguish one type of threat from another. Include physical barriers epithelial lining of the skin, and the respiratory and gastrointestinal mucous membranes, phagocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, the complement system, fever, and interferons, inflammatio...

NRSG 3320 - Nursing Care of Adults Exam 2 - Modules 5-8/NRSG 3320 - Nursing Care of Adults Exam 2 - Modules 5-8. Module 5: Diabetes Management • About 26 million people with diabetes in US alone • Many undiagnosedà 1/3 undiagnosed; so not treated • Higher risk populations: African American, Native Americans and Hispanic populations • Develop complications=higher risk of mortality • Complications of unmanaged diabetes: non-traumatic amputation, blindness, kidney disease, heart...

NRSG 3320 - Nursing Care of Adults Exam 1 modules 1-4/NRSG 3320 - Nursing Care of Adults Exam 1 modules 1-4. The Concept of pain • Defined as “unpleasant sensory, emotional experience with actual or potential tissue damage” • Sometimes there is an injury that hurts and sometimes it isn’t obvious externally • Personal and subjective experience- varies from person to person • Patient is the most reliable indicator of pain and essential component of pain assessment • Mos...

NRSG 4502 - Peds Exam 2 Study Guide/NRSG 4502 - Peds Exam 2 Study Guide. Nursing interventions for wound care Complications of wound healing Complications of Burn Injuries • Immediate threat of airway compromise r/t swelling in airways from exposure • Profound shock d/t hypovolemia • Infection (local and systemic sepsis) • Respiratory injuries include: Inhalation injuries, aspiration in unconscious pts, bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pulmonary embolus ▪ Carbon monoxid...

NRSG 4502 - Peds Final Exam Study Guide/NRSG 4502 - Peds Final Exam Study Guide. THIS FINAL STUDYGUIDE ONLY COVERS MODULES 1-5 Module 1 1. Morbidity/mortality statistics (On exam 1 she asked a question about mortality and morbidity) Mortality statistics refer to the number of individuals who have died over a specific period. 
 Infant mortality rate: # of deaths of infants younger than 1 year of age per 1000 live births

NRSG 4502 - Peds Final Exam Test Bank/NRSG 4502 - Peds Final Exam Test Bank. MORBIDITY/MORTALITY STATISTICS: The clinic nurse is reviewing statistics on infant mortality for the United States versus other countries. Compared with other countries that have a population of at least 25 million, the nurse makes which determination? -The United States is ranked last among 27 countries. Which is the leading cause of death in infants younger than 1 year in the United States? -congenital an...