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How do you assess cranial nerve V trigeminal? - Tell patient to close eyes, take piece of cotton or other soft item and lightly touch either one of both sides of each of the three divisions of the trigeminal. How do you assess for cranial nerve VII facial? - Observe the patient for nystagmus or twitching of the eye. This nerve controls facial movements and expression, check for symmetry. Have the patient wrinkle forehead, close eyes, smile, pucker lips, show teeth, and puff out cheeks. pri...

What direct-acting dopamine receptor agonist is recommended to be used in the treatments of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) fo help lower the dopamine blockade? A) benzotropine (Cogentin) B) bromocriptine (Parlodel) C) dantrolene (Dantrium) D) trihexyphenidyl (Artane) - A) Bromocriptine (Parlodel) is the recommended direct acting dopamine receptor agonist to help decrease the dopamine blockade. Danrolene (Dantrium) is a muscle relaxant. Benzotropine (Cogentin) and Trihexyphenidyl (Ar...

A patient with borderline personality disorder experiences intense anxiety when an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner goes on vacation. The best explanation for this reaction is that the patient: A. has failed to develop clear ego boundaries. B. has failed to master object constancy. C. is employing primitive idealization. D. is employing projective identification. - B. has failed to master object constancy 2. A patient has been taking escitalopram (Lexapro) 10 mg dail...

Interface - Computer program that tells two different systems how to exchange data Interoperability - The ability of two entities, human or machine, to exchange and predictably use data or information while retaining the original meaning of that data Integration - The process by which different information systems are able to exchange data in a fashion that is seamless to the end user Standardized terminology - The implementation of this within the EHR is essential for healthcare organizat...

Informatics -"The big oak tree" combination of the nursing science, computer science and information science. It includes information technologies that can help support nursing practice. Information technology -"The branch" electronic healthcare record, your clinical decisions support tools, bar code medication administration, and so on. information System -"Another branch" : used to collect, create and distribute useful data. This term describes the development, use and management...

c. Data Mining -Which of the following uses database applications to sift through large amounts of data and looks for previously hidden trends? a. Evidence-Based Practice b. Quantitative Analysis c. Data Mining d. Digital Library c. To promote desired clinical outcomes -A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway....

1.1.1 - Conceptual Schema - ER Model Tables: Customer, DonutOrder, Donut - Customer: PK - CustomerID Rest are customer related fields DonutOrder: FK - CustomerID, FK - DonutID Qty, SpecialNotes Donut: PK - DonutID Rest are donut fields Relationships: Customer - 1:n Identifying - DonutOrder DonutOrder - n:1 Identifying - Donut Why are the relationships in 1.1.1 Identifying? - The PK's of Customer and Donut are included in the composite primary key of DonutOrder. 2.1.1 - Physical ...

First Normal Form -- when all non-key columns depend on the primary key - a table with a primary key is in first normal form - a table with no duplicate rows is in first normal form Second Normal Form -- when all non-key columns depend on the whole primary key - cannot depend on part of a composite primary key - a table with a simple primary key is automatically in second normal form A table with a simple primary key must be in what normal form? -- second normal form or higher Third Norma...

access plan - A set of instructions generated at application compilation time that is created and managed by a DBMS. The access plan predetermines how an application's query will access the database at run time. algorithms - A process or set of operations in a calculation. automatic query optimization - A method by which a DBMS finds the most efficient access path for the execution of a query. B-tree index - An ordered data structure organized as an upside-down tree. bitmap index - An in...

AREA - In DB2, a named section of permanent storage space that is reserved to store the database. associative entity - See composite entity. bridge entity - See composite entity. candidate key - A minimal superkey; that is, a key that does not contain a subset of attributes that is itself a superkey. See key. closure - A property of relational operators that permits the use of relational algebra operators on existing tables (relations) to produce new relations. composite entity - An enti...