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Questions that require prioritizing |
Strategies to use to prioritize include the ABC's, Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory and steps of the nursing process. |
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Maslow's Hierarchy |
Physiological needs are the priority, followed by safety and security needs, love and belonging needs, self esteem needs, and finally self-actualization needs. |
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Nursing process |
The steps include assessment, analysis planning, implementation, and evaluation and are follow and this order. |
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Eliminating comparable or alike options |
Comparable or alike options can be eliminated as possible answers because it is possible for both options to be correct |
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Eliminate options containing closed-ended words |
Some closed-ended words include all, always, every, must, none, never, and only. Eliminate options that contain closed-ended words because these words infer a fixed or extreme meaning; these types of options are usually incorrect. Options that contain open-ended word such as, may, usually normally, commonly or generally, should be considered as possible career options. |
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Umbrella option |
The umbrella option is one that is a broad or universal statement and that usually contains the concepts of the other options within it. |
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Delegating and making assignment. |
When you have determined what task or assignment is to be delegated consider the client's needs and the match the client' needs with the scope of practice of the health care providers identified in the question. |
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Pharmacology 1 |
In general the client should not take an antacid with medication because the antacid will affect the absorption of the medication. Enteric coated and sustained release tablets should not be crushed also capsule should not be open. |
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Pharmacology 2 |
The client should never adjust or change a medication dose or abruptly stop taking a medication. The nurse never adjust or changes the client's medication dosage and never discontinues a medication. |
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Pharmacology 3 |
The client needs to avoid taking any over-the-counter medications or any other medications such as herbal preparations unless they are approved for use by the health care provider. The client needs to avoid consuming alcohol. |
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Pharmacology 4 |
Medications are never administered if the prescription is difficult to read, is unclear, or identifies a medication does that is not a normal one. |
