Foundations Of Nursing Practice Test One

Front 1

collecting, validating and communicating of patient data

Back 1

assessment

Front 2

analyzing patient data to identify patient strengths and problems

Back 2

diagnosing

Front 3

specifying patient outcomes and related nursing interventions

Back 3

planning

Front 4

carrying out the plan

Back 4

implementing

Front 5

measuring extent to which patient achieved outcomes

Back 5

evaluating

Front 6

part of an ordered sequence of activities

Back 6

systematic

Front 7

great interaction and overlapping among the five steps

Back 7

dynamic

Front 8

human being is always at the heart of nursing

Back 8

interpersonal

Front 9

nurses and patients work together to identify outcomes

Back 9

outcome oriented

Front 10

a framework for all nursing activities

Back 10

univerally applicable

Front 11

listening to your inside voice

Back 11

intuitive thinking

Front 12

gossip between nursing staff

Back 12

collateral violence

Front 13

make sense of the situation and grasp what is necessary to achieve goals

Back 13

cognitive skills

Front 14

manipulate equipment skillfully to produce desired outcomes

Back 14

technical skills

Front 15

establish and maintain caring relationships that facilitate

Back 15

interpersonal skills

Front 16

term for sweats alot

Back 16

diaphoretic

Front 17

heat comes off head most

Back 17

radiation

Front 18

fan yourself

Back 18

convection

Front 19

sweat

Back 19

evaporation

Front 20

put ice pack on

Back 20

conduction

Front 21

what regulates the pulse?

Back 21

SA node

Front 22

what is the most powerful respiratory stimulant

Back 22

increase in carbon dioxide

Front 23

what is blood pressure measuring?

Back 23

force of the blood against arterial walls

Front 24

what are you listening for with your stethoscope while checking blood pressure?

Back 24

korotkoff sounds

Front 25

normal pulse rate?

Back 25

60-100 (average 80)

Front 26

normal blood pressure?

Back 26

135/85

Front 27

normal respirations?

Back 27

12-20

Front 28

each healthcare group keeps data on its own separate form. makes it difficult to track problems chronologically, include progress notes and narrative notes

Back 28

source oriented records

Front 29

designed around a patients problems rather than around sources of information, advantages: entire healthcare team works together in identifying a master list of patient problems

Back 29

problem oriented medical records (POMR)

Front 30

what are narrative notes?

Back 30

progress notes written by the nurse

Front 31

what format is used in problem oriented medical records?

Back 31

SOAP

Front 32

plan of care is incorporated into the progress notes in which problems are identified by number, saves time and promotes continuity of care, but does not have a formal plan of care

Back 32

PIE charting

Front 33

column used for many aspects of the patients needs for the nurse to focus on, ex. therapies, consultations, significant events, charting is holistic

Back 33

focus charting

Front 34

a shorthand documentation method that makes use of well-defined standards of practice, only significant findings are documented in narrative notes, decreases charting time but does not prove high-quality safe care

Back 34

charting by exception

Front 35

managed care's emphasis on quality, cost effective, care delivered within a limited time frame. promotes collaboration, communication and teamwork among caregivers, however it works best when there are few individualized needs.

Back 35

case management model

Front 36

when patient fails to meet an expected outcome or a planned intervention is not implemented in the case management model this format is implicated.

Back 36

variance charting

Front 37

normal charting for case management model

Back 37

collaborative pathways/ critical pathoways

Front 38

a folded card where patient info is recorded and stored in a central place where all health professionals can access it easily to get info about the patient

Back 38

kardex care plan

Front 39

documentation tools used to record routine aspects of nursing care, ex. vitals, height, weight, etc.

Back 39

flow sheets

Front 40

form used to record specific patient variables such as pulse, respiratory rate, weight, height, etc.

Back 40

graphic sheets

Front 41

what documentation is used in long term care?

Back 41

Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)

Front 42

someone giving information on how to best care for your patient

Back 42

consulations

Front 43

sending a patient to another facility/physician/specialist for care outside of your scope

Back 43

referrals