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Download NUR150 questions well answered and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! NUR150 Donning PPE order - correct answer ✔✔gown, mask, goggles, gloves Doffing PPE order - correct answer ✔✔gloves, goggles, gown, mask Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔one celled organisms without a nucleus; can reproduce independently but needs suitable host environment to multiply; cause cell damage by releasing toxins. Treatment used for Bacteria - correct answer ✔✔Antibiotic Virus - correct answer ✔✔-pathogenic with nucleus acid that requires host for replications; causes immediate damage or may be dormant. discase happens by blocking healthy cell metabolism so it can reproduce. Treatment used for a virus - correct answer ✔✔Antiviral Agents Fugal - correct answer ✔✔-single celled or colonies; can be contained in body's flora or result in infection. Treatment used for Fungal infection - correct answer ✔✔antifungal drugs Protozoa/ Parasitic - correct answer ✔✔- found in dead materials such as food or soil and is spread by fecal-oral route; spores invade organs and stimulate immune response. Treatment used for Protozoa/ Parasitic - correct answer ✔✔Antiprotozoal Immunity - correct answer ✔✔the body's first line of defense against infection and primary method of responding to an organism. Inflammation - correct answer ✔✔the body's response to a foreign antigen Tissue integrity - correct answer ✔✔the largest component of the immune system; forms a natural barrier to infection. Stress & Coping - correct answer ✔✔makes the immune system more vulnerable to damage, makes the immune system less able to respond effectively and efficiently to disease. Nutrition - correct answer ✔✔this is necessary for the body to respond to active infection and helps the immune system. Just- Culture - correct answer ✔✔a nonpunitive approach that allows for the situation in which a nurse recklessly or willfully disregarded policies intended to protect the patient. Concept of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔is statement of the nonnegotiable ethical obligations and duties of every individual who enters the nursing profession. DNR means? - correct answer ✔✔do not resuscitate DNR CC means? - correct answer ✔✔do not resuscitate, comfort care. DNR CCA means? - correct answer ✔✔do not resuscitate, comfort care arrest. Standard Precautions - correct answer ✔✔PPE: Hand hygiene & gloves when in contact w/ blood or bodily fluids Contact Precautions - correct answer ✔✔PPE: Gown & Gloves Examples: Clostridium difficile (c.diff)*, MRSA, lice, scabies Droplet precautions - correct answer ✔✔PPE: Gown, Gloves, Mask< Eye shield or goggles Examples: Influenza A/B, Mumps, Rubella< MRSA (respiratory) Never take a blood pressure on arm/side that has: - correct answer ✔✔an IV in the antecubital space Past breast surgery AV shunts Trauma or disease Cast or bulky dressing on patients' forearm Apical - correct answer ✔✔pulse under breast clavicular - correct answer ✔✔5th intercoastal space Axillary - correct answer ✔✔underarm Capillary refill - correct answer ✔✔when you pinch your nail bed then release until its pink for circulation check. you must check on your patient every 15 minutes if your patient is________? - correct answer ✔✔on restraint Advanced directives - correct answer ✔✔legal documents that direct healthcare providers Bacterial Infections - correct answer ✔✔-strep throat -cellulitis -urinary tract infections -tuberculosis Sespsis - correct answer ✔✔a serious condition resulting from the presense of harmful microorganisms in the blood or other tissues in the body. How can you prevent CAUTIs - correct answer ✔✔prevent inappropriate short-term catheters use remove catheters in a timely manner, maintain closed drainage and unobstructed urine flow. Sitz Bath - correct answer ✔✔reduce inflammation in perineal/anal areas Tepid Bath - correct answer ✔✔are given to reduce an elevated body temperature and cloths are applied to groin and axillae Medicated bath - correct answer ✔✔consist of products such as oatmeal, cornstarch and relieve pruritus (itching) Do not soak hands and feet of diabetic patients for extended periods of time due to risk of _______? - correct answer ✔✔infections Elderly patients generally only require baths 1-2x/week due to: - correct answer ✔✔-Decreased perspiration -Decreased skin elasticity These group of patients are at increase rick of infection from lack of perineal care. These groups include: - correct answer ✔✔-Postpartum patients/ childbirth -patients who are status post/ had surgery -rectal surgery Delegation of hygiene to UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) is with the scope of practice of LPN. Two particular concerns that are unique to nurses ONLY however in regard to hygiene section: - correct answer ✔✔-assessing range of motion -assessing gag reflex Dys - before a word means? - correct answer ✔✔difficulty Dysphagia - - correct answer ✔✔hard time swallowing Fowler's position- - correct answer ✔✔Sitting up/ conscious patient Lateral position- - correct answer ✔✔Head to the side/ unconscious patient