Fundamentals final review

What is the term used to describe a pharmaceutical agent that relieves pain?

Which is the primary source of heat in the body?

Which client would be most at risk for alterations in oral health?

Which ethical dilemma is posed when using restraints in a long-term care setting?

What is the most frequent reason for revocation or suspension of a nurse's license?

Nurse fail to help client walk. Client falls, gets injured. What can the nurse be charged with?

A nurse is providing client care. Who has full legal accountability for nurse's actions?

A 20 year old has major burns. Which is rationale for nursing diagnosis of Risk for infection

The nurse implements brushing a client's hair based on understanding that brushing the hair:

Nurse completed programming a PCA pump. Which action should the nurse take next?

A client with damage to liver and colon from a motorcycle crash has what type of pain?

The nurse should turn client with physical limitations in bed every:

When taking blood pressure, what does the first sound heard through the stethoscope represent?

What type of law regulates the practice of nursing?

Chinese woman refuses to eat at the nursing home. What should be assessed for this problem?

A nurse learns a coworker is stealing drugs. What should the nurse do?

Which health and illness model places high-level health and death on opposite ends of a scale?

The body prepares for sleep by decreasing the body temperature and releasing which chemical?

A nurse named as a defendant in a lawsuit. With whom should the nurse discuss the case?

Which is the nurse's best legal safeguard?

Client is constipated. How does holding the breath and pushing down (Valsalva) affect the pulse

A nurse is assessing the activity level of an infant age 5 months would assess what?

Which is most important factor when caring for clients on limited income?

After completing AM care for client, what is recommended hand hygiene if no visible soiling?

A client is suing a nurse for malpractice. What is the term for the person bringing suit?

A woman with CVA has flaccidity & aphasia. Which of the following is tertiary prevention?

Back stress and injury can be prevented by:

A facility has not integrated Asian concepts of hot & cold into meal. This is example of:

A nurse is caring for a client with acute back pain. When should client's pain be assessed?

Which client will have an increased metabolic rate and require nutritional interventions?

A nurse is caring for a Native American male. Which statement best guides the nurse's care?

Care provided using ethical decision making & professional trust. What guide used for practice?

In which way can nurses develop cultural self-awareness?

Nurse reviews research-based literature on a procedure. What type of nursing is practiced?

A woman has pain of 9. Nurse medicates her. This is example of which ethical framework?

Nurse states Asian client didn't want pain meds because they are stoic, she is expressing what?

A nurse is making a bed occupied by a client. What is a recommended step for this procedure?

What has safety standards for electrical equipment, isolation techniques, & toxic chemicals?

A nurse asks a student, "Why are you studying nursing theory?" How would student best respond?

Nurse arrested for possession of illegal drug. What law is involved with this type of activity?