NR 222 50 Questions with Answers Latest 2023
Define the 3 critical thinking competencies: - CORRECT ANSWER A) General critical thinking: Scientific
... [Show More] Method - identifying the problem. Forming a hypothesis. Problem Solving - evaluate the situation over time. Identify possible solutions and try it to see if effective; Decision making
B) Specific ct in clinical
C) Specific ct in nursing-
Define nursing diagnosis: - CORRECT ANSWER A clinical judgment concerning a human response to health conditions/life processes, or vulnerability for that response by an individual, family, or community that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat
What is 'critical thinking'? - CORRECT ANSWER the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness to question and reflect on the reasoning process. Critical thinking involves open-mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance, combined with a willingness to look at each unique patient situation and determine which identified assumptions are true and relevant.
Name 2 different sources of data - CORRECT ANSWER Subjective - what the patient tells you
Objective - What you observe
What is the purpose of clumping or clustering data? - CORRECT ANSWER -Is a set of cues, the signs or symptoms gathered during assessment
-Grouping gathered information according to Maslow's basic human model
-Your analysis makes you alert to thinking less about individual data points and instead to begin to see a pattern form
Code of Ethics: - CORRECT ANSWER a set of shared values or principles that govern the way nurses interact with patients, a patient's family, and even other doctors and nurses
What is informed consent and how can it create an ethical dilemma? - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when communication between a patient and physician results in the patient's authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.
Informed Consent- - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when communication between a patient and physician results in the patient's authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention.
Living Wills- - CORRECT ANSWER represent written documents that direct treatment in accordance with a patient's wishes in the event of a terminal illness or condition. About how you want people to treat you when you are dying.
EMTALA - CORRECT ANSWER Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act Anybody who shows up at an ER must be treated.
Who is The Joint Commission? - CORRECT ANSWER Is an independent, not-for-profit group that requires accredited hospitals to have written nursing policies and procedures
What are standards of care? - CORRECT ANSWER Are the legal requirements for nursing practice that describe minimum acceptable nursing care
What is the Nurse Practice Act? - CORRECT ANSWER Describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice within each state.
What are the steps to resolving an ethical dilemma? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Ask the question, Is this an ethical dilemma?
2. Gather information relevant to the case. Patient, family, institutional, and social perspectives are important sources of relevant information.
3. Clarify values. Distinguish among fact, opinion, and values.
4. Verbalize the problem. A clear, simple statement of the dilemma is not always easy, but it helps to ensure effectiveness in the final plan and facilitates discussion.
5. Identify possible courses of action.
6. Negotiate a plan. Negotiation requires a confidence in one's own point of view and a deep respect for the opinions of others.
7. Evaluate the plan over time.
What is the Privacy Rule and how can it create an ethical dilemma? - CORRECT ANSWER HIPPA. Regulates how certain entities, called covered entities, use and disclose certain individually identifiable health information, called protected health information (PHI).ie: family wants details but according to HIPPA you cannot give it to them.
Define goal: - CORRECT ANSWER A broad statement that describes a desired change in a patient's condition, perceptions, or behavior
What are the steps to the nursing process? (outcome identification) - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Planning
4. Implementing
5. Evaluation
Define prioritization: - CORRECT ANSWER The action or process of deciding the relative importance or urgency of a thing or things
Define planning: - CORRECT ANSWER (Goal) Collaborating with a patient and family (as appropriate) and the rest of the health care team to determine the urgency of the identified problems and prioritizes patient needs
What is a concept map? (care plan) - CORRECT ANSWER A tool that helps you critically think about a patient's diagnoses and how they relate to one another
Define assessment: - CORRECT ANSWER -Gathering and collecting data/information
-Continuous interpretation of information
-Collecting information from patient and secondary sources (family members, etc.)
-Interpreting and evaluating the info gathered
How Do I collect data? - CORRECT ANSWER -2 types of communication: Verbal and Non-verbal
-Gather as much detailed data as possible
-Listen and consider all info you are being given
-Observe the patients non-verbal communication ( body language, eye contact, tone of voice, etc.)
Name 3 different types of nursing assessments - CORRECT ANSWER Patient-centered interview during a nursing health history, a physical examination, and periodic assessment during rounding or administrative care
Define the nursing process. - CORRECT ANSWER A systematic, rational method of planning and providing individualized nursing care
Ethics: - CORRECT ANSWER Right or wrong
Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER The quality or state of doing good
Justice: - CORRECT ANSWER just behavior or treatment. Is it fair
Fidelity: - CORRECT ANSWER Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.
Veracity: - CORRECT ANSWER conformity to facts; accuracy
What is the purpose of values clarification? - CORRECT ANSWER Clarifying values is an important part of ethical discourse/interactions. Helps you learn to tolerate differences and resolve ethical dilemmas.
(To educate at-risk individuals about the dangers of continued negative health activity, and to intervene early to prevent illness or injury)
What is an ethical dilemma? How can you determine if a situation is an ethical dilemma? - CORRECT ANSWER Is a decision making problem between two possible moral imperatives, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. Something that goes against something you believe in. If the question is perplexing and the answer has relevance for several areas of human concern, an ethical dilemma exists
Describe the importance of trust in a profession. - CORRECT ANSWER To help take care of patients
Responsibility: - CORRECT ANSWER the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone. Being willing to do what is needed.
Accountability: - CORRECT ANSWER Being accountable for your actions
Confidentiality: - CORRECT ANSWER the state of keeping or being kept secret or private
Social Networking: - CORRECT ANSWER can be a supportive source of information about patient care or professional nursing activities
Values - CORRECT ANSWER : a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life. A personal belief.
Advocacy: - CORRECT ANSWER the practice of promoting patient rights, making improvements in the healthcare industry, and portraying a positive image of the nursing community
Autonomy: - CORRECT ANSWER The initiation of independent nursing interventions
Nonmaleficence: - CORRECT ANSWER To do no harm
Define evaluation: - CORRECT ANSWER The final step of the nursing process, is crucial to determine whether, after application of the first four steps of the nursing process, a patient's condition or well-being improves
Define Implementation: - CORRECT ANSWER Performing the planned interventions or collaboration
What is a S.M.A.R.T. goal? - CORRECT ANSWER S: Specific
M: Measurable
A: Attainable
R: Realistic
T: Timed
What is negligence and how does it pertain to the nurse? - CORRECT ANSWER Is conduct that falls below the generally accepted standard of care of a reasonably prudent person. Negligent acts such as hanging the wrong intravenous solution for a patient often result in disciplinary action by the State Board of Nursing and a lawsuit for negligence against both the nurse and his or her employer.
PPACA- - CORRECT ANSWER Personal Protection and Affordable Care Act
ADA- - CORRECT ANSWER Americans with Disabilities Act
HIPAA- - CORRECT ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
PSDA- - CORRECT ANSWER Patient Self-Determination Act
Advance Directives - CORRECT ANSWER living wills, health care proxies, and durable powers of attorney for health care. Are based on values of informed consent, patient autonomy over end of life decisions, truth telling, and control over the dying process. PSDA (Patient Self Determining Act) The patient has the right to refuse care.
Durable Power of Attorney- - CORRECT ANSWER allows for a person to appoint an agent, also known as a health care representative, to make health care decisions for any time when the person becomes unable to manage his health care decisions [Show Less]