RN Comprehensive Predictor 2019 Remediation
Professional Responsibilities: Identifying Client Advocacy
Support of clients’ health, wellness,
... [Show More] safety, and personal rights, including privacy
Autonomy: the right to make one’s own personal decisions, even when those decisions
might not be in that person’s best interest
Beneficence: action that promotes good for others, without an self interest
Fidelity: fulfillment of promises
Justice: fairness in care delivery and use of resources
Nonmaleficence: a commitment to do no harm
Veracity: a commitment to tell the truth
1) Ensures the client has the information they need to make decisions about healthcare
2) Advocate even when they disagree with the client’s decision
3) Advocate when clients are unable to speak or act for themselves
Managing Client Care: Action Requiring Intervention during Tracheostomy Suctioning
Provide tracheostomy care every 8 hours to reduce risk of infection
Use sterile suctioning supplies
Remove soiled dressings and excess secretions
Apply the oxygen source loosely if the client’s SpO2 decreases during procedure
Use cotton tip[ed applicators and gauze pads to clean exposed outer cannula surfaces.
Clean in a circular motion from the stoma site outward
Use surgical asepsis to remove and clean the inner canula . Use a new inner cannula if it
is disposable.
Clean the stoma site and then the tracheostomy plate
Place a fresh split gauze tracheostomy dressing of nonraveling material under and around
the tracheostomy holder and plate
1) An open airway is necessary for breathing so it is the highest priority
2) Breathing is necessary for oxygenation of the blood to occur
3) Circulation is necessary for oxygenated blood to reach the body’s tissues
Managing Client Care: Effective Time Management
1) Taking time to plan care and taking priorities into consideration
2) Making repeated trips to the supply room
3) Completing one task before beginning another task for equipment
Coordinating Client Care: Planning Care for a Client Following a Stroke
Assess swallow and gag reflex before feeding
Can have thin (water, juice), nectar like (cream soups, nectars), honey like (honey,
yogurt), spoon thick ( pudding, cooked cereals)
Pureed, mechanically soft, regular
1) Initiation revision and evaluations of the plan of care
2) Facilitating referrals and the use of community resources
3) Facility to another, such as from an acute care facility to a skilled facility
Coordinating Client Care: Information to Report to Occupational Therapist
Assess and plans for clients to regain activities of daily living skills, especially motor
skills of the upper extremities
Ex. A client has difficulties with using an eating utensil with her dominant hand
following a stoke.
1) Client medical diagnosis and care providers
2) Overview of health status, plan of care, and recent progress
3) Most recent vital signs and medications
Multiple Sclerosis: Priority Referral for a Client who has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Degenerative neurological disorder of upper and lower motor neurons, resulting in
progressive paralysis
Eventually causes respiratory paralysis within 3-5 years. Cognitive function is not
impacted. No cure.
Palliative care is top priority
1) Plan for disease progression
2) Consider referral to occupational and physical therapy for home environment assessment to
determine safety and ease of mobility.
3) Refer to speech language therapist for dysarthria and dysphagia.
Information Technology: Using Correct Documentation
1) Begin each entry with the date and time
2) Record entries legibly, in nonerasable black ink, and do not leave blank spaces in the nurses’
notes
3) Sign all documentation as the facility requires, generally with name and title
Professional Responsibilities: Priority Action When Obtaining a Signature on an Informed
Consent Form
The reason the client needs the treatment or procedure
How the treatment or procedure will benefit the client
The risks involved
Other options to treat the problem
The nurse’s role is to witness the client’s signature on the informed consent form to
ensure that the provider has obtained the informed consent responsibly
1) For an invasive procedure or surgery, the client is required to provide written consent
2) State laws regulate who is able to give informed consent [Show Less]