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What war did Florence Nightingale participate in

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Crimean War

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Did Nightingale’s parents support her career choice?

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no

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Nurse educator

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educates patient and their family and make sure they fully understand how to manage their healthcare and medicine.

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Nurse advocate

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protects their patient’s safety; assisting in health related decision making

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Nurse informatics

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collect information to manage patient’s healthcare

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Nurse manager/leader

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managing/leading; in charge helping

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three nursing images that impeded nursing in healthcare*

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professional email*

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ALL conversions*

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three types of learning styles

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visual, auditory, kinesthetic

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evidence based practice

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clinical judgement, patient’s values/preferences, and relevant scientific evidence

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military time*

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role of nurses

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caregiver, manage physical needs, prevent illness, treat health conditions

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role of doctors

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prescribe meds and make diagnoses

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abbreviations*

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telehealth

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healthcare over the phone such as doctor appointment

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electronic health records (EHR)

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digital version of patient’s chart

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F=

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(C x 1.8)+32

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C=

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(F-32)/1.8

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qualitative vs quantitative research

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quantitative has to do with numbers

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who is responsible for getting informed consent signed

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nurse

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autonomy

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patient can make their own medical choices

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beneficence

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actions that promote the well being of others

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justice

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ensuring fair distribution of benefits, risks, and cost

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non-maleficence
"first do no harm"
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fidelity
faithful to a person, belief, or cause
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veracity
honest
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advanced directives
any legal document addressing future medical care
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living wills
deal with any life prolonging treatments
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LPN role
can't assess initially, they can only assess after the RN has. They can give oral meds
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CNA role
help with activities of daily living
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RN role
deligate
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CEU's
continuing education unit one CEU is 10 contact hours; 30 contact hours=one semester hour need to renew every 2 years
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functions of the ABN (Alabama Board of Nursing)
safeguard and promote the health, safety and welfare of the public through licensing and approval of qualified individuals and adopting and enforcing legal standards for nursing education and nursing practice.
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trade name
brand name where the drug is manufactured, can have several names, capitalized, has trademark
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generic name
not capitalized, goes by the drug's active ingredient, has only one name
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7 rights to med administration
medication, client, dose, route, time, reason, & documentation
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the 2 patient identifiers
name and DOB
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med checks before administoring
1. check label when obtaining 2. check label before opening 3. check label before administering
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MAR
Mediation Administration Record; a 24hr record of what medications are ordered and administered
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What is PPE and when do you use it
Personal protective equipment like masks and gloves; you use it when you could potentially be exposed to something to protect yourself.
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assault
saying or doing something to make a person afraid of being harmed/touched without consent
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battery
actually touching the person without consent
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negligence
being careless without intent to harm
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malpractice
professional negligence
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slander
spoken defamation
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libel
written defamation
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misdemeanor
minor crime like DUI
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felony
major crime like homicide
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passive euthanasia
withholding life sustaining treatments
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active euthanasia
purposefully giving someone a lethal dose of medication
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durable power of attorney (DPOA)
legal document allowing another person the authority to make medical decisions for you
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the good samaritan law
Provides limited protection to someone who voluntarily chooses to provide first aid
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do's and don'ts of reporting a chemically impaired nurse
1. know what your law requires you to do 2. have no doubt a problem exists 3. enough data to present 4. collect data, facts, dates, times 5. do not confront the person 6. notify supervisor
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4 steps of the peds dosages
1. convert lbs to kg 2. calculate the safe dose range 3. determine if it is safe 4. calculate dose
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microdrip
60 gtt/mL and has needle
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macrodrip
check the tubing but either 10 gtt/mL, 15 gtt/mL, or 20 gtt/mL and does not have needle
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how to calculate drip without pump
gravity; physically counting
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ice for intake and output
cut ice in half when counting output
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Heparin
anticoagulant that busts clots; PTT
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is heparin a high risk med
yes
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Insulin
regulates blood sugar levels; check blood glucose before administering
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is insulin a high risk med
yes
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high dose saline
replinish fluids
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vasopressors
narrows the vessels in people with low blood pressure
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PCA pump
Patient Controlled Analgesia
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does PCA have a lockout
yes
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What lab is important for Heprain
PTT levels
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What lab is important for Insulin
Blood glucose levels
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titrate
slowly increasing dose to benefit the patient
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piggyback
secondary infusion, is the administration of medication that is diluted in a small volume of I.V. solution
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bolus
a large quantity of something
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high alert medications
cause a lot of harm if there is an error; marked in red
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parenteral
administered through anywhere but mouth
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enteral
administered orally
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normal fasting blood glucose
70-100

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