NURS 200 Final Flashcards

Question

IHTSDO

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International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization

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Discharge Abstract Database

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Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

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Canadian Nursing Informatics Association

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International Medical Informatics Association - special interest group in nursing informatics

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American Medical Informatics Association

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- battles that nurses have gone through - need to better the imaging of nursing in the media - trying to make martyrs but silence at the same time need to develop a stronger voice for nursing

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Theres a mixed image of the profession from a students view

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Importance of communication, self-awareness, change, leadership and conflict

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- Needed an increase in global perspective - added wisdom by allowing students to think how an experienced nurse would think

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ICN believes that social media can be helpful Nurses need to be professional regarding its use

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Canadian Nurses Protective Society - Use regulators to protect the public - Nurses can be penalized for criminal conduct - Grievance is a violation of employee’s rights - Civil action is a lawsuit where the plantiff is seeking liability from the defendant - nurses can be charged for negligence

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3 discourses: Recognition, Capabilities and equality, and citizenship

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- CNA: nurses should collaborate with other health care workers

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Maximizing outcomes for clients, nurses and organizations - deliver safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care 1. communication and collaboration 2. Responsibility and accountability 3. Safe and realistic workload 4. Leadership 5. Supports for info and knowledge management 6. Professional development 7. Workplace Culture

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appropriate base staffing that has a range of competencies

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EHT’s, wearable tach, data, and increased patient engagement

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historic view of “virtuous” work - this image belittles the knowledge and skills needed

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1. Practice-based 2. Needs Theory 3. Interactionist Theory 4. Systems Theory 5. Simultaneity

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1. Orientation 2. Identification 3. Exploitation 4. Resolution

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Environment conducive to healing

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Nursing as an interpersonal process

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Increasing independence of patients (14 basic needs)

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preventing/coping/making meaning of illness

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Human and environment as energy fields

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Increase compliance and life expectancy - 5 needs to promote physiological integrity: oxygen, nutrition, elimination, activity and rest, and protection

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stability and balance/adaptation to the forces

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Capacity for self-care

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Variables affecting the client’s response to stressors

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Person as a behavioural system during critical periods of life cycle

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Helping Process of Restoring independence by satisfying human needs

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Humans and environment co-create health

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Focus on health rather than illness

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Nursing as caring

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1. Environment 2. Embodiment 3. Mutuality 4. Engagement

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legal doctrine where the law holds employer legally responsible for acts of its employees that occur within the SCOPE and COURSE of their employment

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“upstream approach”, considers SDOH

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ensures ALL individuals receive the same amount

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Factors in/adjusts distribution to account for individual and/or systemic factors which would put some at a disadvantage

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50% - your life 25% - your healthcare 15% - biology 10% - your environment

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St. Thomas Hospital (1860) in London

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St. Catherine’s Training School (1874)

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1. public interest 2. flexibility 3. fairness and equity 4. administrative efficiency

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- quality of health - satisfied workforce - represent nurses - influence health policy

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- public, nonprofit - promote excellence - advocating - public interest

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- protect the public - excellence in practice - RN’s and NP’s are partners

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“Healthy members, healthy union, healthy communities” - achieve safe and healthy practice environments for all SUN members

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Nursing legal system - Canadian Nursing professions own legal system

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provides guidance when nurses are working through an ethical challenge Responsibility, Accountability and Advocacy

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has capacity to direct their actions

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Stand firm on a point of moral principles

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Choosing one course of action means another is relinquished/let go

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When nurses normalize the disregard of their ethical commitments

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When nurses are unable to act accordingly of their moral judgement

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Failure to assume the ethical responsibilities of the profession - questions integrity of the nurse

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Conflicted between one or more values

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- understand/meet professional standards - competency - maintain fitness of practice - sharing knowledge - advocating

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Acting on another’s behalf - speaking for those who can’t speak - ensure that all views are heard - eliminate social inequities - protecting a patients right to choose

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actions should promote the good and well-being of the client (PREVENT HARM)

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DO NO HARM

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concerns telling the truth - patient education - intent to be honest - autonomy

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fair and equal treatment

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Way in which people are born, grow, live, work and age can impact health (income, social status, social support, education, working conditions, gender, culture, etc.)

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Individual interactions with environment

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Indicators that have influence

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Context of physical, spiritual, social, and mental health or wellness

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equal distribution of goods/services

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Honouring the rights of those who have earned the entitlement to those privileges

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1. Safe-guarding patient autonomy 2. Acting on behalf of patients 3. Championing social justice

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reduced RN fatigue improves patient safety Increased workload of RN’s has poorer outcomes for patients

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Decreased number of nurses burnout Absenteeism is a serious issue Nurses leaving is costly OT and Absenteeism costs up to $2 billion per year Paid and unpaid OT of public-sector healthcare nurses

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Identification of the rights Safe workplace = positive environment

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violence which includes the threatened, attempted or actual work-related incident of physical force or psychological abuse which can result in physical, emotional and sexual injury, harm or trauma

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a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker that is known and seen as unwelcome, especially any hostile and abusive work-related conduct, comment, or gesture that can be perceived to result in a harmful work environment

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inappropriate, offensive, abusive, aggressive, negative, intimidating, or insulting work-related abuse of power

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- low decision-making autonomy and rigid work routine - inappropriate or inadequate staffing - excessive use of OT - inappropriate admission or transportation of patients - inadequate security/security measures - type of healthcare setting or department - working in isolation

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Informational and Communications Technology

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Mission: positively impacting health outcomes by advancing nursing informatics leadership Vision: every nurse, every setting, optimizing informatics, and digital health for all

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non-profit body that records, analyzes, and disseminates essential data

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- artificial intelligence - big data/data analytics - virtual care - EHR and virtual care - patient access to data

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- Patient registry - Provider registry - Diagnostic images - Laboratory results - Drugs dispensed - Clinical reports and immunizations

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uses ICT to support info synthesis in accordance with professional and regulatory standards in the delivery of patient care

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1. Information and knowledge management 2. Professional and regulatory accountability 3. Information and communication technologies

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Sense of disrespect among health workers (bullying)

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1. historical: circular issues of workplace dissatisfaction and violence (ex. nurses eat their young) 2. social and cultural: social/cultural process/networks, evolution of the profession, power differentials, fear of exclusion, age consideration 3. Political: who benefits from resolutions? competition, personal benefits, organizations structure, need for power 4. Economic: absenteeism, leave of absence, high turnover, more OT

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Values focus on well-being of clients and nurses. Respect, positive change, evidence-informed practice

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identify knowledge gaps, generate evidence, facilitate in knowledge transfer

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effective nursing practice of a person or family from another culture and is determined by the people receiving care

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self-reflection to understand personal and systemic biases and to develop and maintain respect processes

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recognizing the differences and similarities exist between cultures

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Doesn’t require us to be experts on different cultures - develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes for working effectively and respectfully with diverse people

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grows when we start to see the influences of our own culture and acknowledge that we have biases

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nurse owed the patient an expected level of care

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properly charting

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constitutional law, common law, administrative law, case law

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derived from federal and state constitutions

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protect the rights of individuals and provide for fair and equitable treatment when civil wrongs or violations occur

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Mandated that skilled nursing facility residents are given rights: greater focus on elderly care, addressed use of restraints (last resort, require an order, close monitoring)

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Health insurance portability and accountability act - provides rights to patient and protects employees - establishes patients rights regarding privacy of their health care info and records - established patients right to consent to the use/disclosure of protected health info, to amend mistaken or incomplete info; limits who can access records

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Health Information Technology Act - expands on principles under HIPAA, especially with security breach of personal health info

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means the state is required to inform the nurse of allegations and investigation process, including who is being asked to provide info about allegations

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responsibility of person performing procedure - must be witnessed, not applicable in emergencies

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1. pt receives an explanation of treatment 2. pt receives the names/qualifications of people involved 3. pt receives a description of the risks/harm 4. pt receives an explanation of alternative therapies to treatment and risks of doing nothing 5. pt knows that he/she has the right to refuse 6. pt knows that they may refuse after the treatment has begun

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protect healthcare professionals in emergency situations outside the hospital. Limits liability and give legal immunity, within standards of care. Once you begin care, you must stay with the pt until transferred to EMS or other authority

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protect populations, advocate for the rights of people, regulate health care and financing, and ensure professional accountability for care provided

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actual point of death at which a person is legally dead

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1. Cardiopulmonary standard: loss of circulatory and respiratory functions 2. Whole-brain standard: loss of all functions of the entire brain (including brain stem)

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publication of false statements that result in damage to a person’s reputation

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Speaking falsely about another

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Written defamation of character

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1st trimester: could end her pregnancy without state regulation because the risk of natural mortality from abortion is less than with normal child birth 2nd Trimester: state is interested in protecting maternal health, and enforces regulations regarding the person terminating the pregnancy and the agency 3rd Trimester: when the baby is viable, the interest of the state is to protect the baby - prohibits the termination except when necessary to save the mother

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Narrowed Roe vs Wade

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1. lacks the knowledge/skills to provide competent care 2. care exceeding the NPA is expected 3. health of the nurse is threatened 4. orientation to the unit hasn’t been completed and safety is at risk 5. nurse clearly state and documents a conscientious objection on a basis of moral, ethical, or religious grounds 6. nurses clinical judgement is impaired as a result of fatigue, resulting in safety risk

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Testify about the standards of care as applied to the facts of a case; has education/experience r/t alleged complaint of pt and accurately describes the pertinent scope and standards of practice required

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1. Metaethics: focus on universal truths, and where and how ethical principles are developed 2. Normative Ethics: focus on moral standards that regulate behaviours 3. Applied Ethics: focus on specific difficult issues such as euthanasia, capital punishment, abortion and health disparities

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1. Pre-conventional 2. Conventional 3. Post Conventional

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individual is inattentive to norms of society when responding to moral problems: individual is self-centered, wants/needs over right/wrong

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Responds to prospect of personal reward

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more independent modes of thinking than previous stages - self-interest AND group norms

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Moral person is one who responds to need and demonstrates consideration of care and responsibility in relationships

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doing your duty to honor your obligation

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- patient scheduling and transfer - billing and financial mgmt - diagnostic imaging - lab reporting - order-entry applications - pharmacy - pt documentation systems - clinical support tools - resource mgmt applications - Artificial intelligence

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- standardizes nursing language - increases visibility of nursing - creation of nursing minimum data set (NMDS) - most important data elemtns - standards

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Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care Project - standardized assessment methods

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1. information and knowledge management 2. professional and regulatory accountability 3. information and communication technologies

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workplaces with better work environments and better nurse and patient outcomes lower mortality rate lower rates of burnout or dissatisfaction at work

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about putting a STOP to violence in health care SUN is responsible for implementing strategies to decrease violence and acts of aggression against SK nurses

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Violence is NOT part of the job

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1. Systematic reviews - 3 or more RCT’s (randomized clinical trials) of good quality that have similar results 2. 1 or 2 well-designed RCT’s 3. 1+ controlled trials w/o randomization 4. 1+ control or cohort studies 5. systematic reviews of descriptive/qualitative studies 6. single descriptive or qualitative studies 7. opinions of authorities and/or reports of expert committees

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1. Abstract 2. Background/Literature Review 3. Methodology 4. Findings 5. Discussion 6. Limitations 7. References

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Quality Quantity Consistency

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question problem purpose - statement design sample methods analysis results or findings clinical implications conclusion

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a way to identify new knowledge, improve professional education/practice and use resources effectively Theories are generated from findings of other research

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Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services - Evidence: research, clinical and patient experience, local data - Context: culture, leadership, evaluation - Facilitation: purpose, role, skills and attributes

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1. Accessibility 2. Public Participation 3. Health Promotion 4. Appropriate Technology 5. Intersectional Cooperation

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1. Description (what happened) 2. Description (thoughts/feelings) 3. Evaluation (good/bad parts) 4. Analysis (make sense) 5. Conclusion (what else) 6. Action plan (what will you do if it happens again)

NURS 200 Final Flashcards

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