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Fundamentals ATI 1. when to refer patient to occupational therapist - when patient has difficulty using eating utensil after stroke 2. respiratory therapist - evaluates patient’s respirato ... ry status and provides respiratory treatments like O2 and mechanical ventilation 3. when to refer patient to respiratory therapist - when patient is short of breath and needs breathing treatment 4. social worker - work with patient/family to meet psychosocial and environmental needs that are necessary for recovery and discharge 5. when to refer patient to social worker - client who is terminal wants to go home but is no longer able to perform ADLs 6. what kind of things can CNA's do for patients? - Bathing - Ambulating - Toileting - vital signs 7. basic principles of ethics for nurses (4) - advocacy - responsibility - accountability - confidentiality 8. principles of treatment for patients (5) - autonomy--right to make own decisions - beneficence--positive actions to help others - fidelity--keeping promises - justice--fairness in care delivery - nonmaleficence--avoidance of harm/injury 9. example of ethical dilemma - 10. federal regulations for nurses - 11. criminal law - 12. civil law - 13. unintentional torts - 14. example of negligence - 15. example of malpractice - 16. quasi intentional torts - 17. example of defamation of character - 18. intentional torts - 19. elements necessary to prove negligence (4) - 20. informed consent - 21. individuals who may grant consent of procedure/treatment for patient - 22. situations that have mandatory reporting - 23. who would explain to a patient the risks/benefits of surgery, consequences of not having surgery, and alternatives to surgery? - 24. nurses’ job regarding informed consent (2) - 25. who can RNs delegate tasks to? - 26. things RN can delegate to LPNs - 27. five rights of delegation - 28. primary source of data - 29. nursing process mnemonic - 30. is pain scale subjective or objective? - 31. basic critical thinking - 32. complex critical thinking - 33. Admission process (5) - 34. medical asepsis - 35. surgical asepsis - 36. height that you need to keep sterile things - 37. bottle caps and sterile surfaces - 38. water temperature for handwashing - 39. time and sterility relationship - 40. fluid permeation and sterility - 41. leukocytosis - 42. nursing process - 43. fire protocol mnemonic - 44. what client should be told about oxygen safety - 45. why is carbon monoxide harmful? - 46. semi-fowler's position - 47. fowler's position - 48. high-fowler's position - 49. Trendelenburg position - 50. orthopneic position - 51. sign of anthrax (bacteria) poisoning - 52. treatment for anthrax - 53. treatment for botulism - 54. sign of botulism - 55. hemorrhagic fevers - 56. patient priority list - 57. overweight BMI - 58. obese BMI - 59. how often should women above 40 have a mammogram? - 60. primary prevention - 61. secondary prevention - 62. tertiary prevention - 63. components of health history - 64. components of general survey - 65. stages of physical examination process - 66. Fever - 67. hypothermia - 68. pulse deficit - 69. flatus protrusion - 70. fluid protrusion - 71. borborygmi - 72. what do you expect to hear when auscultating abdomen? - 73. 1 edema - 74. 2 edema - 75. 3 edema - 76. 4 edema - 77. main cause of skin tenting - 78. vesicle examples - 79. pustule example - 80. papule example - 81. macule example - 82. Kyphosis - 83. lordosis - 84. obtunded - 85. stuporous - 86. stereognosis - 87. graphesthesia - 88. expected deep tendon reflex response - 89. Romberg test - 90. Kubler-Ross five stages of guilt - 91. what stage of sleep does sleepwalking normally occur? - 92. diet of patients with dysphagia - 93. what method helps prevent aspiration? - 94. low residue foods - 95. what side to hold cane - 96. substances the increase pain transmission - 97. substances that decrease pain transmission 98. chronic pain - 99. nociceptive pain - 100. PCA - 101. therapeutic touch - 102. homeopathic medicine - 103. naturopathic medicine - 104. healing intention - 105. what should a nurse do if an orthodox Jewish family has a stillborn baby? - 106. advance directive - 107. position a patient should be in for peripheral IV insertion - 108. what should you do after you prick a patient finger during BG monitoring? - 109. what should a nurse recognize with an IM medication? - 110. how much space should be left between restraints and skin? - 111. what should you do after administering a controlled substance? - 112. what should document if you administered the wrong medication to a patient - 113. when should a nurse initiate discharge planning? - 114. what should you say to a patient who is angry that you didn't answer their call within 5 minutes? - 115. what should you tell the patient to do as you insert a suctioning device? - 116. what should you do if you find that a patient has a necklace on before surgery and they are out from anesthesia? - 117. RACE fire mnemonic - 118. normal K levels - 119. normal Na levels - 120. normal HCO3 levels - 121. normal Ca levels - 122. normal BUN level - 123. requirement for fasting blood sugar test - 124. what is a nurses first action when removing a patient's sutures? - 125. primary hypertension cause - 126. secondary hypertension cause - 127. regulatory nursing agencies - 128. preventive care - 129. primary care - 130. secondary care 131. tertiary care - 132. managed care organization (MCO) - 133. federally funded health care financing organizations (2) - 134. private health care financing organizations (4) - 135. preferred provider organization (PPO) 136. exclusive provider organization (EPO) - 137. long-term care insurance - 138. Medicare - 139. Medicaid - 140. spiritual support staff - 141. registered dietitian - 142. when to refer patient to dietitian - 143. occupational therapist - [Show More]

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