1022C Fundamentals of Nursing: Final Exam Study Guide
1. THE NURSING PROCESS: Apply each of the 5 steps to a question
Assessing
● Collect Data
● Organize data
● Validate data
● Document data
Diagnosing
● Analyze
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1022C Fundamentals of Nursing: Final Exam Study Guide
1. THE NURSING PROCESS: Apply each of the 5 steps to a question
Assessing
● Collect Data
● Organize data
● Validate data
● Document data
Diagnosing
● Analyze date
● Identify health problems, risks and strengths
● Formulate diagnostic statements
Planning
● Prioritize problems / diagnosis
● Formulate goals / desired outcomes
● Select nursing interventions
● Write nursing interventions
Implementing (action)
● Reassess the client
● Determine the nurse’s need for assistance
● Implement the nursing interventions
● Supervise delegated care
● Document nursing activities
Evaluating
● Collect data related to outcomes
● Compare data with outcomes
● Relate nursing actions to client goals / outcomes
● Draw conclusions about problem status
● Continue, modify or terminate the client’s care plan
2. NURSING DIAGNOSIS FORMATION: May have to develop a nursing
diagnosis
Data analysis + Problem Identification = Formulation of Nursing Diagnosis
3. THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION (DO NOT NEED TO KNOW SPECIFIC
NAMES OF TECHNIQUES)
See table 26-2
4. VITAL SIGNS: Know ranges- BP, Pulse, Temperature (Axillary, PO),
Respirations, Pulse OxTEMP: 96.8-99.5 F (Oral, rectal, axillary, tympanic membrane-ear,
skin/temporal artery-forehead)
BP: 120/80
PULSE: 60-100 WNL: Temporal, carotid (never do both at once), Brachial,
radial, apical, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibia, dorsalis pedis)
RESPIRATIONS: 12-20
PULSE OXIMETRY: 95-100% RA
5. CLIENT HISTORY: Past Medications, Past Surgeries, Etc.
● Surgical History
● Medical History
● Social History
● Family History
● Allergies
● Medications
6. PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT: Genital Urinary (Inspection); Lungs
(Auscultating), GI = Observation, Auscultating, Palpation, Percussion
● Inspection: Visual examination using sight
● Auscultation: the process of listening to sounds produced within the
body.
● Direct auscultation: the used of the unaided ear, for example
listening to a respiratory wheeze or the grating of a moving joint.
● Indirect auscultation: the use of a stethoscope
● Percussion: the act of striking the body surface to elicit sounds that
can be heard or vibrations that can be felt
● Direct percussion: striking the area to be percussed directly with
the pads of 2, 3 or 4 fingers or with the pad of the middle finger
● Indirect percussion: the striking of an object held against the
body area to be examined
● Palpation: Examination of the body using the sense of touch. Used to
determine: texture, temperature, vibration, position, size, consistency and
mobility of organs, distention, pulsation and tenderness or pain.
Skin – Inspection and palpation
Ears and hearing – inspection and palpation
Nose – inspection and palpation
Lungs and thorax – inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation
Heart – Inspection, palpation and auscultation (in this sequence)Abdomen- inspection, auscultation, percussion and palpation (this
order)
7. OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE DATA: Subjective: What the client see’s;
Objective: What the nurse see’s
OBJECTIVE: data that is detectable by an observer or can be tested against
an accepted standard; can be seen, heard, felt or smelled
SUBJECTIVE: data that is apparent only to the person affected; can be
described or verified only by that person
8. PRIORITIZATION OF CARE: Look at examples of client’s with medical
problems and be able to prioritize; Respiration 1st than pain
9. DELEGATION OF CARE TO THE UAP AND LPN: Know 5 rights of delegation:
Look at case study: delegation to LPN and UAP
5 Rights of delegation:
● Right task
● Right circumstance
● Right person
● Right direction and communication
● Right supervision and evaluation
Can delegate to UAP: VS, measuring and recording I/O, transfers and
ambulation, postmortem care, bathing, feeding, gastrostomy feeding in
established systems, safety, weight, performing simple dressing changes,
suctioning of chronic tracheostomies, CPR
No delegation to UAP: Assessment, interpretation of data, nursing
diagnosis, nursing care plan, evaluation of care effectiveness, care of
invasive lines, administering parenteral medications, insertion of
nasogastric tubes, client education, performing triage, telephone advice,
IS
Can delegate to LPN: Catheter insertion, medications, IS, Tube feedings,
sputum culture, teaching
No delegation to LPN: Assessing, Planning, nursing diagnosis
10. PAIN ASSESSMENT: Not able to talk ; Quality, pain scale; sharp, shooting;
go back after pain medication is given and re-assess.
● Scale 0-10 (0-None / 10-Worst possible pain)
● Mild Pain – Pain in the 1-3 range
● Moderate Pain – Pain in the 4-6 range
● Severe Pain – Pain in the 7-10 rangePain threshold: least amount of stimuli necessary for a person to label a sensation
as pain
Pain tolerance: the most pain a person can take
11.CLIENTS AT RISK FOR CONSTIPATION: Immobile, post-op, narcotics
● Not eating enough fiber, such as fruit, vegetables and cereals
● A change in your routine or lifestyle, such as change in eating habits
● Ignoring the urge to pass stools
● Side effects of certain medications
● Not drinking enough fluids
● Post-op
12. OSTOMY CARE: Skin assessment; stoma – red, moist
The stoma should appear red and slightly moist. Very pale or darker-colored
stomas with a dusky bluish or purplish hue indicate impaired blood circulation to
the area, notify Dr. Slight bleeding when stoma is initially touched is normal but
report excessive bleeding. New stoma will have swelling but should go down with
2-3 weeks, contact Dr. If it doesn’t, it may indicate blockage. Redness of skin
around stoma should be noted.
13. DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENEMAS: Hypertonic; hypotonic; soap suds
● Hypertonic draws water into the colon (Fleet’s enema)
● Hypotonic distends the colon and stimulates peristalsis (tap water)
● Isotonic distends the colon, stimulates peristalsis and softens feces (saline)
● Soapsuds (castile soap) irritates the intestinal mucosa and distends the colon
For any type of enema client must lay on left side
14. DIARRHEA: Skin integrity, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, fecal impaction
Causes:
● Stool is unformed and liquidly
● Cramps
● Embarrassing
● Bowel sounds increased
● Skin breakdown
● Dehydration
● Electrolyte imbalance – Rapid movement of Chyme reduces the time available
for the large intestines to absorb water and electrolytes
15. FECAL IMPACTION:
● Mass or collection of hardened feces in the folds of the rectum
● Resulted from prolonged retention and accumulatio
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