Jeopardy for Nursing Final

a nurse is preparing to administer 0.3 units of insulin. what size needle and syringe would be used?

100 unit, 1 ml syringe with 27g, 1/2 inch needle

what are the five steps involved in the nursing process?

ADPIE assess diagnose plan intervene evaluate

a nurse is caring for an older adult patient who states the need to use the restroom. which safety intervention must the nurse perform first?

assess the need for assistance with ambulation

what task is the most appropriate to assign the nursing assistant when an uncertain death occurs in the ED?

assisting with postmortem care

a registered nurse on a busy telemetry floor is delegating tasks to an unlicensed assistive person (UAP). what task is appropriate for the UAP to complete?

bathing a combative patient

the nurse is caring for a patient with a colostomy. what food choices would be recommended?

bland foods that minimize gas and promote soft stool

a nurse is planning care for a patient ordered for enteral nutrition. what interventions would be expected?

check placement of feeding tube, check gastric residual, administer feeling with head of bed elevated

what is the leading cause of injury related deaths in adults 65 and older?

falls

a nurse is providing a diet of pudding, cream soup, and milkshakes. this is because the patient is on what diet?

full liquid diet

an older adult woman has been in the hospital for more than 1 week. while assessing her intravenous catheter port, the nurse finds a staph infection, which has developed in the past day or so. this infection is an example of which type of infection?

healthcare associated infection

what is the difference between hospice and palliative care?

hospice is comfort care without curative intent, paid for by medicare. palliative care is comfort care and may occur at any time during the disease and may involve curative care

after a patient falls out of bed, the nurse should complete, what?

incident report

a nurse documents on the EMR, uses bar code scanning to administer medications, utilizes standard terminologies, and uses a smart IV pump. what aspect of nursing science is this nurse using?

informatics

what is one of the most difficult therapeutic communication skills to master?

listening

what type of interventions require a physician or provider order?

medication prescriptions, IV fluids, admission and discharge orders

a nurse notes a calcium level of 7.5mg/dl. what symptom would the nurse expect?

muscle cramps, tremors, facial spasms, dry scaly skin

eye contact, physical appearance, gestures and posture are types of what kind of communication?

nonverbal

the nurse is completing a sterile dressing change on a confused client. during the procedure, the client reaches down and touches the contents of the open dressing kit. what is the nurse's next action?

open a new sterile dressing kit

before implementing any planned intervention, which action should the nurse first take?

reassess the patient to determine whether the action is needed (implementation step)

what is another term for objective data?

signs

a patient call the phone triage nurse with the following symptoms: urinary frequency, bladder spasms, and a fever. what would the nurse suspect?

urinary tract infection (uti)

an emergency room nurse is performing an initial assessment of a new patient who presents with severe dizziness. the patient reports a medical history of hypertension, gout, and migraine headaches. which piece of the assessment should the nurse obtain first in the comprehensive assessment?

vital signs

the nurse is caring for a patient with an indwelling foley catheter. how would a urine specimen be obtained?

wipe port with alcohol, use a syringe to withdraw urine from the specimen port, using aseptic technique