Medical-Surgical Nursing Review and Resource Manual

Ask about smoking at every visit, Advise all smokers to stop, Assess willingness to stop, Assist patient with quitting, Arrange for follow-up.

Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease and achieve health equity.

Create social and physical environments that promote good health.

17 diseases.

It is a mandate and expectation of patients, regulatory agencies, and insurers.

Goes beyond treatment of illness and injury to include prevention and wellness promotion.

A counseling approach that helps individuals find the motivation to make positive decisions.

Health disparities and improve the health of all groups.

General health status, life expectancy, and chronic disease prevalence.

Initiation, Cultivation, Growth, Separation and redefinition.

Every 10 years.

The University of Iowa, College of Nursing.

Mosby’s diagnostic and laboratory test reference.

To promote mental health and substance abuse services.

Every exam, or 1–2 years.

Infectious disease.

10 calories per pound of ideal body weight.

A method designed to uncover the problem that resulted in a patient adverse event.

To Err Is Human by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 1999.

They can be learned and developed with practice and direction by both teacher and learner.

Role-playing.

To create rules and regulations that enforce statutory laws.

The number of years a person can expect to live in good health.

Judicial decisions made by the courts to interpret legal issues in dispute.

Provide adequate and appropriate supervision.

It discusses theory and application in nursing management and leadership.

More than one-third (34.9%).

Hypothyroidism, Cushing’s syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, and menopause.

Engaging multiple sectors to strengthen policies and improve practices based on evidence.

Physical, mental, and social health-related quality of life.

Disease awareness and completion of immunization and antibiotic courses.

Viral hepatitis, influenza, and tuberculosis.

Organizations and agencies that set rules, regulations, or standards for healthcare providers.

Violations can incur a citation, a fine, or both, and serious violations can lead to workplace closure.

It greatly expands patients' rights to confidentiality in all healthcare settings.

Knowledge that serves a specific need or solves a problem.

It focuses on assumed existing quality care rather than actively improving it.

To ensure understanding and retention of skills.

Reduces mortality and morbidity, increases functional level, improves mood, and improves body composition.

To identify stages of change and match interventions to those stages.

1 dose annually for individuals over 50 and younger persons if high-risk.

Advocacy.

Nursing practice within the state.

Guidance for patients and families toward a healthy lifestyle and away from risk factors.

Age, sedentary lifestyle, non-Hispanic black ethnicity, higher income, genetics, lack of sleep, smoking, large food portions, inability to afford access to exercise facilities, and presence of certain diseases.

The regulatory guidelines for nursing practice.

Health assessment in nursing.

American Nurses Association (ANA).

To create a win-win situation.

Communication of false information orally (slander) or in writing (libel) that damages reputation.

Intergroup, intrapersonal, and interpersonal.

A federal health insurance program for persons ages 65 and older and some younger individuals with long-term disabilities.

The large proportion of business represented by the Medicaid and Medicare population.

Blue Cross Blue Shield, Anthem, Prudential, Metropolitan.

Delegation.

To provide public safety.

State board license, certification, performance review, checklist and audits, peer evaluation, and assessment.

A tort committed by a professional action in a professional capacity, failing to act as a reasonable, prudent nurse would.

A win-win strategy involving partnership, interdependence, and collective ownership and responsibility.

To enhance focus and retention of information.

Motivation and desire to learn new information.

Professional scope of practice and professional standards in general or specialty practice.

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.

Medical-surgical nursing: Patient-centered collaborative care.

Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems.

It focuses on improving immunization rates and reducing infectious diseases.

1 to 2 pounds.

Support from hospital administration, commitment of financial and human resources, and commitment to excellence.

Coaching, protection, and listening.

Annually.

Giving unauthorized access to patient or patient’s information, such as taking a patient’s photo without permission.

Outcome measurements are multifaceted and involve various stakeholders, making it difficult to assess quality.

Unjustifiable restriction of movement.

Influenza and pneumonia.

Detection of new infectious agents, international travel, migration, and threats of bioterrorism.

That care standards are not static and must evolve with new procedures and treatment regimes.

It can determine the complexity of the material, such as a sixth-grade reading level.

Primary care provider, nurse, dietician, nutritionist, bariatric surgeon, case manager, social worker, psychiatrist, and psychologist.

A private nonprofit organization that audits healthcare organizations and programs for quality and safety.

Use of bar codes in medication administration.

A civil wrongdoing resulting from the defendant’s negligence.

1 dose every 10 years.

Annual goals issued to improve patient safety, including identifying patients correctly and preventing mistakes in surgery.

Duty to person, breach of duty, causation, and actual injury or harm.

To improve nursing care.

To enhance management and leadership effectiveness.

Improving the health of Americans through various health objectives.

Key indicators used to track health progress and outcomes.

Coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, and sleep apnea.

Every 5 years.

Documented rules for living, both state and federal.

To prevent infectious disease and disability caused by certain communicable diseases.

Encouraging reflection, change, and independence.

Save 33,000 lives, prevent 14 million cases of disease, and reduce healthcare costs significantly.

Guided discussion.

To ensure that patients retain the right to their own medical information.

Aerobic exercise that uses oxygen, is efficient in energy production, and involves large muscle groups in rhythmic motion.

1 dose, with revaccination 5 years later for high-risk individuals.

The profession, patient, and staff.

To provide voluntary accreditation surveys and mandate quality assessment programs in hospitals.

They involve private interests and rights between persons, known as torts.

A system that provides healthcare services at reduced costs through a network of providers.

Consideration of setting, patient condition, and stability.

A fee paid monthly based on the number of enrollees who select a provider as their primary care provider.

Determining if the task can be safely delegated to a non-RN care provider.

To standardize the collection of nursing data.

Literacy, reading comprehension, problem-solving, and the ability to apply information.

Patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality, safety, and informatics.

Identify nationwide health improvement priorities and increase public awareness of health determinants.

8th edition.

1–2 years.

The actions and duties allowed by the nursing profession.

Biology, genetics, individual behavior, and access to health services.

Race and ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, and geography.

As the provision of health services that increase desired health outcomes based on current professional knowledge.

Resources to support prevention efforts are not always available.

It develops an independent relationship and is necessary if the mentor has done a good job.

The growing needs of an increasingly diverse and aging population.

Assessment of spiritual beliefs.

Barriers, benefits, modifying factors, and cues to action.

A health insurance model where providers are paid for each service rendered.

Decreased length of stay, questionable quality of care, increased acuity of patients, and increased job dissatisfaction among nurses.

The NCLEX examination.

Delegating tasks at the wrong time, to the wrong person, or for the wrong reason.

Negligence, which can be by omission or commission.

Acknowledging the need for change but feeling ambivalent or anxious.

It defines the authority of the state’s board of nursing and the scope of practice.

The process for selecting individual members and categories of membership.

Clearly communicate the goal.

Quality can and must be managed.

It helps overcome language barriers and ensures understanding of information.

How and when to renew your license.

Nursing diagnosis handbook: An evidence-based guide to planning care.

Kaiser Family Foundation.

Age > 40.

Follow the outlined appeal steps provided by the board.

Focus on technological advancements and collaboration among public health entities.

A relationship is established.

To ensure safe, healthy workplaces and provide national leadership in occupational safety and health.

The ethics of society in writing.

Age 13–26, ideally before sexual activity.

Instructions should be clear, concise, complete, and understood.

Computer Physician Order Entry (CPOE).

Having the abilities to meet the requirements of the role.

Cognitive or mood impairment, decreased vision, decreased hearing, fatigue, physical debilitation, and lack of learner readiness.

Motivational interviewing.

It reflects individuals' perceptions of their own health.

A method used to review causes of adverse events.

Precontemplation.

Persons at high risk and those traveling or working outside the U.S.

Care system, environment of care, interaction of care providers, and the identified needs of the patient and community.

Failure to follow standards of care, use equipment reasonably, communicate, document, assess and monitor, and act as a patient advocate.

Definitions and scope of practice for each level of nursing.

Adding new behaviors rather than eliminating established ones.

Align payments and incentives for services to reduce costs and improve quality of care.

Most effective teaching occurs when using the learner’s preferred style.

RN, APN, LPN.

Corticosteroids, antidepressants, and antiseizure medications.

At age 18 or if sexually active.

The standard of care in existence at the time of care.

The legal responsibility of the nurse increases as well.

44,000 to 98,000 people.

Adolescent health, blood disorders, and global health.

Women, low income individuals, low education individuals, Hispanic and Black populations, and persons with disabilities.

Every 3 years.

A jointly funded state-federal health insurance program for eligible low-income persons, with coverage varying by state.

A system where payments are based on Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) and are fixed regardless of actual costs.

Treats voluntarily submitted medical errors as confidential.

The false assumption that delegating indicates a lack of ability.

Exam annually, cleaning every 6 months.

Right circumstances, right task, right person.

Age, gender, race and ethnicity, and family history.

Delegating too much without considering the delegatee's abilities and available time.

That glasses and hearing aids are on and working.

Plan ahead.

It explains why healthy people use health-protecting and disease-preventing services.

It reinforces learning and aids retention.

It provides a standardized language for nursing diagnoses.

Provide it in writing, at an appropriate reading level.

The ratio should be low.

Professional Standards Review Board legislation (PL 92–603, 1972).

12 calories per pound of current weight.

The Department of Labor.

Disease surveillance, proper use of vaccines, antibiotics, and screening guidelines.

8th leading cause of death.

Health-seeking behaviors and prevention, not disease.

2 doses (0, 4–8 weeks).

Standing up for what one believes in (advocacy).

Every 5 years for women 35 and older.

Actions considered harmful to society as a whole, such as murder or drug violations.

Inappropriate antibiotic use and environmental changes.

Ongoing monitoring of patient care and identifying areas in need of change to improve outcomes.

Age, gender, culture, and language.

That there is always room for improvement.

30 to 60 minutes, which can be divided into short sessions (e.g., 10 minutes × 3).

Suggest small rather than large changes.

An environment that is both safe and conducive to professional and personal growth.

Be specific; establish contracts.

Continuing the change and monitoring for relapse.

It identifies benefits of changing behavior, barriers to changing behavior, and explores ways to overcome those barriers.

By increasing the likelihood of success through exploring beliefs, identifying benefits, and enhancing media cues.

The parameters of nursing practice and state regulations.

Ignorance of the laws and regulations.

Decreased vision, decreased hearing, impaired cognition, depression, stress, and chronic illness.

Hepatitis and tuberculosis, accounting for 56,000 deaths per year.

About 10%.

Education of the adult and family or caregiver.

Compromise.

Improves blood sugar, blood pressure, HDL cholesterol, increases metabolic rate, burns calories, aids weight loss, improves bone density, and enhances cognitive function.

Lack of time, access to facilities, safe environment, physical limitations, knowledge, and motivation.

The impact of premature death on life expectancy.

It limits how information will be used or shared and mandates safeguards for its protection.

Possesses ultimate responsibility and final accountability for care provided.

Allow additional time and promote physical comfort.

Lighting, background noise, and overstimulation.

Testing and reporting safety improvement strategies and funding research for safe and effective practice guidelines.

Risk-taking, vision, self-confidence, ability to articulate needs, and assertiveness.

To design health systems that make it harder to make mistakes.

A deliberate breach of a person’s rights, such as assault or battery.

Screening and early detection of asymptomatic disease.

Nursing interventions and patient outcomes.

Managing disease to prevent late complications.

Increased risk for bronchitis.

Requirements for entry into practice.

To make information available to consumers about healthcare quality in various facilities.

Persist, encourage, and support.

Lacking intent but a willful action and direct causation, such as defamation of character and invasion of privacy.

New learning should relate to what the patient already knows.

Anaerobic exercise that is less efficient, done without oxygen, and involves muscle contraction without movement.

To match the patient’s perceptions.

Walking while carrying groceries or riding a bicycle while gripping handlebars tightly.

Expected effects and the time frame of effects.

Learning is best when the learner is involved and the material is relevant to them.

To explore options and provide details.

Always treat the learner with respect and dignity.

Cultural identity can determine how a patient views self and seeks healthcare services.

Learning can be affected by the individual's physical wellness or illness.

To respect diversity and ensure effective interaction.

To provide professional guidance and support in a conscious and purposeful relationship.

No, accreditation is voluntary for organizations.

Action to prevent disease or make the environment less harmful.

They disseminate quality performance data as mandated by state laws.

A multisensory approach that includes auditory, visual, and kinesthetic methods.

A voluntary, contributory program that covers about 10 million federal employees and their dependents.

Looked at with distrust and considered disloyal.

Assertiveness is about expressing oneself without infringing on others' rights, while aggressiveness is not.

Someone worthy of imitation, typically experienced and competent.

Acts and tasks that are prohibited and their consequences.

Affective, cognitive, and psychomotor objectives.

What and how much is learned.

Patient care and outcomes.

Age > 60 years, regardless of prior episodes of zoster.

Each person is accountable for his or her own actions, including physicians and other independent practitioners.

They allow individuals to express themselves directly and honestly.

The ability of a test to correctly identify persons with a disorder.

The ability of a test to identify persons without the disease.

Elicit and respond to patient concerns.

Knowledge deficit and ineffective coping.

Cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and cancer.

Adults are self-directed and interested in information that benefits them.

Self-management and active participation.

Mobilize support.

The treatment plan.

Involvement in healthcare reform and scope of practice for nurses.

It can enhance support and understanding of the patient’s needs.

A preceptor role is active and purposeful.

Processes are the problem and should be addressed rather than just treating symptoms.

The need to justify care or quality due to increased hospital and patient costs.

It should be comfortable.

Assess knowledge, motivation, readiness to learn, and physical or sensory impairments.

Every employee is responsible for quality and should be empowered.