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Professions
The Nursing Process
- ADPIE
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
2 mins
Assessment
- Health History
- Objective Data
- Subjective Data
- TEST-TAKING STRATEGY: KEY WORDS
- Identify
- Determine
- Obtain Information
- CONSIDERATIONS
- Assessment Always Done Before Treatments
3 mins
Diagnosis
- A COMPARISON
- Medical Diagnosis
- Nursing Diagnosis
- Collaborative Problem
- Data Interpretation and Analysis
- Significant Data
- Patterns or Clusters
- Parts of Nursing Diagnosis Statement
- Problem
- Etiology
- Defining Characteristics
- TEST-TAKING STRATEGY: KEY WORDS
- Maslow’s Pyramid
- Patient’s Concerns
2 mins
Planning
- Nursing Care Plan
- Tailored to Patient
- Short-and-Long-Term Goals
- SMART GOALS
- Specific
- Measurable
- Attainable
- Realistic
- Time-Oriented
2 mins
Implementation
- Types of Nursing Interventions
- Direct Care Interventions
- Indirect Care Interventions
- A Community (Public Health) Intervention
- Implementing the Care Plan
- Partnership with the Patient/Family
- Performing the Nursing Action
- Documenting Nursing Care
- Delegating Nursing Care
- TEST-TAKING STRATEGY: KEY WORDS
- Intervene
- Priority Action
3 mins
Evaluation
- Consider the Effectiveness of Care
- Reassess
- Make Necessary Modifications
- Continuously Ensure Favorable Patient Outcome
- TEST-TAKING STRATEGY: KEY WORDS
- Evaluate
- Outcome
- Consider the Degree of Effectiveness
2 mins
How to Use ADPIE for Exam Questions
- ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
- Data Collection
- NURSING DIAGNOSIS QUESTIONS
- Data Analysis
- PLANNING QUESTIONS
- Plan of Care
- INTERVENTION QUESTIONS
- Action or Intervening
- EVALUATION QUESTIONS
- Outcomes of Care
- STEPS
- Read Entire Question
- Identify Step in the Nursing Process
- Eliminate Answer Choices; Choose the Best Answer
3 mins
5 Rights of Delegation
- Right Task
- Right Circumstance
- Right Person
- Right Direction/Communication
- Right Supervision/Evaluation
1 min
Care for the Visually Impaired
- Assessment
- Decreased Visual Acuity
- Snellen Chart
- Status of Corrective Lenses
- Nursing Considerations
- Sighted-Guide Technique
- Communication
- Safe Environment
- Medications
- Clock Technique for Food
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
1 min
Care for the Hard of Hearing
- Assessment
- Normal: 0-15 dB
- Rinne's Test
- Weber's Test
- Tinnitus
- Difficulty Following Conversations
- Nursing Considerations
- Face Patient/Speak Clearly
- Rephrase Misunderstood Statements
- Repeat Statements Back
- Hearing Aids
- Sign Language
2 mins
I-SBAR-R
- Identify
- Situation
- Background
- Assessment
- Recommendation
- Readback
1 min
Interprofessional Team Member Roles
- Roles of Members of the Health Care Team
- Physician
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
- Nurse
- Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
- Physical Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Respiratory Therapist
- Social Worker
- Pharmacist
- Dietitian
4 mins
Reports
- Reporting
- Shared Communication
- ISBAR
- ISBAR
- Identify
- Situation
- Background
- Assessment
- Recommendation
- Types of Reports
- Change-of-Shift/Handoff Reports
- Telephone/Telemedicine Reports
- Transfer and Discharge Reports
2 mins
Principles of Delegation
- Delegation
- Assigning Responsibility
- Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP)
- Noninvasive Procedures
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
- Stable Patients with Predictable Outcome
- Dressing Changes
- Catheterization
- Select Med Administration
- Registered Nursing (RN)
- Unstable Patients
- Parenteral Therapy
- Discharge Planning & Health Education
3 mins
Conversions: Temperature
- 0° C = 32° F
- How to Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit
- °C x 1.8 + 32 = °F
1 min
Conversions: Volume
- Volume
- 1 mL = 1 cc
- 5 mL = 1 Tsp
- 15 mL = 1 Tbsp
- 30 mL = 1 oz
- 1000 mL = 1L
- 2 Tbsp = 1 oz
- 8 oz = 1 Cup
2 mins
Conversions: Weight
- 1000 mcg = 1 mg
- 1000 mg = 1 g
- 1000 g = 1 kg
- 2.2 lb = 1 kg
1 min
How to Use Prioritization in Exam Questions
- Prioritize First
- Airway
- Breathing
- Circulation
- Prioritize Second
- Change in LOC (Altered Mental Status)
- Sepsis
- Acute Pain
- Untreated Medical Problems
- Prioritize Third
- Education
- Feelings
- Patient Waiting to be Discharged
- Test-taking Strategies
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
3 mins
Metric System
- Weight
- Kilogram (kg)
- Gram (g/gm)
- Milligram (mg)
- Microgram (mcg)
- Volume
- Liter (L)
- Milliliter (mL)
- Length
- Meter (m)
- Converting
- Larger to Smaller: Multiply
- Smaller to Larger: Divide
3 mins
Nursing Delivery Systems
- TYPES OF DELIVERY SYSTEMS
- Functional Nursing
- Team Nursing
- Primary Nursing
- Total Patient Care
2 mins
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