Term
| What four components of the nursing process are applied to the phases of laboratory and diagnostic testing? |
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Definition
1. Assessment
2. Planning
3. Implementation
4. Evaluation |
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Term
| What three interventions are part of the implementation phase of each laboratory or diagnostic test? |
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Definition
1. Assessment
2. Therapeutic
3. Educational |
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Term
| What might constitute barriers to a patient's willingness to a particular test? |
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Definition
| Cultural or belief systems that might run counter to the details of the test. |
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Term
| Which factors may affect testing outcomes? |
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Definition
| The patient's age, gender, weight, health status, pregnancy, medications the patient takes, allergies, diet, healthcare practices, other recent diagnostic testing, the patient's ability to follow pretest instructions, culture and healthcare beliefs, anxiety or fear related to procedure or potential outcome, and level of support from family members. |
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Term
| What is the first step in the planning aspect of the Pretest Phase? |
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Definition
| Obtain written patient consent when required. |
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Term
Which age group experiences decreased tolerance to heat/cold?
a. Infant (birth to 1 year)
b. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
c. Geriatric (65+ years)
d. Toddler (1to 4 years) |
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Definition
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Term
Which age group experiences slow and regular growth?
a. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
b. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Infant (birth to 1 year) |
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Definition
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Term
Which age group's healthcare needs are related to preventative medicine?
a. Adult (19 to 65 years)
b. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
c. Geriatric (65+ years)
d. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Definition
| a. Adult (19 to 65 years) |
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Term
Which age group experiences rapid growth in skeletal size?
a. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
b. Infant (birth to 1 year)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Definition
| d. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Term
At which age group does an individual experience physiological systems maturing?
a. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
b. Adult ( 19 to 65 years)
c. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
d. Geriatric (65+ years) |
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Definition
c. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
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Term
In which age group does an individual experience rapid gains in height and weight?
a. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
b. Infant (birth to 1 year)
c. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
d. Child (5 to 12 years) |
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Definition
| b. Infant (birth to 1 year) |
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Term
Which age group learns by imitation?
a. Infant (birth to 1 year)
b. Toddler (1 to years)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Definition
| a. Infant (birth to 1 year) |
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Term
Which age group is able to handle hypothetical situations and thoughts?
a. Adult (19 to 65 years)
b. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Toddler (1 to 4 years) |
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Definition
| b. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Term
Which age group understands simple directions and requests?
a. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
b. Child (5 to 12 years)
c. Infant (birth to 1 years)
d. Geriatric (65+ years) |
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Definition
| a. Toddler (1 to 4 years) |
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Term
Which age group experiences a decrease in memory?
a. Adult (19 to 65 years)
b. Child (5 to 12 years)
c. Geriatric (65+ years)
d. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Definition
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Term
What age group focusses on time constraints and only wants to learn what is practical for him or her?
a. Geriatric (65+ years)
b. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
c. Adult (19 to 65 years)
d. Child (5 to 12 years)
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Definition
| c. Adult (19 to 65 years) |
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Term
Which age group takes pride in his or her accomplishments?
a. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
b. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Adult (19 to 65 years) |
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Definition
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Term
Which age group responds more to light and sound than other stimuli?
a. Geriatric (65+ years)
b. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
c. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
d. Infant (birth to 1 year)
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Definition
| d. Infant (birth to 1 year) |
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Term
Which age group may need more rest and sleep in its early phases?
a. Infant (birth to 1 year)
b. toddler (1 to 4 years)
c. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
d. Geriatric (65+ years) |
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Definition
| c. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Term
Which age group loves to experiment?
a. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
b. Adult (19 to 65 years)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. toddler (1 to 4 years) |
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Definition
| d. Toddler (1 to 4 years) |
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Term
What age group likes quiet as well as active games?
a. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
b. Child (5 to 12 years)
c. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
d. Adult (19 to 65 years)
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Definition
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Term
This age group has a decreased ability to respond to stimuli.
a. Child (5 to 12 years)
b. Geriatric (65+ years)
c. Adult (19 to 65 years)
d. Infant (birth to 1 year) |
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Definition
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Term
In which age group is an individual's motor and sensory status most stable?
a. Geriatric (65+ years)
b. Adult (19 to 65 years)
c. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
Toddler (1 to 4 years) |
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Definition
| b. Adult (19 to 65 years) |
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Term
In which age group is an individual attached to security objects?
a. Adult (19 to 65 years)
b. Child (5 to 12 years)
c. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
Infant (birth to 1 year) |
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Definition
| c. Toddler (1 to 4 years) |
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Term
In which age group is an individual's identity threatened by hospitalization.
a. Geriatric (65+ years)
b. Adult (19 to 65 years)
c. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
d. Child (5 to 12 years) |
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Definition
| c. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Term
In which age group are an individual's most significant persons parents, siblings, peers, and teachers?
a. Adolescents (13 to 18 years)
b. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Infant (birth to 1 year) |
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Definition
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Term
In wage age range is emotional stress often due to financial pressures?
a. Geriatric (65+ years)
b. Adolescents (13 to 18 years)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Adult (19 to 65 years)
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Definition
| d. Adult (19 to 65 years) |
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Term
Which age group develops a sense of trust and security if needs are met.
a. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
b. Infant (birth to 1 year)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Geriatric (65+ years) |
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Definition
| b. Infant (birth to 1 year) |
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Term
At which age range is there depression related to decreased physical, motor and cognitive abilities?
a. Geriatric (65+ years)
b. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
c. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
d. Adult (19 to 65 years) |
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Definition
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Term
In which patient age group must you explain instructions well to patient and family?
a. Child (5 to 12 years)
b. Infant (birth to 1 year)
c. Geriatric (65+ years)
d. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Definition
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Term
For which patient age group must you prepare shortly before a procedure?
a. Geriatric (65+ years)
b. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
c. Infant (birth to 1 year)
d. Toddler (1 to 4 years) |
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Definition
| d. Toddler (1 to 4 years) |
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Term
For which age group must you be sure to provide privacy?
a. Adolescents (13 to 18 years)
b. Adults (19 to 65 years)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Geriatric (65+ years) |
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Definition
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Term
For which age group must you provide a consistent caregiver and limit strangers?
a. Geriatric (65+ years)
b. Infant (birth to 1 year)
c. Child (5 to 12 years)
d. Toddler (1 to 4 years |
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Definition
| b. Infant (birth to 1 year) |
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Term
For which age group should you use dolls and puppets for explanations when performing procedures?
a. Child (5 to 12 years)
b. Infant (birth to 1 year)
c. Toddler (1 to 4 years)
d. Adolescent (13 to 18 years) |
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Definition
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Term
For which age group would you explain the benefits fo adhering to a treatment plan?
a. Geriatric (65+ years)
b. Adult (9 to 65 years)
c. Adolescent (13 to 18 years)
d. Child (5 to 12 years) |
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Definition
| b. Adult (19 to 65 years) |
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Term
| Which part of the heart is most likely to be involved in myocardial infarction? |
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Definition
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Term
| How is left ventricular infarct location classified? |
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Definition
| Inferior/diaphragmatic, anterior, and posterior |
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Term
| Which kind of infarcts typically involve 50% or more of the total thickness of the ventricular wall and are characterized by abnormal Q-waves and ST-T wave changes? |
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Definition
| Transmural or Q-wave infarcts |
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Term
| What are some other names for partial-thickness infarcts? |
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Definition
| subendocardial, nontransmural and non-Q-wave infarcts. |
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Term
| What are some of the complications of myocardial infarction? |
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Definition
| dysrhythmias, extension of the area of infarct, heart failure, pericarditis, rupture of the atrial or ventricular septum, valvular rupture, ventricular rupture, ventricular aneurysm, cerebral and pulmonary emboli. |
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Term
| Why is cigarette smoking a risk factor for MI? |
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Definition
| It causes vasoconstriction and increases plaque formation. |
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Term
| How does an elevated serum cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein levels increase the risk of MI? |
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Definition
| They increase the chances of atherosclerosis |
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Term
| How do hypertension and obesity increase the risk of MI? |
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Definition
| They increase the heart's work load. |
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Term
| How does diabetes affect the heart? |
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Definition
| It decreases circulation to the heart muscle |
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Term
| What risks do oral contraceptives present to the heart? |
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Definition
| They enhance thrombus formation |
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