NR 224 Exam 1 Study Guide

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NR 224 Exam 1 Study Guide Critical Thinking & the Nursing Process Ch. 15-20 Critical thinking oWhat is it? oCritical Thinking Model ▪What does each step mean and what is included in each ste... p HIPAA Nursing Process o5 phases (ADPIE) ▪What does each step mean and what is included within EACH step. (Think of examples.) Data collection & types of data 7 guidelines for writing goals Discontinuing a plan of care Subjective vs objective data How to avoid assessment errors When to revise plan of care Changes in plan of care at discharge Critical thinking model vs nursing process…what are the similarities and differences? Delegation Infection Control Ch. 28 Preventing spread of infection Proper hand hygiene Equipment use Infectious Process (four stages) What are they and what happens in each ▪Incubation period: in-between pathogen invasion of the body and appearance of symptoms. ▪Prodromal Stage: Person is most infectious. Time from onset of nonspecific signs and symptoms to more specific symptoms. ▪Illness Stage: s/s present. ▪Convalescence: when you feel better, How do we decrease the risk of infection ▪i.e. high protein diet, keeping wound clean Chain of infection (6 links) What are they and what happens if it stays linked or is broken? ▪Infectious agent, reservoir (food, o2, water, (temp, pH (alkaline), light). Port of exit. ▪If you wash your hands, the chain could be broken. Localized inflammatory response (signs and symptoms) vs systemic response (signs and symptoms) Localized: pain, tenderness, redness. Systematic: entire body is affected, fever, chills, N, V, D. HAI-What is it? Health Acquired Infection. How can a person get it? (think critically) Latrogenic – from procedure Exogenous – from microorganisms from outside the body (salmonella) [Show More]

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