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Flashcards by Alexandra Bozan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alexandra Bozan
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Alfaro's Rule | assess, reassess, revise and record. 1. assess patients b4 performing nursing action 2. reassess to determine responses after performing nursing actions 3. revise approach as indicated 4. record patient responses/changes made in plan |
| types of intervention | direct care intervention, indirect care intervention and community intervention |
| direct care intervention | treatment performed through interactions w/the patients. includes physiological (laying of hands)/psychosocial (supporing/counseling) |
| indirect care intervention | performed away from the patient, but on behalf of them. includes management of the patient care environment and interdisciplinary collaboration |
| community intervention | targeted to promote/preserve health of populations |
| protocols | written plan that detail the nursing activities to be executed in specific situations. some protocols include standing orders |
| standing orders | empowers nurse to initiate actions that ordinarily require the order or supervision of a physician (standard orders for a narcotic overdose that specify the agents the nurse is to administer to reverse respiratory depression in an emergency |
| the legal truth | it wasn't done if it wasn't documented. |
| When a patient does not follow the plan of care despite your best efforts | 1. identify why the patient is not following the therapy. is the plan of care right for the patient? 2. if plan of care is adequate, identify/remedy the factors contributing to the patient's noncompliance |
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