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Various aspects of adult health nursing, including patient age ranges, nursing competencies for quality care, patient-centered care for special populations, and care transitions. It also touches upon healthcare disparities and integrative therapies.
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What is the range of ages for patients in adult health nursing? -SOLUTION 18> Where is medical-surgical nursing practiced? -SOLUTION - Acute care hospitals
In addition to the six QSEN competency concepts, what are the four professional nursing concepts? -SOLUTION - Clinical judgment
For what purpose are care transitions essential? -SOLUTION To prevent adverse events and hospital readmissions What is a care transition? -SOLUTION Involves actions designed to ensure safe, effective coordination and continuity of care as patients experience a change in HEALTH status, primary health care provider (PCP), or SETTING What are some recommended components by the Joint Commission for effective patient-centered care coordination and transition management? - SOLUTION - Understandable DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS for the patient and family
What are some benefits of using SBAR? -SOLUTION - Creates common language for COMMUNICATION of key patient care information
What are systematic reviews and integrative or meta-analysis studies - SOLUTION The researcher conducts a thorough literature search for appropriate studies and then analyzes findings of those studies to determine which best practices answer the research question T or F: The findings of the studies for systematic reviews cannot be generalized, but they provide a basis for future larger and better-designed research -SOLUTION True What are the six levels (strengths) of evidence? -SOLUTION - Level I: Systematic reviews, integrative/meta-analyses, CPGs based on systematic reviews, large multi-center clinical trials
What is sound clinical judgment influenced by? -SOLUTION By how well the nurse knows the patient's typical response pattern and the situational context or culture of the nursing care unit What is failure to rescue (FTR)? -SOLUTION The inability of nurses or other interprofessional health team members to save a patient's life in a timely manner when a health care issue or medical complication occurs
What is an early warning system (ERS)? -SOLUTION Used by many hospitals as a guide for the health care team to quickly determine a patient's condition on the basis of a physiologic scoring matrix What is the Modified Early Warning System (MEWS)? -SOLUTION A screening and scoring tool for medical-surgical nursing assessment to determine a patient's condition based primarily on the patient's level of consciousness (LOC) and RESPIRATORY RATE