VATI RN 2ND COMPREHENSIVE
PREDICTOR FOCUSED REVIEW
Management of Care – (5)
Case Management – (1)
Cardiovascular Disorders: Tetralogy of Fallot (RM NCC RN 10.0 Chp 20)
• Defects that decreases pulmonary blood flow have an obstruction of
pulmonary blood flow and an anatomic defect (ASD or VSD) between the
right and left sides of the heart. In these defects, there is a right to left shift
allowing deoxygenated blood to enter the systemic circulation.
Hypercyanotic spells (blue, or “Tet,” spells) manifest as acute cyanosis
and hyperpnea
• Tetralogy of fallot – four defects that result in mixed blood flow: Pulmonary
stenosis, ventricular septal defect, overriding aorta, right ventricular
hypertrophy
Cyanosis at birth: progressive cyanosis over the first year of life
Systolic murmur
Episodes of acute cyanosis and hypoxia (blue or “Tet” spells)
• Surgical procedures – shunt placement until able to undergo primary
repair; complete repair within first year of life
Collaboration with Interdisciplinary Team – (1)
Communicable Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism: CDC Reportable
Diagnoses
(RM CH RN 7.0 Chp 6)
• Anthrax, Botulism, Cholera, Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS),
Diphtheria, Giardiasis, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis A, B, C, HIV infection,
influenza-associated pediatric mortality, Legionellosis/Legionnaires’
disease, Lyme disease, Malaria, Meningococcal disease, Mumps,
Pertussis (whooping cough), Poliomyelitis, paralytic, Poliovirus infection,
nonparalytic, Rabies (human or animal), Rubella (German measles),
Salmonellosis, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus
disease (SARS-CoV), Shigellosis, Smallpox, Syphillis, Tetanus/C.
Tetani, Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) (other than streptococci),
Tuberculosis
(TB), Typhoid fever, Vancomycin-intermediate and vancomycin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (VISA/VRSA)
Concepts of Management – (1)
Managing Client Care: Conflict Management Between Health Care Workers
(RM
Leadership 7.0 Chp 1)
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, • Conflict is the result of opposing thoughts, ideas, feelings, perceptions,
behaviors, values, opinions, or actions between individuals. Conflict is an
inevitable part of professional, social, and personal life and can have
constructive or destructive results. Nurses must understand conflict and
how to manage it. Nurses can use problem-solving and negotiation
strategies to prevent a problem from evolving into a conflict. Lack of
conflict can create organizational stasis, while too much conflict can be
demoralizing, produce anxiety, and contribute to burnout. Conflict can
disrupt working relationships and create a stressful atmosphere. If conflict
exists to the level that productivity and quality of care are compromised,
the unit manager must attempt to identify the origin of the conflict and
attempt to resolve it.
Continuity of Care – (1)
Information Technology: Change-of-Shift Report (RM FUND 9.0 Chp 5)
• Nurses give this report at the conclusion of each shift ot the nurse
assuming responsibility for the clients. Formats include face to face,
audiotaping, or presentation during walking rounds in each client’s room
(unless the client has a roommate or visitors are present). An effective
report should: include significant objective information about the client’s
health problems, proceed in a logical sequence, include no gossip or
personal opinion, and relate recent changes in medications, treatments,
procedures, and the discharge plan.
Establishing Priorities – (1)
Managing Client Care: Prioritizing Care of Postoperative Clients (RM
Leadership 7.0
Chp 1)
• Prioritize systemic before local (“life before limb”)
• Prioritize acute (less opportunity for physical adaptation) before chronic
(greater opportunity for physical adaptation)
• Prioritize actual problems before potential future problems
• Listen carefully to clients and don’t assume
• Recognize and respond to trends vs. transient findings
• Recognize indications of medical emergencies and complications vs.
expected findings
• Apply clinical knowledge to procedural standards to determine the priority
actions
Safety and Infection Control – (8)
Accident/Error/Injury Prevention – (1)
Seizures: Maintaining Seizure Precautions (RM NCC RN 10.0 Chp 13)
• Maintain seizure precautions, including placing the bed in the lowest
position and padding the side rails to prevent future injury.
Emergency Response Plan – (1)
Client Safety: Priority Action for Fire (RM FUND 9.0 Chp 12)
, •R: rescue and protect clients in close proximity to the fire by moving them
to a safer location. Clients who are ambulatory may walk independently in
a safe location
• A: alarm: activate the facility’s alarm system and then report the fire’s
details and location
• C: contain/confine the fire by closing doors and windows and turning off
any sources of oxygen and any electrical devices. Ventilate clients who
are on life support with a bag valve mask
• E: extinguish the fire is possible using the appropriate fire extinguisher
Handling Hazardous and Infectious Materials – (1)
Cancer Treatment Options: Implanted Internal Radiation Device (RM AMS RN
10.0 Chp 91)
• Brachytherapy describes internal radiation that is placed close to the
target tissue. This is done via placement in a body orifice (vagina) or body
cavity (abdomen) or delivered via IV such as with radionuclide iodine,
which is absorbed by the thyroid.
Brachytherapy provides radiation to the tumor and a limited amount to
surrounding normal tissues.
Waste products are radioactive until the isotope has been completely
eliminated from the body. Waste products should not be touched by
anyone.
Nursing considerations:
Place the client in a private room away from other clients when
possible. Keep door closed as much as possible.
Place a sign on the door warning of the radiation source.
Wear a dosimeter film badge that records personal amount of radiation
exposure.
Limit visitors to 30-min visits, and have visitors maintain a distance of 6
feet from the source.
Visitors and health care personnel who are pregnant or under the age
of 18 should not come into contact with the client or radiation source.
Wear a lead apron while providing care keeping the front of the apron
facing the source of radiation.
Keep a lead container in the client’s room if the delivery method could
allow spontaneous loss of radioactive material. Tongs are available for
placing radioactive material into this container.
Follow protocol for proper removal of dressings and bed linens from
the room.
Client education:
Inform the client of the need to remain in an indicated position to
prevent dislodgement of the radiation implant.
Instruct the client to call the nurse for assistance with elimination.
Instruct the client and family about radiation precautions needed in
health care and home environments.
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