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PCC Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 An interpretivist nurse is caring for a patient in the hospital setting. Which of the following factors will the interpretivist consider when caring for this patient? (Select all that apply): A. Context of care. B. The information from the chart. C. What the nurse personally brings to the caring encounter. D. Information from significant others and friends.

PCC final test questions & answers 2024/2025 Guidelines for measuring vital signs - ANSWERSMeasure in unstable client Review data (know client's baseline) Interpret findings Determine appropriate interventions (factoring in individual client information) Assess equipment Select appropriate equipment Collaborate/delegate (verify communicate changes) Techniques for assessing vital signs - ANSWERSTemperature Pulse Respirations Pulse Oximetry Blood pressure Measu...

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PCC Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Role of the nurse - ANSWERSNurses promote health, prevent illness, restore health and facilitate coping with disability or death. Nurse caregiver - ANSWERSCaring is the central unifying topic concept Nurse advocate - ANSWERSadvocates for patient's rights; autonomy, free choice and right to make informed decisions Nurse educator - ANSWERSNurses educate patients, families, communities, and emphasize health promotion and maintenance Cha...

PCC test 2 questions & answers 2024/2025 primary - ANSWERSCaring is _______ -Caring determines what matters to a person. -Caring helps you provide patient-centered care. Patient's perspective of caring - ANSWERS-When patients sense that health care providers are sensitive, sympathetic, compassionate, and interested in them as people, they usually become active partners in the plan of care. -Patients value the affective dimension of nursing care -Connecting with patients and their fa...

PCC Test Questions & Answers 2024/20245 what is professional identity - ANSWERSa sense of oneself, and in relation to others, that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and feeling like a nurse professional identity is a subset of ________________- - ANSWERSpersonal identity describe ethics (a related concept to professional identity) - ANSWERSstudy of a system of moral principles and standards OR th...

PCC Exam 3 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 "You are assessing a 12 month old infant for possible signs of dehydration. What are some things you might see? Select all that apply" o Sunken fontanels o Depressed, sunken eyes o Increased respirations o Elevated blood pressure o Weak, thready, rapid pulse o Decreased urine osmolality - ANSWERSo Sunken fontanels o Depressed, sunken eyes o Increased respirations o Weak, thready, rapid pulse o will also see increase in BUN, urine osmola...

PCC Exam 1 Final Questions & Answers 2024/2025 What are the three types of nursing organizations? - ANSWERS1. national/general organizations (National nurses assoc., etc.) 2. specialty groups (ex. acute care nurses) 3. special-interests (ex. cultural group, etc.) ____________ is a professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae. It offers professional education, liability insurance, and other benefits for n...