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haleyc112

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A team of nurses who provide care in a community hospital have been encouraged to participate in continuing educational activities. Why is continuing education needed in nursing?
 
  A) Continuing education helps to delineate the distinctions between nurses and physicians.
  B) Continuing education increases the public visibility of individual nurses and the nursing profession.
  C) Continuing education has the potential to partially alleviate the nursing shortage.
  D) Continuing education allows for safer division of labor on hospital units and more effective delegation of tasks.

Question 2

During a clinical rotation at an orthopedic unit, a nursing student is caring for a 67-year-old patient who has undergone a knee replacement. The patient is complaining of pain at the IV site.
 
  The nursing student assesses the site and finds that the site is cool and pale. The student stops the IV and reports the situation to the nurse. What does the nursing student suspect? a. Phlebitis
  b. Infiltration
  c. Thrombophlebitis
  d. Local inflammation



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Answer to Question 1

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Health care officials hope that enrollment in all nursing programs and continuing education will reduce the current and projected critical shortage of nurses. Continuing education is not driven by a desire to increase the visibility of nursing, to draw distinctions between nursing and medicine, or to facilitate the division of labor.

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An infiltration occurs when IV fluids leak into the subcutaneous tissue around the venipuncture site because the catheter tip no longer is in the vein. Infiltration causes swelling (from increased interstitial fluid), paleness, and coolness (from decreased circulation) around the venipuncture site. The IV infusion may slow or stop. Pain may occur, increasing as the infiltration progresses. Phlebitis is inflammation of a vein. Signs and symptoms include redness, tenderness, and warmth along the course of the vein starting at the access site, with possibly a red streak and/or palpable cord along the vein. Phlebitis can be dangerous because blood clots (thrombophlebitis) can form, increasing the risk for an embolus, a clot that becomes dislodged and can travel to the lungs. Lo-cal infection at the VAD site is possible. The insertion site will be red and/or edematous; exudate may occur.




haleyc112

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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