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Questions

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Health Promotion and Maintenance

Physiological Integrity

· Basic Care & Comfort

· Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies

· Reduction of Risk Potential

· Physiological Adaptation

Safe and Effective Care Environment

Management of Care

Maternity Health

Knowledge, Application

35

26%

· Antepartum care

· Normal prenatal assessments,

· Signs of pregnancy,

· Common labs and diagnostic tests –

· AFP, CVS, amniocentesis, NST, CST

· Fetal development; calculating EDD,

· Prenatal nutrition,

· Antepartum teaching – nutrition, safety, vaccines, infection prevention, common discomforts – backache, nausea vomiting, heartburn constipation

· Complications in pregnancy

· TORCH

· Ectopic pregnancy

· Spontaneous abortion

· Hypertension eclampsia

· Diabetes Mellitus

· Placenta previa, Abruptio, insufficiency

20

questions

· Labor and delivery

· Normal assessment – phases of labor, fetal monitor tracing, fetal position in uterus, readiness for delivery

· Nursing management of abnormal fetal monitor tracing – Fetal distress, deceleration patterns variability

· Identification and nursing management of potential complications during labor and delivery

· Preterm labor and precipitous birth

· Indications for C-section, indications for

· Post-Partum Hemorrhage

· Postpartum Depression

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10 Questions

· Complications for the neonate

· Recognize abnormal assessment findings in the neonate – APGAR scoring

· Recognize risk factors/S&S and nursing management for common neonatal complications -

· Perinatal asphyxia, RDS

· Hemolytic Disease of the newborn and Hyperbilirubinemia

· Hypoglycemia, sepsis, narcotic-addicted infants

· Cleft Lip and Palate

10

Questions

Health Promotion and Maintenance

Physiological Integrity

· Basic Care & Comfort

· Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies

· Reduction of Risk Potential

· Physiological Adaptation

Safe and Effective Care Environment

Management of Care

PEDIATRIC HEALTH

Knowledge,

Comprehension,

Application

35

30%

· Normal Assessment –

· Developmental milestones – infants teens

· Play, communication and teaching in pediatrics

· Vital signs,

· CDC recommended vaccine schedule

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· Health promotion teaching, Assessment and treatment of common pediatric health conditions:

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· Communicable diseases – chicken pox, tonsillitis (Strep), pertussis, lice, scabies

· Pyloric stenosis, Hirschsprung

· Wilm’s Tumor

· Hydrocephalus

· Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula

· SIDS

· Neural tube defects

· Scoliosis

· Cystic Fibrosis

· ASTHMA

· SICKLE CELL DISEASE

15 questions

20 questions

Psychosocial Integrity

Health Promotion and Maintenance

Physiological Integrity

· Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies

Safe and Effective Care Environment

· Safety and Infection Control

MENTAL HEALTH

Comprehension, Application

25

19%

· Mental Health vs Mental Illness

· Pharmacological drug classes indicated in management of mental illness

· Alternatives to pharmacological agents for managing mental illness and promoting mental health

· Group therapy, milieu therapy, activity, behavioral therapy

· Best practices in therapeutic communication responses – silence clarification reflection

· Nursing and collaborative management of common psychosocial challenges

· Recognize signs & symptoms and management of:

· Anxiety – phobia, OCD

· Situational crisis vs PTSD

· Burnout, Depression, and suicide

· Bipolar disorder

· Schizophrenia – positive and negative signs

· Personality disorders – Borderline, Paranoid

· Alcohol dependence and other substance abuse and withdrawal

· Abuse – child abuse, elder abuse, Domestic violence

15 questions

10 questions

TOTAL

100

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