Exam 1: NSG 430/ NSG430 (New 2025/
2026 Update) Adult Health Nursing II | Qs & As | 100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)- GCU When do patients begin exhibiting the early & subtle signs of deterioration? - ANSWER 6-8 hours before cardiac or respiratory arrest What will incompatible drugs in an IV line look like? - ANSWER White crystal precipitate Explain the purpose of progressive care units (PCUs) - ANSWER
- Provides a transition between the ICU & the general care unit or discharge
- Provides critical care nursing for an at-risk patient population in a more cost-
effective environment What are a few examples of patients who would be in the PCU? - ANSWER
Patients:
- Awaiting stent placement
- Awaiting heart transplant
- Receiving stable dose of vasoactive IV drugs
- Being weaned from prolonged mechanical ventilation
Alterations in ventilated & immobile clients are at an increased risk for what? - ANSWER - Anxiety & pain 1 / 2
- Impaired communication & sensory-perceptual problems
- Poor sleep & nutrition
- Non-ICU patients experiencing acute clinical deterioration
- Reduce cardiopulmonary arrests outside ICU
Explain rapid response for unstable patients - ANSWER - Provides rapid assessment & intervention
What is the goal of rapid response? - ANSWER Improve the patient's outcome
Describe what it means by: recognize urgent unmet needs of patients -
ANSWER - Timely identification of clinical deterioration
- Prompt activation of the team
- Failure to recognize problems
- Failure to escalate
- Might result in significant increase in unnecessary calls
- Overwhelms staff & resources
- / 2
Describe delays in recognition - ANSWER - Failure to monitor
Describe patient/family activation in regards to rapid response - ANSWER
Define palliative care - ANSWER Care or treatment that focuses on reducing the severity of symptoms