Continuing Education Questions: Spring 2009 JAVA
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52 | JAVA | Vol 14 No 1 | 2009 Literature related to educating nursing students about IV therapy is: a. Current and reliable b. Not current and describes activities no longer taught c. Not current but describes activities taught currently d. Not current and unreliable Competent practice related to IV therapy in patient care is NOT: a. Required by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations b. Helpful in reducing patient suffering c. Effective in reducing hospital costs d. Based on the program from which nursing students graduate In this study students in all three groups (workshop, IV course, and either educational activity): a. Felt comfortable with the basic IV activities b. Felt comfortable with advanced IV activities c. Were equally knowledgeable in all categories d. Had several differences in perception of knowledge about IV therapy Future studies related to IV education for student nurses had all of the following suggestions EXCEPT: a. Repeat study as originally conducted b. Repeat the study and add the data with the original data c. Repeat the study at other nursing schools d. Use a pre-test, post-test design Recommendations for future practice related to nursing student instruction in IV therapy included: a. Discontinue IV therapy instruction in nursing schools and provide this instruction during orientation b. Evaluate current levels of education in nursing programs to assure student needs are met c. Continue current levels of education in all nursing programs d. Increase current levels of education in all nursing programs Assessing the confidence of nursing students’ following the introduction of new content on IVs a. Is important in understanding the students’ competence levels b. Has no significance in understanding the students’ competence levels c. Decreases the students competence in the skill d. Does not change the new content offering Students practicing with peers and learning IV skills while caring for patients: a. Become distracted in the learning process b. Have a difficult time learning the new skill c. Are open to conversations about informed consent and ethics d. Find that the new skills are easier to learn The majority of the nursing programs surveyed permitted students to complete all but which nursing skills related to IV therapy: a. Central line dressing change b. Insertion of a PICC line c. Patient assessment d. Peripheral IV insertion Of the following, this is NOT a listed topic related to knowledge and comfort included in the author’s survey: a. Infection control b. Administering Flolan c. Monitoring blood products d. Medications through central lines Comments about the four-hour practicum seemed to: a. Reflect the various attitudes and interest that nursing staff demonstrated when precepting the students b. Reflect the various attitudes and interest that students demonstrated while being precepted c. Be generally positive when asked of the nursing staff d. Be generally negative when asked of nursing staff
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52 | JAVA | Vol 14 No 1 | 2009
Literature related to educating nursing students about IV therapy is:
a. Current and reliableb. Not current and describes activities no longer taughtc. Not current but describes activities taught currentlyd. Not current and unreliable
Competent practice related to IV therapy in patient care is NOT:
a. Required by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
b. Helpful in reducing patient sufferingc. Effective in reducing hospital costsd. Based on the program from which nursing students
graduate
In this study students in all three groups (workshop, IV course, and either educational activity):
a. Felt comfortable with the basic IV activitiesb. Felt comfortable with advanced IV activitiesc. Were equally knowledgeable in all categoriesd. Had several differences in perception of knowledge
about IV therapy
Future studies related to IV education for student nurses had all of the following suggestions EXCEPT:
a. Repeat study as originally conductedb. Repeat the study and add the data with the original data c. Repeat the study at other nursing schoolsd. Use a pre-test, post-test design
Recommendations for future practice related to nursing student instruction in IV therapy included:
a. Discontinue IV therapy instruction in nursing schools and provide this instruction during orientation
b. Evaluate current levels of education in nursing programs to assure student needs are met
c. Continue current levels of education in all nursing programs
d. Increase current levels of education in all nursing programs
Assessing the confidence of nursing students’ following the introduction of new content on IVs
a. Is important in understanding the students’ competence levels
b. Has no significance in understanding the students’ competence levels
c. Decreases the students competence in the skilld. Does not change the new content offering
Students practicing with peers and learning IV skills while caring for patients:
a. Become distracted in the learning processb. Have a difficult time learning the new skillc. Are open to conversations about informed consent
and ethicsd. Find that the new skills are easier to learn
The majority of the nursing programs surveyed permitted students to complete all but which nursing skills related to IV therapy:
a. Central line dressing changeb. Insertion of a PICC linec. Patient assessmentd. Peripheral IV insertion
Of the following, this is NOT a listed topic related to knowledge and comfort included in the author’s survey:
a. Infection controlb. Administering Flolanc. Monitoring blood productsd. Medications through central lines
Comments about the four-hour practicum seemed to:a. Reflect the various attitudes and interest that nursing
staff demonstrated when precepting the studentsb. Reflect the various attitudes and interest that students
demonstrated while being preceptedc. Be generally positive when asked of the nursing staff d. Be generally negative when asked of nursing staff
