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What is a limitation of hydrocolloid dressings?
What is a limitation of hydrocolloid dressings?
Which is a characteristic of bubbles in wound management?
Which is a characteristic of bubbles in wound management?
Which type of ventilation uses a device to create positive pressure in the airways?
Which type of ventilation uses a device to create positive pressure in the airways?
What does negative pressure ventilation aim to improve?
What does negative pressure ventilation aim to improve?
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What is a characteristic of hydrocolloid dressings?
What is a characteristic of hydrocolloid dressings?
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Which method of ventilation helps patients by using subatmospheric pressure?
Which method of ventilation helps patients by using subatmospheric pressure?
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In what scenario are bubbles particularly effective?
In what scenario are bubbles particularly effective?
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What benefit do hydrocolloid dressings provide in wound healing?
What benefit do hydrocolloid dressings provide in wound healing?
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What is the primary advantage of subcutaneous injections compared to intramuscular injections?
What is the primary advantage of subcutaneous injections compared to intramuscular injections?
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Which of the following sites can be used for administering subcutaneous injections?
Which of the following sites can be used for administering subcutaneous injections?
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What is a common complication associated with repeated subcutaneous injections at the same site?
What is a common complication associated with repeated subcutaneous injections at the same site?
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What is one key benefit of using vascular imaging devices in catheter placement?
What is one key benefit of using vascular imaging devices in catheter placement?
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Which route of medication administration offers 100% bioavailability?
Which route of medication administration offers 100% bioavailability?
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Which of the following is NOT a role of innovation in nursing?
Which of the following is NOT a role of innovation in nursing?
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What is the typical maximum volume for intramuscular injections?
What is the typical maximum volume for intramuscular injections?
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Which type of injection is suitable for self-administration?
Which type of injection is suitable for self-administration?
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What should nurse managers do to foster innovation within their teams?
What should nurse managers do to foster innovation within their teams?
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Which of the following statements is true regarding intradermal injections?
Which of the following statements is true regarding intradermal injections?
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How do updated versions of technology compared to traditional pumps benefit nurses?
How do updated versions of technology compared to traditional pumps benefit nurses?
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For which type of medications are subcutaneous injections particularly suitable?
For which type of medications are subcutaneous injections particularly suitable?
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What is a goal of continuous self-renewal for nurses and nurse executives?
What is a goal of continuous self-renewal for nurses and nurse executives?
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What is one way nurses can apply innovation to their work areas?
What is one way nurses can apply innovation to their work areas?
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Which of the following actions should nurse managers NOT take to support innovation?
Which of the following actions should nurse managers NOT take to support innovation?
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What is one effect of using innovative technologies in nursing?
What is one effect of using innovative technologies in nursing?
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What is the primary focus of genomics?
What is the primary focus of genomics?
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Which of the following is a significant use of genomics?
Which of the following is a significant use of genomics?
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What is one of the key barriers addressed by the Overcoming Health Data Barriers Project?
What is one of the key barriers addressed by the Overcoming Health Data Barriers Project?
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What does regenerative medicine aim to do?
What does regenerative medicine aim to do?
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Which statement best describes the role of immunotherapy?
Which statement best describes the role of immunotherapy?
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Which of the following technologies is NOT commonly associated with regenerative medicine?
Which of the following technologies is NOT commonly associated with regenerative medicine?
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What type of approaches does synthetic biology utilize?
What type of approaches does synthetic biology utilize?
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What is a function of immunotherapy in cancer treatment?
What is a function of immunotherapy in cancer treatment?
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What is a primary reason for choosing parenteral injection over enteral administration?
What is a primary reason for choosing parenteral injection over enteral administration?
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Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of parenteral injection?
Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of parenteral injection?
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Intradermal injection is primarily used for which of the following purposes?
Intradermal injection is primarily used for which of the following purposes?
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What volume of medication is typically administered through intradermal injection?
What volume of medication is typically administered through intradermal injection?
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Which site is considered a suitable area for intradermal administration?
Which site is considered a suitable area for intradermal administration?
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What common condition might lead to the use of parenteral injection?
What common condition might lead to the use of parenteral injection?
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What is a key characteristic of intradermal injections?
What is a key characteristic of intradermal injections?
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Why might a medication be given parenterally rather than orally?
Why might a medication be given parenterally rather than orally?
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What is a key benefit of using technology in surgeries?
What is a key benefit of using technology in surgeries?
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Which of the following best describes Augmented Reality (AR)?
Which of the following best describes Augmented Reality (AR)?
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What defines Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare?
What defines Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare?
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Which method is NOT a key feature of Decision Support Systems (DSS)?
Which method is NOT a key feature of Decision Support Systems (DSS)?
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What is an example of a Rule-Based Method used in DSS?
What is an example of a Rule-Based Method used in DSS?
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What impact has the Internet had on Decision Support Systems (DSS)?
What impact has the Internet had on Decision Support Systems (DSS)?
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Which technological driver is NOT mentioned as enhancing DSS development?
Which technological driver is NOT mentioned as enhancing DSS development?
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Why is the Decision Support System important in nursing management?
Why is the Decision Support System important in nursing management?
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Study Notes
Technology Week 7: Safety and Use of Technology
- Health technology regulation, assessment, and management are interconnected functions for effective and safe medical device use.
- Health Technology Regulation focuses on ensuring medical devices and drugs meet safety, quality, and efficacy standards. Regulatory processes apply universally, but are especially emphasized for complex technologies.
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA) evaluates clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and societal impact of medical technologies to guide healthcare decisions.
- Health Technology Management (HTM) involves the planning, procurement, maintenance, and proper use of medical devices to ensure operational efficiency and safety.
- These functions (regulation, assessment, and management) complement each other: Regulation ensures compliance, HTA supports informed decisions, and HTM ensures optimal implementation and ongoing use.
- Specialized regulatory processes (STD) are often reserved for addressing complex medical technologies requiring detailed oversight. This collaborative approach ensures safe and efficient health technology use in healthcare systems.
- Decision-making in health systems is often driven by management, particularly in systems with hospital or regional autonomy. To maximize public health impact, HTA should be applied at national, hospital, and regional levels, aligning with individual health system needs.
Week 9: Monitoring, Utilization, and Assessment of Health Technology (Parenteral Injection)
- Parenteral injection is administering medications directly into the body, bypassing the digestive system. It is used when enteral administration isn't feasible or when rapid therapeutic effect is needed.
- Key points: Bioavailability and sterility/safety are crucial.
- Parenteral administration is used for drugs not absorbed in or broken down by the gastrointestinal tract, when prompt action is required, or when the patient cannot ingest medication.
- Considerations include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
- Intradermal injection (ID) is slow-absorbing and primarily used for diagnostic purposes like allergy or sensitivity tests.
- Subcutaneous Injection (SC) delivers medication into fatty tissue beneath the skin for slower, sustained absorption in cases such as vaccines, insulin, and growth hormone. It is less painful and suitable for self-administration than intravenous (IV) injection.
- Intramuscular Injection (IM) delivers medication into muscle tissue for faster absorption than SC.
Week 9: Monitoring, Utilization, and Assessment of Health Technology (Continued)
- Intravenous injection (IV) delivers medication directly into the bloodstream for rapid, immediate effect. It is suitable for large volumes of fluids; it requires trained personnel and aseptic technique, and involves risk of infection, phlebitis or air embolism.
- Barcode technology uses machine-readable codes to represent data. It enhances efficiency, accuracy, and patient safety in healthcare settings.
Week 9: Medical Device Tracking
- Medical device tracking and surgical instrument tracking are important.
- Disadvantages of barcode technology include high implementation cost, technical failures, human error in usage, limited interoperability, and patient concern regarding this technology.
- Sterile gauze/semi permeable dressings are used for catheter dressing, and chlorhexidine-impregnated transparent dressings are used to reduce central catheter-related bloodstream infections.
Week 10: Use and Evaluation of Health Technologies
- Rising healthcare costs drive the development of innovative, cost-effective, patient-centered care practices.
- Nurses and nurse executives must embrace continuous self-renewal and adopt innovation to stay competitive and effective.
- Innovation is vital for improving nursing care quality, reducing hospital stays, minimizing patient discomfort, and boosting productivity.
- Nurses should remain open to innovation; reflect on problems to consider potential innovations; and apply innovations in their practice.
- Nursing managers should create awareness around and encourage innovation.
Week 11: Development and Design of Health Technologies - Genomics
- Genomics studies genomes, enabling personalized healthcare by enabling analysis of individual genomes to predict disease risk, facilitating diagnosis, transforming conventional models, and applying in cancer treatment.
- Health data accessibility is a critical barrier to overcome, and projects are focusing on data sharing.
Week 11: Development and Design of Health Technologies (Continued)
- Emerging innovations in technology and healthcare (regenerative medicine, immunotherapy, synthetic biology, and technological collaboration) are improving healthcare and clinical care.
- Examples include developing stem-cell treatments and cell-based treatments aimed at fixing or replacing human cells, tissues, and organs. These are combined with gene/tissue engineering and biotechnological therapies like somatic cell and gene, nano-technology, regenerative medicines and biological products and medical devices. Immunotherapy enhances the body's immune system to fight cancer and other diseases.
- Synthetic biology uses engineering principles to create new organisms, viruses, and cells.
Week 12 and 13: Health Technology in Clinics and Application - Decision Support System (DSS)
- Decision Support Systems (DSS) are essential tools used for decision making. They analyze data and suggest solutions, but do not replace human decision making.
- Key methods used include Decision trees, AI networks, statistical methods and rule-based methods.
- Technology has improved accessibility, reporting tools, and real-time decision making capabilities of DSS.
- DSS systems are implemented in various clinical areas such as diagnostics, drug interactions medical errors and nurse assistant assistance.
- DSS systems help optimize processes and generate data to ensure continuity of services and support, which improves patient outcomes.
Week 15: Telemedicine and Tele-Nursing
- Telemedicine effectively utilizes technology to provide remote healthcare services in areas with limited access to improve diagnosis, treatment support and disease prevention.
- Telemedicine encompasses telepathology, teledermatology and teleradiology, amongst others.
- Tele-nursing provides care through various modalities and enhances patient support capabilities, such as high risk group consultations, chronic disease management and telecare.
- Telemedicine methods include real-time video conferencing for high priority care.
Week 12: Nursing Care Technologies for Wound Care
- Advanced wound dressings include alginate (absorb 20–30 times their weight in exudate, provide pain relief), and polyurethane (transparent and semi permeable allowing gas exchange, create moist environment to support wound healing).
- Other dressing materials include hydrogel and foam dressings.
Week 12-14: Additional Nursing Care Technologies
- Other techniques in improving wound healing include growth factors, prophylactic negative drainage, electrical stimulation, ultrasound, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
- Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) methods like negative pressure ventilation (NNBV) and positive pressure ventilation are effective alternatives to invasive ventilation, improving respiratory function and supporting patient recovery.
- Examples of monitoring and assessment include pulse oximeters to assess oxygen levels and arterial blood gas (ABG) to assess oxygen and blood gas levels in patients.
- Technology for respiratory support utilizes devices such as BiPAP which alternates pressure levels and CPAP, which provides constant pressure during inspiration and expiration.
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Explore the interconnected functions of health technology regulation, assessment, and management. This quiz covers the importance of ensuring the safety, quality, and efficacy of medical devices through effective regulatory processes and technology management. Understand how these components work together to enhance healthcare decisions and operational efficiency.
