Advanced Skills VNSG 2431Vocational Nursing Exam 1 Unit Exam 2024 PDF

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This document is a blueprint for the Advanced Skills VNSG 2431Vocational Nursing Exam 1 Unit Exam for 2024. It outlines the key topics covered, including IV fluids, transfusion reactions, and electrolyte balance. This is an important exam resource for nursing students.

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**Advanced Skills VNSG 2431Vocational Nursing** **Exam 1 Unit Exam Student Learning Outcomes** **\*\*BLUEPRINT\*\*** After studying Engage Fundamentals, listening to course lectures, reviewing, and studying Lecture Slides, class notes, and ATI book pages listed at the bottom of the syllabus, the...

**Advanced Skills VNSG 2431Vocational Nursing** **Exam 1 Unit Exam Student Learning Outcomes** **\*\*BLUEPRINT\*\*** After studying Engage Fundamentals, listening to course lectures, reviewing, and studying Lecture Slides, class notes, and ATI book pages listed at the bottom of the syllabus, the student will be able to: +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **\#** | **Topic** | +===================================+===================================+ | 1. | Identify the best sources of | | | Calcium, Sodium, Potassium, and | | | Magnesium (know which foods have | | | the MOST) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 2. | Apply the steps health care | | | professionals must take when | | | contaminated with blood or body | | | fluids. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 3. | Identify types of IV fluids and | | | their tonicity including | | | Hypertonic, Hypotonic, Isotonic, | | | and Colloids (Table in Engage) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 4. | Apply common types of IV Fluids | | | that are used for Hypovolemia, | | | Hypervolemia, and Hypernatremia | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 5. | Analyze clinical manifestations | | | of the various types of | | | transfusion reactions when blood | | | is being administered to a | | | client. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 6. | Understand immediate and delayed | | | transfusion reactions. (How | | | long?) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 7. | Implement nursing steps and | | | patient care for a patient | | | receiving a blood transfusion | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 8. | Implement nursing actions when a | | | client is experiencing a | | | transfusion reaction (with LVN | | | Scope of Practice) (You must know | | | the symptoms of each type of | | | reaction to implement the correct | | | nursing interventions). | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 9. | Understand LVN scope of practice | | | for initiation of blood | | | transfusion | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 10. | Understand common blood types | | | (Know universal donor and | | | universal recipient) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 11. | Apply the steps of the skill: IV | | | insertion (including all | | | equipment used) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 12. | Remember dietary sources when | | | replacing electrolytes | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 13. | Remember normal values listed in | | | ATI for BUN/Creatinine, Specific | | | Gravity, Components of BMP(K+, | | | NA, Ca, Mg), components of a CBC | | | (WBC, H&H, PLT, and RBC) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 14. | Understand what a CBC with | | | differential is | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 15. | Analyze common diseases and other | | | factors that can cause the values | | | to be abnormal OR at risk for | | | being abnormal (high or low) | | | (Hyperkalemia, Hypokalemia, | | | Hyponatremia, Hypernatremia, | | | Hypercalcemia, Hypocalcemia, | | | Hypermagnesemia, Hypomagnesemia, | | | Hypervolemia, and Hypovolemia) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 16. | Implement nursing interventions | | | for all conditions in \#13 | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 17. | Understand what electrolyte | | | imbalance causes poor skin turgor | | | (Also called Skin Tenting) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 18. | Remember clinical manifestations | | | for Hypovolemia and Hypervolemia | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 19. | Remember what Ketoacidosis is | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 20. | Analyze Clinical Manifestations | | | of Ketoacidosis | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 21. | Understand Normal PH and what the | | | value is for alkalosis and what | | | is acidosis | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 22. | Remember normal client intake and | | | output amount | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 23. | Analyze Arterial Blood gas | | | analysis (ABG) and Identify the | | | type of imbalance (Respiratory | | | Alkalosis, Respiratory Acidosis, | | | Metabolic Alkalosis, Metabolic | | | Acidosis) (Review steps in engage | | | for analyzing ABGs and practice | | | these!) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 24. | Analyze clinical manifestations | | | for each type of imbalance | | | (Respiratory Alkalosis, | | | Respiratory Acidosis, Metabolic | | | Alkalosis, Metabolic Acidosis) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 25. | Understand what medications can | | | specifically cause a decrease or | | | increase in electrolyte values | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 26. | Analyze specific procedures, | | | diseases, and medications that | | | can alter the acid-base balance. | | | (Remember what specific imbalance | | | the above causes-(Respiratory | | | Alkalosis, Respiratory Acidosis, | | | Metabolic Alkalosis, Metabolic | | | Acidosis) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 27. | Understand what types of | | | medications require an IV pump | | | when infusing | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 28. | Analyze clinical manifestations | | | of Phlebitis, Infiltration, and | | | infection with a peripheral IV. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 29. | Implement nursing interventions | | | for Phlebitis, Infiltration, and | | | infection with a peripheral IV. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 30. | Understand the steps of the | | | nursing process (the order- what | | | comes next) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 31. | Understand Osmosis, Diffusion, | | | and Active Transport (Know what | | | ATP is) | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 32. | Understand the functions of water | | | in the body | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 33. | Identify how patients can take in | | | and put out fluids | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 34. | Understand why older clients and | | | children are prone to fluid | | | imbalances | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 35. | Understand the risks of IV | | | therapy | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 36. | Understand the types of IV | | | tubings and what they are used | | | for and when to change | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 37. | Understand the differences in | | | whole blood, PRBCs, and | | | Platelets. Why are patients given | | | each of these? | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 38. | Remember what granulocytes, | | | erythrocytes, and thrombocytes | | | are | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 39. | Understand antigens in blood and | | | RH factor | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 40. | Identify blood types considered | | | the Universal Donor and Universal | | | Recipient | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 41. | Understand the different types of | | | central lines and complications | | | that can occur | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 42. | Implement nursing interventions | | | for patients exhibiting signs of | | | air embolism and other | | | complications listed in ATI | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 43. | Understand nursing care for the | | | patient with a central line and | | | the LVN scope of practice | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

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