Infection Control
This type of precaution includes wearing gloves, a gown, and a face mask.
What is droplet precautions?
This is the normal range for temperature.
What is 97.5 - 99.5 degrees F?
In assessing edema, this is how a noticeably deep pit (6mm) that may last more than a minute is documented.
What is 3+ edema?
This term indicates the relative stability of the internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
This is the normal serum pH range.
What is 7.35-7.45?
Measles, chicken pox, corona virus, and TB are diseases that require this type of isolation.
What is airborne isolation?
In the older adult, respiratory rate ______ (increases/decreases) due to decreases in vital capacity and respiratory reserve.
What is increases?
This term is used to describe abnormal drowsiness or stupor.
What is lethargy?
This is the energy source required for active transport.
What is ATP?
This is the interpretation of the following ABG results: pH 7.28, PCO2 60 mmHg, HCO3- 26 mEq/L, PO2 58 mmHg.
What is respiratory acidosis?
Gloves, goggles/face shield, gown, mask or respirator is the correct order for ________ (donning/doffing) PPE.
What is doffing?
If blood volume increases, blood pressure ________ (increases/decreases) because of the greater volume of blood in the same space.
What is increases?
This type of wound involves the traumatic separation of tissues with irregular, torn edges.
These are the 3 types of passive transport.
What are diffusion, osmosis, and filtration?
This is the interpretation of the following ABG results: pH 7.49, PCO2 44 mmHg, HCO3- 32 mEq/L, PO2 90 mmHg.
What is metabolic alkalosis?
This is the #1 thing a nurse can do to prevent nosocomial infections.
What is hand washing?
This respiratory pattern consists of a pattern of dyspnea followed by a short period of apnea.
What is Cheyne-Stokes?
This lung sound is an a high-pitched, musical sound similar to a squeak that is heard most commonly during expiration.
What is a wheeze?
This is a major intracellular cation that is important in nerve transmission and muscle contraction, and helps maintain normal heart rhythm.
What is potassium?
This is the interpretation of the following ABG results: pH 7.21, PCO2 35 mmHg, HCO3- 12 mEq/L, PO2 95 mmHg.
What is metabolic acidosis?
Name the links in the chain of infection.
What are causative agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transfer, portal of entry, and susceptible host?
Name 6/9 of the pulse points.
What are temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, and dorsalis pedis?
Name the 4 main methods used during a physical assessment.
What are inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation?
Dry mucous membranes, intense thirst, oliguria, lethargy, twitching, seizures, and loss of skin turgor are signs and symptoms of this electrolyte imbalance.
What is hypernatremia?
This is the interpretation of the following ABG results: pH 7.52, PCO2 30 mmHg, HCO3- 24 mEq/L, PO2 98 mmHg.
What is respiratory alkalosis?