At what time do you perform skin assessments?
What is upon admission, shift change, any change in caregiver or change in level of care?
Alternatives for Foley Catheter placement in incontinent patients
What are purwicks, condom caths, and frequent toileting?
How often do we change central line dressings?
What is every 7 days or when wet, soiled or not intact?
What is the best way to remove hair for surgical prep?
What is clipping?
What type of isolation is used with C-diff?
What is Contact Plus?
Scale used to predict a patient's risk of pressure injury
What is Braden scale?
CDC guidelines state these are the reasons foley catheters can be placed
What is acute urinary retention, urologic studies or surgery on contiguous structures, accurate I/O's in critically ill patients, high risk OB and L&D patients, assist in healing of 3 or 4 pressure injuries, terminally ill patients?
What CVL insertion site area is most prone to infection?
What is Femoral site?
What is something the patient can do the night before and morning of surgery?
What is bathe or shower with CHG wipes or hibiclens?
What is used to wash hands with these specific patients?
What is soap and water?
Best preventative method of offloading heels
What are specially designed boots?
When should a post-op foley be removed?
What is within 48 hours?
What type of bath should patients with central lines have daily?
What is CHG bath?
Keeping postoperative blood glucose below this specific mg/dL threshold - even in non-diabetic patients - is a critical nursing intervention to minimize SSI risk
What is 180mg/dL?
When do you test inpatients for c-diff infection?
What is when they have 3 or more liquid stools in the past 24 hours?
What time frame should you limit a patient continuously sitting in a chair?
What is 2 hours?
After a foley is d/c'd, what do you do if the patient does not void within 6 hours?
What is use a bladder scanner to determine bladder volume?
How often you change the needless connector caps on the lumen hubs?
What is every 96 hours when the tubing is changed?
What type of medication is administered prior to surgical incision?
What is antibiotics?
What cleaning agent is used to disinfect and prevent transmission?
What is bleach?
The best way to document a pre-existing pressure injury?
What is Camera Capture to take picture?
After catheter removal the bladder scanner is >300mL and patient is unable to void, what should you do?
What is straight cath?
Is it acceptable to routinely draw blood cultures from a central line?
What is NO (only if the physician has specifically ordering it)
What are signs of a post-op infection?
What are elevated temp, redness or drainage at insertion site, pain, and elevated WBC?
If patient is on laxatives, what do you do?
What is D/C laxatives and wait 48 hours to see if patient is still having liquid stools?