Safety
This part of the nursing process is used before the patient gets meds
What is assessment?
Elderly, minorities, disabled, LGBTQA, and children are a part of this group
What are vulnerable populations?
Calculate this 8 hour intake:
2 oz of Sprite
2 cups of ice
300 mL of irrigation
Normal Saline IV of 50 mL/hr
4 Tbsp of tea
What is 1060 mL?
The antiviral is given for Hepatitis B
What is adefovir?
What is respiratory depression and decreased LOC?
This teaching for patient safety is important at discharge for future appointments
What is teach the patient when to call healthcare provider and when to go to ED?
Nurse's role in obtaining and explaining an informed consent for surgery
What is witness the patient's signature and asking the patient before surgery what procedure they are having?
What to tell a patient with HIV when they say they are only going to fill one of their three prescribed antiretroviral meds
What is fill all 3 medications and take all of it as directed?
The term for not stopping a drug suddenly, but instead to slowly decrease the dose.
What is taper?
Drug-Drug and Drug-Lifestyle interactions for benzodiazipines
This teaching by the nurse could keep the patient's children and pets safe
What is ask for safety caps on medication bottles?
These theorists proposed three parts to advocacy:
1) Safeguarding patient autonomy
2) Acting on behalf of patients
3) Championing social justice
Who is Bu and Jezewski?
These abbreviations "QD, Q, u, iu, MSO4" are on this list
What is The Joint Commission Do Not Use List?
When oseltamivir works
What is if given 48 hours after influenza symptoms start or 48 hours after exposure to someone with the flu
This anxiolytic should not be taken PRN and may take 2-3 weeks to work
What is buspirone?
BEST advice a nurse can give to a patient to help the patient prevent medication errors
What is keeping a list of their medications?
The nurse is working with these other disciplines to take care of the patient - name for all other members of this team
Who are interprofessional team members?
If this lab test is high, it is a bad sign for a patient with HIV
What is viral load?
This is a common side effect of oseltamivir, especially in children and the elderly
What is confusion?
the antidote for benzodiazepine toxicity
What is flumazenil?
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What are tall-man lettering?
This right of medication administration is the best time to also check for allergies
What is the right patient?
Round to this if you are giving an injection medication to a patient that is less than 1 mL
What are hundredths?
PPE needed for acyclovir cream
What are gloves?
These labs need to be looked at before giving a benzodiazipine
What are ALT/AST, BUN, GFR, creatinine, and WBC?
Where is this statement taken from?
"Never a trailing zero but always a leading zero"
What is The Joint Commission "Do Not Use List?"
This right affects where the nurse teaches the patient to keep their drugs at home
What is the right storage?
The name of the liquid put into a powdered vial to reconstitute it. This does not go into your dosage calculation
What is a diluent?
Reinforce this to the patient if the drug has CNS side effects
What is safety or call for help to get up?
This is the drug of choice for a patient having their first seizure
What is diazepam?
The nurse's role in patient safety that involves incorrect use of information care technologies
What is a workaround?
This type of nursing care takes into consideration the individual's client's needs
What is patient-centered care?
Use this syringe if you are giving an injection amount of more than 1 mL
What is a 3 mL syringe?
This antiviral is given for herpes as soon as the diagnosis is made
What is acyclovir or valcyclovir?
The type of order you would expect a nonbenzodiazepine to be ordered
What is scheduled?
What is evaluation?
This is a list of rights and wrongs, including advocacy, that governs the conduct of nurses
What is the ANA Code of Ethics?
This is the best way to assess a patient's health literacy
What is have them read the label of the bottle or discharge instructions?
When taking drugs for viruses, always report _____________ symptoms
What is worsening?
The type of order you would expect to find for a benzodiazepine
What is PRN?
This step in the nursing process involves the nurse performing all of rights of medication administration while giving meds
What is intervention?
The patient is AAO x 0 so the nurse will do this verification to ensure they have the right patient
What is verify name and date of birth from the EHR to the patient's bracelet?
Type of work environment that doesn't blame the nurse who made the error but instead tries to keep it from happening again
What is a "just culture?"
Which viral disease has a cure with 12 weeks of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir medication
What is Hepatitis C?
Benzodiazepines end in ______ or _________
What is -pam or -lam?
What are extrapyramidal symptoms?
A difference in the level of treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair-unequal differences in health status, disease burden, and access to healthcare services between different groups of people
What are health disparities?
Use these by performing hand hygiene and putting on gloves with each patient
What are standard precautions?
This herb is used for depression but also can cause Hep C med not to work
What is St. John's Wort?
These are the vital signs you need to assess for a patient taking lorazepam
What are respiratory rate and LOC (and BP)?
This theory describes why medication error can happen when people are involved
What is Human Factors Theory?
This is what you need to chart after giving a PRN benzodiazipine
What is level of anxiety?
This document is the best way to prevent future errors after an error is made
What is an incident report?
This is what the nurse should do before giving a medicine that has been reconstituted or is in suspension
What is shake it?
This is how you know an anxiolytic is working
What is decreased anxiety?