PCT ESSENTIALS

Personal Hygiene

100

 Two interventions to prevent NV-HAP

Mobility and Oral Care

200

Aspiration is when food or liquid goes into the _________ instead of the stomach.

Airway

300

PCTs are to chart Hygeine Care/Perineal Care, CHG, Oral Care, and _________

What is intake and output?

400

Patients with indewelling catheters or otherwise known as foley catheters, need what kind of bath once a day 

CHG bath

500

After a patient completes their meal what degree should they remain upright for 30-60 minutes after eating?

30-45 degrees

Pressure Injury Prevention

100

Total care patient's should be turned

Every two hours or more often as needed

200

When my patient is in a chair I should repostion them

Every 30 minutes

300

Localized damage to the skin and underlying soft tissue

Pressure Injury

400

___________ prominences are at higher risk for pressure injures

Bony

500

Patient positioning with _________ are a essential tool to prevent pressure injury 

Wedges

Emergency Mgmt

100

Who can call a rapid response

Anyone, even family members and patients can call a rapid response

200

Detects early signs or patient deterioration by scoring vital signs and level of consciousness

Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS)

300

My patient's glucose is below 70mg/dl this is called

Hypogylcemia

400

During a code I can get the bed flat fast by 

Using the CPR lever/latch located on the bed's side rail

500

Patient has a purple band on this means by patient code status is 

Do Not Resusciate (DNR)

Safety and Fall Prevention

100

Safety rounding is completed every _______

Every one hour and then every two hours after 10pm

200

My patient is a fall risk I will ensure they have ____ socks on and ______wrist band on

Yellow

300

The 6p's are pain, potty, position, possessions, plan of care, and

Pumps

400

My patient is a suicide risk patient they will need to have a __________ 24/7

Patient Safety Attendant

500

Green lights illuminating from the bottom of my patient's bed indicate if bed alarm is on, side rails are up and 

Bed is lowest position

Medical Abbreviations

100

Your patient has a procedure scheduled for tomorrow AM, they are NPO after MN. What does NPO stand for?

What is Nothing by Mouth

200

Your patient needs to get OOB for all meals, what does OOB stand for?

What is Out of Bed

300

Your patient needs SBA out of bed?

What is Stand-By-Assist

400

You patient LOC is Alert and Oriented times person, time, and place. LOC stands for

What is Level of Consciousness

500

Your patient has a central line and a foley catheter and needs a CHG bath. CHG stands for

What is Chorhexidine Gluconate