Exam #1
Who is the “Founder of modern nursing”?
Florence Nightingale
A nurse should use standard precautions for which patients?
All patients
Position when patient is laying flat in bed
Supine
How to prevent aspiration of a patient receiving tube feeds?
HOB always 30 degrees or higher
Normal heart rate
60 - 100 bpm
What is the age you need to be to qualify for Medicare?
65 or older
Mask for airborne precautions
N-95
Position to put patient in when they are short of breath
High-fowlers
What does tube feeds due to blood sugar?
Increases it
Normal respiration rate
12 - 20 bpm
Written documents that provide guidelines for making medical decisions in the event a person becomes incapacitated
Advanced directive
C-diff
Active ROM vs. Passive ROM
Active ROM- patient does own ROM
Passive ROM- nurse performs ROM on patient
What is TPN administered through?
Central line
Fast respiration rate is called?
Tachypnea
What regulates the State's Nurse Practice Act?
State Board of Nursing
Infected droplets can spread how far?
3 feet
What is deep somatic pain?
Bone, ligament, tendon, & blood vessel pain
What kind of carbs quickly raise blood sugar?
Simlpe carbs
What is the normal capillary refill time?
3 seconds or less
What is the difference between assault & battery?
Assult- threat of doing something
Battery- physically harming patient
Sepsis is considered a ______ infection
Systemic infection
Phantom limb pain is an example of ______ pain
Neuropathic pain
Difference between parental nutrition & tube feeds?
Parental nutrition bypasses the GI tract (goes through an IV / central line)
What is the normal pulse strength?
+2