Things you should know
What are the 6 rights of medication
Right patient
Right drug
Right dose
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
Normal Blood pressure
120/80
ADL
Activities of daily living
Brady-
Slow
Instrument designed to listen to sounds within the body, such as heartbeat and breath sounds
Stethoscope
Two identifiers to administer a medication
what is the patients name and date of birth
a normal respiratory rate
12-20 breaths/min
NPO
Nothing by mouth
Cyst:
Bladder
How often should you turn a patient that is unable to turn themselves?
Every 2 hours
Laws that define responsibilities of the nurse and “scope of practice, as well as, the range of activities and services and the qualifications for practice.”
What is the Nurse Practice Act.
A Pulse rate faster than 100 beats per minute indicates:
Tachycardia
AC
Before meals
Derm or Dermat
Skin
The type of precautions to take when a client has a wound infection.
Contact precaution
The 5 steps of the nursing process are
What is assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating.
Difference in apical and radial pulses
pulse deficit
PPE
Personal protective equipment
-ectomy
Surgical removal
This is the most commonly reported work-related injury by nurses.
Back pain
Patient complains of feeling depressed, nauseated, having visual disturbances, fatigue, and shows facial grimacing. Differentiate SUBJECTIVE vs OBJECTIVE data.
SUBJECTIVE:depressed, nauseated, visual disturbances, and fatigue. OBJECTIVE: facial grimacing.
The 5th vital sign
Pain
What does the acronym SBAR stand for and why is it used?
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation. Used for intradisciplinary communication between shifts for critical patient information.
-kinesia
Movement
Founder of Modern Nursing
Who is Florence Nightingale?