fall prevention
A patient who has difficulty maintaining balance while walking may have an increased risk related to this physical factor.
What is impaired gait or mobility?
This term describes the minimum infection prevention and control practices used at all times for all patients in all healthcare settings, regardless of their diagnosis or infection status
What are standard precautions?
When bacteria develop mechanisms that make an antibiotic less effective or ineffective
What is antibiotic resistance?
This class of medication can cause drowsiness and impaired coordination, increasing fall risk.
What are sedatives?
Sedating classes such as opiods also accepted
A patient has Clostridioides difficile. The nurse knows this method of hand hygiene is especially important after caring for the patient.
What is handwashing with soap and water?
This must be done before any medication administration, but particularly antibiotic administration
What is assessing allergies
A patient becomes dizzy when moving from lying to standing. This condition can contribute to falls.
What is orthostatic hypotension
This precaution minimizes contact with pathogens that spread through the air at close contact, typically 3 feet or less, and affect the respiratory system, such as influenza and pertussis.
What are droplet precautions?
This term describes a new infection that develops while an antimicrobial is being used, often because normal flora have been disrupted.
What is a superinfection?
A patient has fallen and the nurse knows their priority action is what?
Assess the patient
The preferred room for a patient requiring Airborne Precautions has this feature
What is negative pressure?
Patients should take their antibiotics for this duration.
What is the prescribed length of time (or the full course)?
A nurse identifies environmental factors related to fall risk and knows they are correct by demonstrating 3 factors (there are more)
wet floor
clutter
poor lighting
excess equipment
loose rugs
This PPE is made of fluid-resistant material, opens at the back, and must be long enough to cover all outer garments.
what is an isolation gown
During sulfonamide therapy a nurse recognizes significant drug interaction may occur with these drugs or drug classes
oral contraceptives
Sulfonylureas
Phenytoin
Warfarin