Vital Signs
The difference in the timing between stepdown & medical vital signs
What is Q4 & Q8 hours?
When I&Os are totaled
What is every 8 hours?
The best time to document I&Os
What is "as it occurs"?
The preferred method of weighing a patient
What is "a standing scale" ?
The first thing you would do if you find your patient on the floor in the shower.
What is call for help?
These appear in red in flowsheets
What are critical values or values outside normal range?
How often I&Os are documented for a stepdown patient
What is Q4 hours?
What you document if the patient doesn't eat, drink, urinate or is NPO during your shift
What is a zero?
The best time to weigh a patient
What is before breakfast at the same time every day?
Roles a PCT can take in a cardiac arrest
What are compressor, ventilator, & AED?
Your immediate response to a critical/abnormal vital sign
What is call the nurse?
When the patient is allowed only an exact amount of liquid to drink in 24 hours.
What is fluid restriction?
Patient position
What also needs to be documented when using "Turned for care during 2 hour interim"?
The least accurate method of weighing a patient
What is "a bed scale" ?
What you should do if your patient has a critically high or critically low blood glucose.
What is notify the nurse via call or in person, not a text?
Liters of oxygen
What is a vital sign that should NOT be documented by a PCT?
Foley, ostomy, rectal tube, NG, g-tube, wound drainage bag, external urinary catheter
What type of outputs are PCTs allowed to record?
What you would document if you walked your patient once around the unit.
What is 400 feet?
What you should do if the patient refuses a standing weight
What is report it to the nurse?
Your patient is having chest pain. This is the time the EKG should be completed & read.
What is 10 minutes?