Safety and Body Mechanics
Difficulty swallowing
What is Dysphagia?
ADL
What is activities of daily living?
The inability to control the bladder or bowel; which leads to an involuntary loss of urine of feces
What is incontinence?
The first skill during your skills exam. Everyone is tested on this skill.
What is hand hygiene?
The first thing you do when you enter a patient's room
What is greet your patient?
The way the parts of the body work together when a person moves
What are body mechanics?
BM
What is bowel movement?
Food and fluids expelled from the stomach through the mouth
What is emesis?
Before assisting to stand , apply the gait belt securely around the patient's at this spot
What is the waist?
Your patient drank 6 ounces of coffee and 8 ounces of water totaling...
What is 420 ml?
Acronym for use of a fire extinguisher.
What is PASS? (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep)
OBRA
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act?
The field of medicine concerned with the problems and disease of old age and older persons
What is geriatrics?
The moving of a body part away from mid-line
What is abduction?
Your patient is complaining of 8/10 pain, has a HR of 112 and a BP of 148/98 so you ....
What is report to the nurse?
Before ambulating your patient they should....
What is be wearing non-skid shoes?
AIDS
What is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome?
A tube used to drain or inject fluid through a body opening
What is a catheter?
What is the minimum amount of time to apply friction with soap and water during handwashing?
What is 20 seconds?
The position is rectal temp taken in
What is Sims Position?
A knot is used to tie restraints so that they can be removed quickly
What is a quick release knot?
CVA
What is Cerebrovascular accident?
A mental state of being disoriented to person, time, place, situation or identity
What is confusion?
Heart rate, temperature, respiration, and blood pressure
What are vital signs?
A medication is used to control a persons mood and behavior
What are chemical restraints?