So many letters.
The involuntary loss of urine or stool.
What is incontinence?
The amount of ounces in 30 mLs.
What is one ounce?
This device should always be within a patient's reach to prevent unassisted attempts to get up.
What is a call light?
What are blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, temperature, and oxygen saturation?
This is done immediately after confirming a pulse of 150BPM and blood pressure of 70/30 mmHg.
What is notify the nurse?
A device for measuring a patient or residents blood glucose level.
What is a glucometer?
This is the total mLs consumed if a patient has 10oz of milk with their cereal.
To alert staff when necessary, one of these can be placed in a chair for the person who is a high fall risk.
What is a chair alarm?
This is sometimes considered the 6th vital sign.
What is pain?
These are placed on a patient's lower leg and attached to a machine that pumps air into chambers that intermittently fill to prevent blood clots.
What are athrombic pumps (or any variation of that term)?
A rapid heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute in an adult.
What is tachycardia?
The total ounces consumed if a patient has half of their 360 mL juice.
What is 6 ounces?
A device applied around the waist and used to support a person who is unsteady.
What is a gait (or transfer) belt?
The term for high blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
This should be referred to if there is any question as to the way something should be done regarding patient care per hospital guidelines.
What is the policy? (also acceptable is the care plan)
One of the most common reasons for medical errors in the U.S. and globally.
What is communication?
The intake amount in mLs if a patient drank half of their 8 oz ginger ale, and all of their 12 oz water.
What is 480 mLs?
The most common time of day in a hospital for falls to occur.
What is shift change?
The term for an adult heart rate that is below 60 bpm.
What is bradycardia?
This bedside device, when ordered, is used to help prevent atelectasis.
What is an incentive spirometer?
A cuff and measuring device used to measure blood pressure.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
This is the total of the following voided amounts on your shift: 275 mLs, 300 mLs, and 340 mLs.
What is 915 mLs?
Taking a person who is a very high fall risk to the bathroom and leaving them alone to shower is an example of what?
What is negligence?
The term for the difference between the apical-radial pulse.
This is done when you find a patient unresponsive with no pulse, after you call for help.
What are chest compressions?