Abbreviations & Military Time
This is the military time for 8:43 a.m. (standard time).
What is 0843
This is equipment that helps protect employees or that person from serious injuries or illnesses resulting from contact with workplace hazards.
What is personal protective equipment
This is the most common site for checking the number of heartbeats per minute and is on the inside of the wrist on the thumb side.
What is radial pulse
This is difficulty swallowing, which can commonly occur after a cerebrovascular accident.
What is dysphagia
This is a purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone.
What is abuse.
This is the abbreviation for left upper extremity.
What is LUE.
This is the number one way to reduce/prevent the spread of infection.
What is proper hand hygiene/hand washing.
This is the term used to describe a temperature that is within normal range.
What is afebrile
For the musculoskeletal system, this is what occurs when muscle wastes away, decreases in size and becomes weak.
What is atrophy
This is the unlawful restraint of someone that affects a person’s freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and actually being physically restrained.
What is false imprisonment
This is the standard time for 1456 (military time).
What is 2:56 p.m.
This precaution is used when the resident may spread an infection by direct contact with a person or object.
What is contact precautions
A resident in this position is lying on his/her stomach.
What is prone position
This common disease/disorder of the nervous system causes tangled nerve fibers and protein deposit to form in the brain eventually leading to dementia.
What is Alzheimer's disease
This person is assigned by law as the legal advocate for residents that visits facilities, listens to residents, and monitors their care and conditions; they can help resolve conflicts and settle disputes concerning residents' health, safety, welfare and rights.
What is an ombudsman
Explain the following care plan scenario in full words:
Room 203 - Apply lotion to BLE BID with cares and PRN.
What is the resident in room 203 is to get lotion applied to bilateral lower extremities twice per day with cares and as needed.
This refers to the practice used to remove or destroy germs and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place. It is the absence of most disease causing organisms.
What is medical asepsis
The following are Mae Xiong's vital signs:
T: 98.9 P: 62 R: 20 BP: 110/35 SpO2: 91%
One of these vital signs needs to be reported to the nurse.
What is the blood pressure (diastolic is low).
This occurs when the pancreas produces no insulin, too little insulin or does not properly use insulin.
What is diabetes mellitus.
This is the failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person.
What is neglect.
Explain the following care plan scenario in full words:
Room 207 - Resident to remain NWB to RUE and use FWW with platform for ambulation, follow behind with W/C.
What is the resident is to remain non-weight bearing to the right upper extremity and use a front wheeled walker with a platform for ambulating with staff to follow behind with wheelchair.
This is the second link in the chain of infection where the pathogen lives and multiplies.
What is a reservoir.
This is a sitting position where the resident is positioned at 90 degrees.
What is high-Fowler's
This occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is blocked, oxygen and nutrient fail to reach cells in that area, waste products are not removed and the muscle cells die.
What is a myocardial infarction
This act was passed by congress in 1996 to help keep health information private and secure.
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)