Vital Signs
The number of breaths taken in one minute
What is respiratory rate
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with medical training
What is Abandonment
The need for support, assurance, and praise
What is love and acceptance
This type of data is measurable and can be observed by someone other than the person experiencing it
What is objective data
When having a manicure, implements that have not been disinfected properly and may spread from client to client causes this
What is nail fungus
Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions
What is diastolic pressure
The release of information to the public in written or spoken form that is construed to be damaging to the persons character
What is defamation
The need to be liked and respected by others
What is esteem
Assessment, diagnosis, outcome, identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation
What are the 5 steps of the nursing process
True or False: reccaping needles is prohibited
What is True
Blood pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles
What is systolic pressure
A legal document, usually signed by the patient and there physician, stating that the patient does not wish to prolong life through resuscitation efforts
What is DNR
The need for air, water, oxygen, food, and sleep
What is Physiological
Introducing yourself as an RN, "nursing out loud", dressing professionally, advocating for progress on public health matters, and believing in our own power to make a difference
What are some tactics in improving the public image of nursing
Disease causing bacteria or viruses carried through blood or bodily fluids such as Hepatitis and HIV are called
What is blood borne pathogen
Pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of blood vessels
What is blood pressure
A federal law that protects the privacy of a patients health care
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
The need to be safe in your surroundings
What is safety and security
Determining tasks that are life threatening, essential to patient/staff safety, and essential to the medical or nursing plan of care
What is the criteria for prioritizing
The number one way to prevent the spread of nosocomial infections
What is handwashing
The beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries
What is pulse
What term describes the fact that information about a patient must remain private
What is confidentiality
All needs have been fulfilled to some degree
What is self-actualization
Assigning or designating a competent individual the responsibility of carrying out a specific group of nursing tasks in the provision of care for certain clients
What is delegation
True or False: I came out of a c'diff patients room, I only emptied the trash so I dont need to wash my hands
What is False c'diff is on everything