The Specimen is Trying to Leave AMA
What the nurse should do with the patient's belongings
Lock them in the hospital safe
What is the medical term for bluish discoloration?
What is cyanosis?
The medical term for a patient's inability to send their desired verbal message
What is expressive aphasia?
What does SOAPIER stand for?
Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Planning, Intervention, Evaluation, Revision
What is an example of a fomite?
Stethoscope, bedside table, door handle, etc.
An intra-agency transfer
A regulation that helps keep patient's medical records private
HIPAA
What does PERRLA stand for?
What is pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation?
Name the parts of a "SMART" outcome/goal
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timeframe
Selecting and deciding on interventions part of the nursing process
planning
Notify the provider
How should the nurse position the ear pinna when using the tympanic thermometer on an adult?
upward and back
the term for when members of a particular ethnic group believe that their beliefs and practices are the best
cultural bias
An older adult receives lorazepam PRN for agitation. After administration the nurse notices that the patient becomes more anxious and agitated. This type of reaction is known as
What is idiosyncratic?
What bacteria lies dormant until conditions are favorable for growth?
What are spores?
The best time to collect a sputum specimen
in the morning
The ethical principle that says that all patients should be treated with equality
Justice
The nurse failed to report abnormal labs to the provider resulting in the patient having increased cardiac arrythmias resulting in cardiac arrest. What is the term?
malpractice
What is the definition of fetid?
What is malodorous?
Which stage of the infectious process is the interval between nonspecific symptoms to more specific symptoms
What is prodromal stage?
what the nurse should ask prior to having a procedure with contrast media
if they are allergic to iodine
Determine the acid-base imbalance and it's compensation: pH 7.49, PaCO2 30, HCO3 30. What might have caused this acid-base imbalance?
What is Respiratory alkalosis, fully compensated? What is hyperventilation?
On a consenting partner, please demonstrate how to find the correct site for a ventrogluteal injection using the proper landmarks.
Finds the greater trochanter with the heel of the hand, places index finger on anterior iliac crest, spreading
What causes the "lub" sound when auscultating the heart?
Closure of the AV valves
A patient in end-stage renal disease has a potassium of 6.1. What medical intervention is appropriate for this patient to help change their potassium level?
What is dialysis, insulin, kayexalate, IV calcium gluconate?