Professionalism, Ethics Week 1
Safety and Infection/Week 2 lab
Culture, Communication/Week 3 lab
Week 4 lab/misc questions
Function, cognition/Week 5 lab
100
A set of regulations created by an individual state that applies to all nurses practicing in that state, legally defining what they can or cannot do.
What is the state Nurse Practice Act?
100
This type of infection control precaution includes gown and gloves and washing hands with soap and water. Is often used for patients with C-diff.
What are contact precautions? (or contact Plus Precautions)
100
What is Apical Pulse?
100
Non blanchable redness at a point of pressure.
What is stage 1 pressure injury?
100
Secondary Screening Tool(s) used to assess cognition issues/suspected dementia.
What are the Mini-cog and Montreal?
200
For an LPN in the state of Ohio, this includes things such as taking vital signs, assessing patient's skin and passing most medications but excludes administering blood, writing a care plan for a patient and administering many IV push medications.
What is Scope of Practice?
200
When documenting this intervention you must INCLUDE
How long it was used, type used, frequency of checks and removal, how the patient responded and alternatives attempted
What are restraints(using restraints)?
200
Doing this as a nurse will often
*Decrease the cost of health care
*Decrease patient's risk for further injury
*Increase the chance that the patient gets the best patient centered care
What is Collaboration?
200
Use this on an acute injury for 24-48 hours after injury
What is ice or cold therapy?
200
If you are on the very low end of this tool, you may experience frequent cold/shivering, malnutrition and missed periods. If you are on the very high end you may be hot often, frequenly have joint pain and have increased risk for heart and blood pressure problems.
What is BMI or Body Mass Index?
300
While this concept is not always easy to define, it is why nurses refuse tips from patients and why we advocate for ideals like autonomy, beneficence, justice and veracity.
What are ethics (or code of ethics)?
300
Nurses know that hospitals track this type of infection due to the fact that these infections increase a patients risk of getting sicker (morbidity) and a patient's risk of dying (mortality)
What are CAUTI's?
300
This is known as the best way to find out about a patient's cultural preferences.
What is ask them?
300
Two things that need assessed immediately on a stable patient being admitted.
What are fall risk and skin assessment?
300
For this procedure the nurse will:
*Check Placement
*Check Residual
*Flush
*Feed Patient
*Flush again
What is administering a NG Tube feed?
400
A bath used to cool body temperature from a fever (cool cloths under the axilla and groin area) and a bath used for itching or dry skin.
What is a tepid bath and a medicated bath?
400
When a health care employer encourages nurses to report an error or near miss without fear of personal punishment, they participate in this.
What is Just Culture?
400
You hear this vital sign at the first Korotkoff sound.
What is the systolic blood pressure?
400
For this vital sign, normal is 60 -100.
What is pulse or heart rate?
400
This very dangerous event can occur if
*Patient who is NPO is given fluid
*Patient with mechanical soft diet given regular tray
*Patient eats alone soon after a stroke
*Patient with NG tube is put in supine position
What is aspiration/aspiration pneumonia?
500
Providing all patients with respectful care and care based on their individual wishes is called this.
What is a Patient-Centered Care?
500
Gloves, Goggles, Gown, Mask.
What is the sequence for doffing PPE?
500
A communication method where you describe the Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation.
What is SBAR?
500
This should not be assessed on the same side as a fistula/shunt, injury, breast surgery or PICC line?
What is blood pressure?
500
These are considered the two categories of functional ability.
What are ADL's and IADL's?