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?
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)
What is Apical Pulse?
Non blanchable redness at a point of pressure.
What is stage 1 pressure injury?
Secondary Screening Tool(s) used to assess cognition issues/suspected dementia.
What are the Mini-cog and Montreal?
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?
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)?
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?
Use this on an acute injury for 24-48 hours after injury
What is ice or cold therapy?
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?
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)?
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?
This is known as the best way to find out about a patient's cultural preferences.
What is ask them?
Two things that need assessed immediately on a stable patient being admitted.
What are fall risk and skin assessment?
For this procedure the nurse will:
*Check Placement
*Check Residual
*Flush
*Feed Patient
*Flush again
What is administering a NG Tube feed?
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?
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?
You hear this vital sign at the first Korotkoff sound.
What is the systolic blood pressure?
For this vital sign, normal is 60 -100.
What is pulse or heart rate?
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?
Providing all patients with respectful care and care based on their individual wishes is called this.
What is a Patient-Centered Care?
Gloves, Goggles, Gown, Mask.
What is the sequence for doffing PPE?
A communication method where you describe the Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation.
What is SBAR?
This should not be assessed on the same side as a fistula/shunt, injury, breast surgery or PICC line?
What is blood pressure?
These are considered the two categories of functional ability.
What are ADL's and IADL's?