Nursing Process
The number of steps in the Nursing Process
What is 5; Assessment, Diagnose, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
Taking a patient's vital signs include
What is temperature, blood pressure, respirations. pulse and pain assessment.
STEMI
What is ST segment elevation Myocardial infarction
The electrical impulses are formed in the sinoatrial (SA) node and discharged regularly at a rate of 60-100 times per minute
What is normal sinus rhythm
NPO
What is nothing by mouth?
What is a clear and concise form of communication among healthcare workers.
What is SBAR
The pulse site located behind the knee
What is popliteal pulse
The number of valves in the heart
What is 4: aortic, mitral tricuspid and pulmonic
This originates in the SA node and discharges impulses regularly at a rate between 100-160 times per minute
What is Sinus Tachycardia?
NKA or NKDA
What is no known allergies? or drug allergies?
The deliberate and systematic collection of information about a patient to determine his or her current and past health and functional status and his or her present and past coping patterns.
What is a nursing assessment?
Location of the apical pulse
What is on the left side of the chest at the 5th intercostal space
This segment of the EKG shows Atrial depolarization
What is the P-Wave?
This originates in the SA node and discharges impulses regularly between 40-60 times per minute
What is Sinus Bradycardia?
S/S
What is signs and symptoms?
This is any treatment based on clinical judgment and knowledge that a nurse performs to enhance patient outcomes.
What is a nursing intervention?
Where can you take a temperature?
Rectal, Axilla, Oral, Tympanic
What is the pacemaker of the heart?
SA node
This segment of the EKG represents the Ventricular repolarization
What is the T wave?
IVPB
What is IV piggyback?
A visual representation of a clients' health problems.
Where can you take a pulse?
Apical, Radial, Carotid, Brachial
What should you do before defibrillation a client who is in VFIB?
Shout all clear before shocking
This segment of the EKG represents ventricular depolarization
What is the QRS segment?
AMA
What is against medical advice?