Altered Cognition
What is Tactile?
Touch
You overhear a nurse on the phone talking about "Becky with the good hair and she came in with-' The nurse is violating what?
HIPPA
What is Health Literacy?
The degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information (level of understanding)
If a patient has an elevated WBC Count (over 10,000) this could be a sign of____
Infection
You approach your patient and notice they are not receiving enough oxygen, what is the first thing a nurse should check for?
Kinks in lines
What is Expressive Aphasia?
Inability to form words
Before Allie can come over and hug Heather, she has to ask for ____
Consent
When teaching a patient about using an incentive spirometer, what is the best teaching technique to show the patient has an understanding?
Teach Back
What is the max LPM (liters per minute) for a Nasal Cannula?
2L
What are some ways the nurse can promote oxygentation?
Elevate HOB
Deep Breathing Techniques
You have a patient who has peripheral neuropathy and needs a bed bath. How should you assess the water temperature?
Place the back of your hand in the water to assess if it too hot
"Imagine Throwing Batteries" is the Quote Carter uses to help us remember what this term that means physical harm to one another?
Battery
You are told to teach a patient how to use an incentive spirometer, you walk into the room and you notice the patient is upset and crying. What do you do?
Come back and teach later, ask the patient what they need at the moment, or ask the patient if they would like company or to be alone
You have a client who is experiencing Dyspnea, what is the nurse's first priority?
Elevate HOB
Which scale do you use to assess pain on an adult?
Numeric Scale (Pain from 1-10)
When a pt states a site of pain has radiated to another site on their body, what type of pain is this?
Referred Pain
You pass by a room, and hear the nurse yell at the patient "If you don't calm down, I'll put restraints on you"! What is this?
Assault
What are some barriers to learning?
Language Barrier, Pt received hard news, low-health literacy, etc
What device do you use to prevent atelectasis?
Incentive Spirometer
What are some ways you can assess a patient's motivation/ readiness to learn?
Alert and Orientated, in a positive mood, etc.
Note: You do not want to teach a patient after they have heard terrible news, you notice they're unhappy, etc
Inability to understand words
Receptive Aphasia
"DO NO HARM" is what?
Nonmaleficence
What are some resources you can use to help with barriers to learning?
When you discover an arrhythmia in the patient, what is the next priority action the nurse should take?
Unintentional Tort