Vital Signs
What is the expected range for the temperature of an adult?
36-38*C (96.8-100.4*F)
What systems are necessary to assess during a standard assessment?
HEENT
Skin
Respiratory
Cardiovascular
Genitourinary
Musculoskeletal
BMAT
What is ISBARR?
Introduce and identify
Situation
Background
Assess
Recommendation
Repeat
List at least 3 instances where you are required to wash your hands with soap and water
After potential contact with C.diff
Before making or eating food
After using the bathroom
"Tachy-"
fast/accelerated/above expected range
What are the 6 vital signs?
Temperature
Pulse
Respiration
Blood Pressure
Oxygen Saturation
Pain
Provide at least 3 questions you might ask during a cardiovascular assessment
Are you taking any medication for your heart?
Do you know your risk factors for cardiovascular disease?
Have you experienced any chest pain lately?
What is SOLER?
Sit squarely
Open posture
Lean forward
Eye contact
Relax
What are the 3 types of precautions?
1. Contact
2. Droplet
3. Airborne
"Hypo-"
Under/Deficient
What is the name for a respiration rate slower than the standard range?
Bradypnea
When auscultating the abdomen, where should you start?
Lower right quadrant
Define therapeutic communication
The purposeful use of communication to build and maintain helping relationships with patients, families, and significant others
List at least 3 situations (illnesses) where you would take airborne precautions
Measles
Chickenpox
Tuberculosis
Covid
"Brady-"
Slow/below expected range
What is systole?
The phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts
What is pallor?
Unusual paleness of skin color
Provide at least 3 ways you can improve communication with a child
Use simple, straightforward language
Be aware of nonverbal messages because children are especially sensitive to nonverbal communication
Enhance communication by being at the child’s eye level
Incorporate play in interactions
What is the difference between tier 1 and tier 2 precautions?
TIER 1 - Standard precautions
Used with ALL patients
Includes hand hygiene upon entrance and exit (gel sanitizer or soap and water depending on the situation)
May require the use of gloves (ex: direct or potential contact with blood, bodily fluids, secretions, excretions, non-intact skin, mucous membranes, and contaminated items/surfaces
Environmental disinfection (i.e equipment, beds, etc)
Sharps safety
Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette
TIER 2 - Transmission-Based precautions
These patients are infected or colonized with specific infectious agents that require additional precautions (ex: C.diff, MRSA, VRE, etc.)
"Hyper"
Above/ Beyond/Excessive
List at least 3 factors that can affect temperature
Age
Exercise
Hormones
Stress
Environmental temperature
Time of day
Body site
Infection
Name the 4 areas that are auscultated during a cardiovascular exam
Aortic
Pulmonic
Tricuspid
Mitral/Apical
Provide at least 3 barriers to effective communication:
Asking irrelevant personal questions
Offering personal opinions
Stereotyping
Giving advice
Giving false reassurance
Minimizing feelings
Changing the topic
Asking “why” questions
Challenging
Offering value judgments
Asking questions excessively
Responding approvingly or disapprovingly
Being defensive
Testing
Judging
Offering sympathy
Arguing
Making automatic responses
Reacting with passive or aggressive responses
What is the chemical name for CHG?
Chlorhexidine gluconate?
"-phagia", "-phagy"
Eating/Swallowing