Judgement Day
This is a 5 step process guiding all nursing care
What is the nursing process? Or ADPIE
This is the single most effective way to break the chain of infection.
What is Hand Hygiene?
This type of report, given during caregiver hand-off, uses a specific structure to communicate patient status.
What is an SBAR Report?
This stage of pressure injury involves intact skin with a localized area of non-blanchable redness.
What is Stage 1?
This serious respiratory complication is a key hazard of immobility, where alveoli collapse.
What is Atelectasis?
The difference between these two is that one is broad ("Client will be free of infection") and the other is specific, measurable, and has a time frame ("Client's WBC count will be within normal range in 48 hours")
What are Goals vs. Outcomes?
For a patient with C. diff, you must use these specific precautions, which always include gloves and often a gown.
What are Contact Precautions?
For a patient at risk for falls, this nursing intervention is considered a last resort due to risks of injury and loss of dignity.
What are Restraints?
This non-opioid analgesic has anti-inflammatory properties but carries a risk of bleeding and GI upset.
What is Aspirin/NSAID?
For a patient with urinary retention from BPH, a drug like tamsulosin works by relaxing smooth muscle as this type of blocker.
What is an Alpha-Blocker?
"Risk for Falls related to altered gait and post-op sedation" is an example of this type of nursing diagnosis.
What is a Risk Diagnosis?
This term describes what the drug does to the body (e.g., mechanism of action), while this term describes what the body does to the drug (e.g., absorption, distribution).
What are Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics?
This sudden, acute change in mental status is often reversible and can be caused by infection, medication, or dehydration.
What is Delirium?
This chronic condition, characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep, often presents with loud snoring and daytime fatigue.
What is Sleep Apnea?
This type of laxative (e.g., psyllium/Metamucil) works by absorbing water to form a soft, bulky stool.
What is a Bulk-Forming Agent?
This framework, which places physiological needs at the base, is a classic tool for prioritizing patient problems.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
Vancomycin requires monitoring of these levels to ensure therapeutic effect and avoid toxicity.
What are Peak and Trough levels?
This progressive, irreversible loss of cognitive function is exemplified by Alzheimer's disease.
What is Dementia?
For a patient on opioid therapy, you must consistently assess for these five side effects.
What are Respiratory Depression, Sedation, Constipation, Nausea, and Urinary Retention?
When log-rolling a patient with lower back pain, the primary goal is to maintain alignment of this.
What is the Spine?
In Tanner's Clinical Judgment Model, this final phase involves comparing what happened to what was expected.
What is Reflection?
A drug that causes birth defects is given this classification.
What is Teratogenic?
For a patient with glaucoma, you would administer this type of eye drop, like timolol, to reduce intraocular pressure.
What is a Beta-Blocker?
Mupirocin (Bactroban) is a topical antibiotic commonly used to treat skin infections caused by this bacteria.
What is MRSA?
Compared to urinary incontinence, this exemplar involves the inability to empty the bladder fully.
What is Urinary Retention?