Potpourri
30ml equals this household measurement
What is an ounce?
This type of data is what the client has communicated during the health history.
What is subjective data?
A standardized method of communicating a patient's information with the rest of the care team is this.
What is documentation?
This is one way to accommodate a client who is hearing impaired when performing education.
What is make sure to sit facing them?
Teaching people to eat healthy foods is this type of prevention
What is primary?
To stop the spread of a respiratory infection from patient to patient, the nurse wears this.
What is a mask?
A client's significant medical history goes in this part of the SBAR.
What is background?
This role is when the nurse is organizing different disciplines to meet the needs of a client
What is care coordinator?
This domain of learning focuses on emotions, attitudes, and motivation
What is affective?
Bucks traction relieves this prior to surgical repair of a fracture
What are muscle spasms?
The nurse must use a leading zero when writing a medication dosage that is this.
What is less than 1? (ex: 0.25mg not .25mg)
We use this to evaluate a nurse's ability to use clinical judgement.
What is the clinical judgement measurement model?
To promote healing of a fracture the nurse focuses on this aspect of care
What is immobilization to maintain alignment?
This domain of learning focuses on intellectual skills, critical thinking and knowledge based skills
What is cognitive?
These are the 3 factors that influence blood pressure
What is fluid volume, force of heart contraction, and peripheral vascular resistance?
Colonoscopies and mammograms are this type of prevention
What is secondary?
This is the first position the client should be in for checking orthostatic hypotension?
What is supine?
Patients with Methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus requires this type of transmission based precautions
What is contact?
this method of precaution protects the immunocompromised patient from infection
What is limiting the number of visitors (including staff) that go in the room?
list 3 nonmodifiable risk factors
What is age, gender, ethnicity?
Removing gloves before untying the front ties of the isolation gown is wrong because of this reason
What is it puts the nurse for contaminating herself with the organisms on the gown?
Physiological signs that a client is in pain.
What are elevated BP, elevated pulse, respiration, and sweating?
When caring for a client with a surgically repaired fracture, we do this assessment to ensure adequate circulation of the extremity.
What is check capillary refill?
This is when an interpreter is necessary
What is explaining the plan of care to the client?
This type of traction reduces fracture
What is skeletal?