Asepsis and Sterile Field
Name one way to maintain a sterile field
What is keeping the hands above the waist, not touching the 1 inch border of a sterile field, not turning your back on a sterile field.
What is constipation
Name two interventions to reduce pressure ulcers in patients?
What is assessment, turning, improving nutrition
What two patient identifiers should be used prior to medication administration?
What is name and DOB
What are two signs or symptoms of respiratory distress?
What is high or low RR, cyanosis, dyspnea, low sp02
Handwashing
A patient bends their arm at the elbow. What kind of movement is this?
A patient has a red spot on their skin that does not turn white when pushed on. What stage of pressure ulcer is this?
What is a stage 1 pressure ulcer
What is missing from the following order?
Tylenol 500 mg every 6 hours for pain
What is right route
A patient with asthma is struggling to breathe and has a high-pitched lung sounds. How would you describe these lung sound?
What is a wheeze
A patient has c difficile. What should the nurse wash their hand with?
What is soap and water
What is the correct way to walk with a cane?
What is walking with the cane on the strong side
What skin assessments would indicate adequate circulation.
What is color, temperature
A nurse waited to administer a medication because it was given late previously. What medication right is the nurse following?
What is correct time
A patient's oxygen saturation is at 88% and they have no signs or respiratory distress. How much oxygen and what oxygen device should the nurse apply?
What stage of infection is a patient when they are recovering from an illness?
What is convalescent
Name two safety interventions when transferring a patient from the bed to a wheelchair.
A nurse gently pinches a patient's skin and notices tenting. What does this mean?
A nurse received an order that is missing a time. What should the nurse do?
What is call the provider
What is normal respiratory rate?
What is 12-20 breaths per minute
A nurse put on a face shield with eye protection to complete a wound irrigation. The nurse is using what kind of precaution?
What is standard precautions
What is one way that mobility improves cardiovascular function?
What is decrease dvt, improve cardiac output
Give an example of using inspection on a patient's hair to explain what the nurse is looking for.
What is the consistency of hair, if the hair pattern in normal, if there is any hair loss
A nurse is teaching a patient how to use a peak flow meter. Why is a peak flow meter used to measure?
What is how to how forcefully a patient can breathe out and measures if an airway is narrowed.
How should a nurse instruct a patient to use an incentive spirometer?
What is have the patient put their lips on the device, breath in and hold their breath, and slowly breath out.