Potpourri
The purpose of passive ROM
What is to prevent contractures?
The stage of GAS where the sympathetic nervous system is activated
What is the Alarm stage
The most common safety concern with older adults
What is falls
The most common site for a HAI?
What is the urinary tract?
A respiratory rate less than 12/min
What is Bradypnea
Provides a guide to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes nurses must incorporate into their practice
What are Standards of Practice?
Avoidance, denial, displacement, conversion
What are ego defense mechanisms
Nurse's responsibility before getting a patient OOB for the first time
What is to check the activity order from the HCP?
A common manifestation of infection in an older adult
What is confusion?
A type of adventitious breath sound that you would hear with fluid in the lung
What is crackles/rales
Laws that regulate nursing practice
What are Nurse Practice Acts?
Cancer, Hypertension, Heart disease, IBS
What are physiologic responses that can result from long term stress?
Used to improve the accuracy of patient identification
What is require 2 patient identifiers?
The protection needed for airborne precautions
What is a N95 mask?
Type of technique used to assess edema?
What is palpation
A facility that provides assistance with meals, housekeeping, and medications
What is assisted living?
Anxiety, fear, ego defense mechanisms, anger depression
What are psychological responses to stress?
The name given to actions that can cause severe injury and even death in a health care facility.
What is a never event?
The protection needed for contact precautions?
What are gowns and non sterile gloves?
Period of time to wait before taking someone's temperature after they have been smoking
What is 20- 30 minutes?
An organization that provides custodial care for people who cannot live on their own.
What are nursing homes?
Meditation, guided imagery, biofeedback
What are stress busters?
The Maslow human need that is protected by staff following appropriate infection control practices
What is Safety and Security?
The hand hygiene recommended for C-difficile patients.
What is soap and water?
AV fistula, shoulder surgery, and mastectomy
what are patient conditions that would cause a HCP to avoid using that limb?