When washing hands for 2 to 3 minutes with soap and water at beginning of shift and 20 to 30 seconds before and after each patient contact during shift you are practicing
What is Medical Asepsis
100
A great toe is warm, red, swollen and has minimal drainage
What is a local infection
100
Back injuries that occur when performing activities of daily living for patients
What is most common occupational disorder in nurses because of improper body mechanics
100
To provide passive ROM to a patients hip and knees
What is support patient under knee with one hand and cradle the heel with the other, then bend knee and move it toward chest as far as it will go repeating
200
All organisms have been killed or removed from materials that come in contact with the patients
What is sterile technique
200
A patient develops a nosocomial surgical wound infection. Which organism probably caused it
What is Staph
200
When transferring a patient from a wheelchair to a bed the nurse must first
What is lock the brakes
200
A patient is weak from inactivity benefits most if nurse provides
What is Active ROM exercise to arms and legs two or three times a day.
300
Moist heat under pressure
What is the best way of sterilizing equipment
300
Frequent voiding and burning are manifestation of this infection
What is a UTI
300
A frail patient is able to stand but not ambulate, what must you do to get them in a chair.
What is stand pivot
300
Slide hand from the bottom under the rear of a gait belt placed over the patients clothes
What is transferring an unsteady patient from bed to a chair
400
If necessary to sterilize equipment in the home, the acceptable way
What is cover the equipment with water in a pot, boil for 20 minutes, drain and dry
400
The blood count for a patient who has developed a wound infection indicates that the patient has leukocytosis. What does this indicate
What is the patient is fighting the infection
400
To place a patient in a Sim's position the nurse must first
What is raise the bed to a waist high working level
400
A primary function of a joint
What is to provide movement
500
Sterile items untouched by non-sterile items
What are sterile
500
A patient has severe fever, respiratory distress, kidney failure, is blue this is considered