Vital Signs and Health Assessment
Hand Hygiene and Isolation
Oh! My aching back!
Ah! Somebody Help!
Peripheral Vascular
100
The fifth vital sign
What is pain?
100
Wash your hands
What should you do before entering a patient's room?
100
This is often how nurses hurt themselves.
What is lifting patients using improper technique?
100
An assessment tool that measures a patient's level of consciousness.
What is the Glascow Coma Scale?
100
A pulse located behind the knee
What is the popliteal pulse?
200
The silent killer
What is hypertension/high blood pressure also known as?
200
Back of the hands, the thumbs, between fingers and under fingernails (fingertips)
What are areas often missed when washing hands?
200
This simple technique material can be used to turn a patient who is not heavy.
What is a sheet?
200
Weakness, trouble speaking, vision problems, headache and dizziness
What are the five signs of a stroke?
200
Swelling of the arms and legs
What is edema?
300
Tachycardia
What is a rapid heart rate?
300
Clostridium difficile
What is a bug that can cause life threatening diarrhea?
300
This apparatus can be used to transfer a patient from the bed to a chair.
What is a mechanical lift?
300
Level of consciousness, motor function, pupil response and vital signs
What is the neuro recheck?
300
This is found by pinching a patient's fingernail and measuring the time it takes for colour to normalize.
What is capillary refill?
400
Patient data that is not measurable?
What is subjective or symptoms expressed by the patient.
400
Wash your hands, put a gown on, put on gloves, isolate patients and designate equipment to the patient's room
What are contact precautions?
400
When turning a heavy patient you do this with the mechanical lift sling.
What is hook it up on one side of the patient and start to lift using the machine.
400
This is the first thing you should do when you encounter an unresponsive patient.
What is call for help
400
We get worried if this is higher than 38 degrees Celsius.
What is oral temperature?
500
Smoking, diet and exercise
What are cardiovascular risk factors?
500
This is the proper type of isolation needed for patients infected with active tuberculosis.
What is airborne precautions?
500
By doing this we can prevent bed sores and increase mobilization which can relieve pressure placed on lungs that could decrease air expansion.
What is repositioning the patient at LEAST every two hours?
500
This technique often referred to as the CAB's and involves a 30:2 ratio.
What is CPR?
500
This is suggested by swelling, redness and pain in the calf.
What is deep vein thrombosis (DVT)?
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