Patient Care
What are SCD's used for?
What are examples of fire or explosive hazards ?
Open flames, oxygen, and flammable chemicals
What is a Pathogen?
Disease-causing micro-organism that is most often in form of a virus, bacteria, fungi or protozoa.
What additive is in a green tube?
Heparin
Standard Speed for an EKG
25 mm/ second
Expected percent for oxygen saturation levels on a pulse oximeter.
95% or higher
What does CLSI stand for?
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
What are the 6 links in the cycle of infection?
What degree should you insert the needle when doing a blood draw in the antecubital area?
15-30 degrees
What position do you put the patients in when completing an EKG?
Semi-fowler or supine
3 Symptoms of hyperglycemia
increased thirst and a dry mouth, needing to urinate frequently, tiredness, blurred vision, unintentional weight loss, and recurrent infections.
What are 3 ways you can you prevent falls for patients?
Wear slippers or shoes with nonskid soles, encourage patients to wear glasses, keep rooms illuminated well, make sure patients have call light, remove clutter, use gait belt, clean up spills, use handrails, make sure patients know how to use canes.
What is an infection that requires droplet precaution?
Rubella, meningitis, mumps, pertussis, influenza and more resporatory infections.
When should a label be placed on a evacuated tube?
Apply label immediately following venipuncture
What is a wandering baseline?
Time between each cardiac cycle, noted as a flat line and is a time or repolarization. Often appears when improperly placed.
3 Nonverbal signs a patient is in pain.
Moaning, rocking, pacing, crying, grimacing, clenching the jaw or teeth, biting lips, restlessness, insomnia, rigid or flaccid posturing, inability to focus, avoidance of conversation, and holding, rubbing, or guarding an area.
What is the Joint Commision's pupose?
It has operational standards that focus on continunal improvement or patient safety and quality of care. It updates standards to protect patient safety.
3 examples of Personal Protective Equipment
Gloves, eye protection, face mask, gown, shoe and head covers.
A PCT must invert anticoagulant tubes to prevent what?
Clotting
What is AC interference?
Any eletrical device on or near the patient that can cause eletircal interference?
3 Indications a wound is infected.
Redness, swelling, fever, increasing pain and discomfort, warmth around the wound, foul odor, and drainage.
A survery that is a national, standarized, publicly reported survery of patients' perspectives of hospital care.
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
What is a Latent infection?
What is the additive in a Lavender-top tube?
What is the difference between Mobitz Type 1 and Mobitz Type 2 block
Mobitz type 1 block is the gradual prolongation of PR intervals before a block occurs. Mobitz type 2 block has constant PR intervals before blocks occur.