Nursing 101
What is the first thing nurses do when we touch patient.
What is wash your hands
How is Parenteral route of medication administration used?
What is
Given beneath the skin
Where is an Intramuscular given?
What is within muscle layers
1 L = ______mL
What is 1,000 mL
Information that is known only to the patient and the patient’s family members.
Described by the patient or what the patient says or reports. Ex. pain
What is Subjective data
Before we carry out any procedure or medication administration, what should we do?
What is Check orders.
What is Topical route medication administered?
What is Applied to the skin
What is a Subcutaneous injection given
What is beneath the skin/in fatty tissue
1 oz =_____mL
What is 30 mL
Things that are observable through the senses of hearing, sight, smell, and touch.
The nurse can observe it and can be measured.
Ex. VS
What is objective data
Patient safety includes _________. (Ending steps)
What is...
Bed down in lowest position
Bed locked
Call light in reach
Needs meet
Wash hands when leaving patient room
The 7 Rights of Medication
What is the....
1. Right medicine
2. Right dose
3. Right route
4. Right patient
5. Right indication
6. Right date and time
7. Right documentation
Where is an ID injection given?
What is between the layers of the skin
1 tsp = _______mL
What is 5 mL
These sounds are often described as...
Normal- Soft gurgles, irregular clicks Between 5 and 30 per minute
Hypoactive- Fewer than 5 per minute
Hyperactive- More than 30 per minute or continuous
Borborygmi- Excessively loud gurgling. May be high-pitched and tinkling in one quadrant and absent or decreased in the lower left quadrant
What is bowel sounds
How do you identify your patient?
What is
Name band
Date of Birth
MRN (Medical record number)
A medication given PO means it was given how?
What is by mouth.
What is the rule for narcotic disposal?
Place the medication in a chemical waste container with a licensed nurse as a witness. Afterward, record the wasted narcotic in the narcotic log and have the witness cosign.
1,000 mg = ________g.
What is 1.
This term refers to methods such as interviewing, inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation, and olfaction, used by healthcare professionals to gather information about a patient's health status. ,
What is Assessment Techniques
What is the 6 vital signs?
What is
1. Temperature (T)
2. Pulse (P)
3. Respirations (RR)
4. Blood pressure (BP)
5. Oxygen saturation (SpO2)
6. Pain
What are the Patient Rights
Right to know purpose of medication
Right to know effects
Right to refuse Right to question
This is a method of IM injections that prevents medications from leaking from the injection site into tissue, by sealing the track of the needle.
What is z-track
1mg = _____ mcg
What is 1,000 mcg
This is evaluated on a scale from 0 to 4+, where 0 indicates absence, 2+ is brisk and expected, and 4+ is full volume and bounding.
What is presence/strength of peripheral pulses?