Hygiene
In nursing hygiene care, this is the primary purpose of performing hand hygiene before and after patient contact.
What is to prevent the spread of infection?
Normal temperature range for adults.
What is 97F - 99.6F (36.1C to 37.5C)?
This is the first step in physical assessment.
What is inspection?
When preventing injury, nurses should lift using this part of the body.
What is the legs?
Medical asepsis is known as
What is clean technique?
When assisting a patient with a bed bath we wash this area last to prevent contamination.
What is the perineal area?
The term that describes an adult pulse below 60 BPM.
What is bradycardia?
The acronym PERRLA.
What is pupils, equal, round, reactive to light, and accomodation?
This position involves elevating the head of the bed 45 degrees in order to improve breathing.
What is Semi-Fowler's position?
The first item to apply when donning PPE for contact precautions.
What is a gown?
The most essential step in maintaining catheter hygiene.
What is performing daily perineal care regularly?
The normal respiratory rate range for adults.
What is 12-20 breaths per minute?
Crackles in the lung can indicate.
What is CHF, pneumonia, or fluid in the lungs?
When transferring a patient with weakness on one side, this is where the nurse should stand.
What is the weak side?
Type of hand hygiene required for patients with C.difficile?
What is soap and water?
When undressing a patient with left sided weakness this is how you should undress them.
What is undress on the weak side first?
Blood pressure reading where hypertension is diagnosed.
What is greater than 130/80 mmHg?
The correct sequence for abdominal assessment.
What is inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation?
This device is placed around the patient's waist to provide stability when ambulating.
What is a gait belt?
Sterile fields become contaminated when this occurs.
What is a non-sterile object touches the field,someone/thing reaches over sterile field or moisture carries contaminants onto it?
The position for an unconscious patient to be placed during oral care.
What is lateral (side lying) position to prevent aspiration?
O2 saturation where the a nurse should become concerned to evaluate for hypoxia in a healthy adult.
What is below 94%? (<90% is considered LOW.
This should be taken for this amount of time and be assessed prior to giving medications to treat irregular heart rhythms
What is listening the apical pulse for a full minute?
This is the timeframe in which patients should be repositioned to prevent pressure injuries.
What is Q2 hours?
What is every two hours?
Covering coughs/sneezes and proper wound care help break this link in the chain of infection.
What is portal of exit?