Patient Care Activities
Shared values, norms, traditions, customs, art, history, folklore, and institutions of a group of people.
What is Culture?
Gowns, gloves, googles, face masks.
What is personal protective equipment?
Condition in which breathing is easier when a person is seated or standing.
What is orthopnea?
Divides body into left/right and includes the movements flexion & extension.
What is the sagittal plane?
The process by which skin softens and breaks down due to prolonged exposure to moisture.
What is maceration?
A condition that reaches the individual resulting in any level of harm that permanently alters and or affects an individual baseline,
What is permanent harm?
Two primary methods, performed before and after patient contact.
What is hand hygiene?
Indirect measure of contraction of left ventricle.
What is a pulse?
Area beneath an object or person that includes every point of contact that the object or person makes with the supporting surface.
What is base of support?
A mechanical force that occurs when one surface moves against another, such as when skin is dragged across a surface.
What is friction?
Protects all “individually identifiable health information” known as "protected health information".
What is HIPAA?
Direct contact, droplet, airborne, contaminated linens...
What are modes of transmission?
Rest period of the heart.
What is diastolic pressure?
Happens when the patient holds their breath and air is trapped in the thorax which increases intra-thoracic pressure.
What is the Valsalva Maneuver?
Prevent contractures, relieve pressure to skin, decrease edema, provide support and stability.
What is reasons to change a patient's position?
When documenting, this the interpretation of the subjective and objective information.
What is the assessment?
Microorganisms need a place where they can grow and produce
What is a reservoir?
Obesity, physical inactivity, advanced age, diet, diabetes mellitus, excessive use of nicotine, alcohol or salt.
What are factors contributing to HTN?
Faulty posture, single act of lifting a heavy object, improper body mechanics, lifting improperly.
What are causes of potential injuries?
Occurs when different tissue layers within the body move in opposite directions, often due to pressure from a bony prominence.
What is shearing?
As practitioners we use the most current and valid research as the basis for our clinical decision making
What is Evidenced Based Practice?
Sink rims and basins, faucet handles, towel dispenser, bar of soap.
What are potential contaminants?
Level or amount of physical activity, emotional status, arm position, dehydration...
What are factors affecting blood pressure?
Imaginary line that bisects the body in the sagittal plane beginning at the head and continuing through the COG.
What is the Vertical Line of Gravity?
Ischial tuberosities, scapular and vertebral spinous processes, olecranon processes, medial epicondyles of humerus if resting on a hard surface, Heels and feet
What are bony prominences in a seated position?