Legal Agency
Which legal agency monitors the spread of diseases and makes recommendations about precautions to take for infection control?
What is the CDC?
What are the two things you ask a patient before any procedure?
What is name and date of birth?
What does ST elevation indicate?
What is heart attack?
If a patient has a shellfish allergy what do you use instead?
What is chlorhexidine gluconate
What degrees can cause a patient to slide?
30
Legal agency that focuses on worker safety and provides MSDS?
What is OSHA?
What are the four things you have to do if you have an accidental needle stick?
What is milk it, wash it, report to supervisor, file incident?
How do you adjust the height on the EKG?
What is adjust the gain?
How many mL do you need to test a UA?
what is 30 mL
What do you do for someone who has trouble with balance?
Place a walker over the scale
Which agency focuses on long term care and pt rights?
What is OBRA?
Involving needles what is one thing you should NEVER do?
What is recapping a needle.
What pulse do you take if a person is in Afib?
What is apical pulse
What do you do for a 24 hour urine?
What is ask patient to void, discard it and start the time. Keep all urine for 24 hours, keep it on ice.
Free from psychological abuse
Patient bill of rights
Agency for lab standards
What is CLIA?
What does PASS stand for?
What is pull pin, aim at base, squeeze handle, sweep back and forth.
Which lead can be mirror images to prevent overcrowding?
What is lead V3
What should be on a specimen before you collect it and what does not?
What is name, patient number, date, time, initials of collector have to be on it…room number does not go on it
What do you ask a patient if you suspect abuse?
Has anyone made you feel safe?
Which legal agency would you go to if you were a low income patient seeking medical assistance?
What is Medicaid?
When dressing a person with a weak arm in what order do you put the arms in the gown?
What is undress strong arm first and redress weak arm first.
Are U waves normal and what do they indicate?
What is NO, and decreased potassium
What can protect samples from light billirubin?
Aluminum Foil
What does PROM stand for?
Passive range of motion