Nursing Fundamentals
This is the most important step in infection prevention.
What is handwashing?
This is the first step before giving any medication.
What is verify the physician’s order and check the MAR?
This is the smallest structural and functional unit of life.
What is a cell?
NPO, BID, HS stands for
Nothing by mouth, twice a day and Hour of sleep
When a patient shares an emotional concern, your best first response is this.
What is active listening and acknowledging their feelings?
This set of baseline data helps you detect changes in your patient’s condition
What are vital signs?
The proper angle of administering an IM injection.
What is 90 degrees?
This system provides protection, temperature regulation and sensory reception.
What is the integumentary system?
2 patient identifiers
Name and DOB
What format is used in the hospital to give report
SBAR
You should check this before giving cardiac or antihypertensive medication.
What is the patient’s blood pressure and heart rate?
The process of a drug entering the bloodstream.
What is absorption?
The ’lub dub’ sound of the heart is caused by this.
What is the closing of the heart valves?
WHAT ARE THE TERMS FOR HEART RATES ABOVE 100 AND LESS THAN 60?
TACHYCARDIA AND BRADYCARDIA
This Canadian organization regulates nursing practice and documentation standards.
What is the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)?
The first thing you assess when a patient becomes short of breath.
What is the airway?
The ‘half life’ of a drug means this.
What is the time it takes for the drug concentration in the blood to reduce by half?
The brain structure that controls breathing.
What is the medulla oblongata?
7 medication rights
right patient, dose, route, time, medication, documentation, indication
When transferring a patient from bed to chair, you prevent injury by using this technique?
What is proper body mechanics and a gait or transfer belt?
You will use this skill when you notice a subtle change in a patient’s condition and take appropriate action.
What is clinical judgment (critical thinking)?
High alert medications like insulin and heparin require this extra safety step.
What is an independent double check by another nurse?
This organ produces bile to help digest fats.
What is the liver?
Gloves, gowns and face shields are examples of this.
What is personal protective equipment (PPE)?
what type of shock occurs when there is a significant decrease in circulating blood value
Hypovolemic shock