Vital Signs
What is the normal range for adult oral temperature in Fahrenheit?
What is 97.6°F to 99.6°F?
This route of medication is injected into the muscle.
What is intramuscular (IM)?
What is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection?
What is handwashing?
What document allows a patient to designate someone to make healthcare decisions?
What is a durable power of attorney for healthcare?
What side do you position a patient on for an enema?
What is the left side (Sims’ position)?
Which pulse site is used during CPR on an adult?
What is the carotid artery?
What is the “Five Rights” of medication administration?
What are right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, and right time?
Gloves, gowns, and masks are types of what?
What is personal protective equipment (PPE)?
The ethical principle of “do no harm” is called what?
What is nonmaleficence?
Before starting a feeding through a nasogastric tube, the nurse should check for what?
What is tube placement/residual volume?
A blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg is classified as what?
What is hypertension (Stage 2)?
Before giving digoxin, the nurse should check what vital sign?
What is the apical pulse?
MRSA is resistant to which class of antibiotics?
What are beta-lactams / penicillins?
What is informed consent?
What is the process of providing info about a procedure so the patient can decide?
Name one reason to use a gait belt.
What is assisting with ambulation / preventing falls?
Name the four primary vital signs.
What are temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure?
The Z-track method is used with what type of injections?
What are intramuscular (IM) injections?
What is the term for an infection acquired in a healthcare setting?
What is a nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection (HAI)?
What is the term for false documentation or charting something not done?
What is falsification?
What is the correct angle for inserting an intradermal injection?
What is 10–15 degrees?
What does a pulse oximeter measure and what is the normal range?
What is oxygen saturation; 95–100%?
This type of medication order is given once and not repeated.
What is a one-time order?
What type of precautions are needed for a patient with tuberculosis?
What are airborne precautions?
If a nurse breaches confidentiality, what right has been violated?
What is patient privacy (HIPAA)?
What is the technique used for inserting a Foley catheter called?
What is aseptic/sterile technique?