Legal Fundamentals
The moral obligation to act in the best interest of others.
What is Beneficence?
An unintended act in the process of ordering, dispensing, transcribing, or administrating a drug.
What is a medication error?
CHF
What is Congestive Heart Failure?
Goggles/ face shield, Fitted N-95 mask, Gown and Gloves...
What is personal protection used for airborne precautions?
The term used when a patient's heart rate is 50 beats a minute..
What is bradycardia?
The primary goal of compliance and oversight.
What is checking for quality of care?
CDC.GOV, Nursing Drug Handbook, Physicians Desk References, NIH Medication Guide, Medication Package Insert.
What are Evidence-Based Resorces?
Bx
What is biopsy?
Hand washing, PPE, respiratory hygiene, proper cleaning of instruments and patient rooms, and safe injection practices
What are Standard Precautions?
The outermost layer of the heart...
What is the Epicardium?
An elderly patient brought into the clinic, from a care facility, with bedsores and severe weight loss could be the victim of this legal concern.
What is neglect?
As medication/vaccine is taken from the shelf, as the medication/vaccine is being prepared, as you are documenting prior to giving the medication/vaccine and at time of administration.
What are the minimum number of checks to confirm that the correct medication/vaccine and dose are administered to a patient?
Sx
What is symptom?
Before patient contact, before a clean procedure, after patient contact, after contact with patient surroundings, after body fluid exposure...
What is when to wash your hands?
Rapid erratic atrial activity...
What is atrial fibrillation/flutter?
The action a MA should take when they realize they have given the wrong dose of medication to a patient.
What is first notify the provider or clinic nurse and second follow their direction?
Trouble breathing, hives, hoarse voice, tightness in the throat, dizziness, vomiting, low blood pressure, nausea, fainting, itchy watering eyes...
What is are symptoms of anaphylaxis?
prn
What is "as needed?"
Contact precautions, Droplet, and Airbourne precautions.
What are transmission based precautions?
The chamber of the heart that receives blood from the lungs ...
What is the left atrium?
Benchmarks for quality care established by various organizations using regulatory guidance and laws are referred to by this term.
What are Standards?
This muscle is preferred for IM injections, due to its relevance to present population and the fact that it supports a high absorption rate and is reported to be a less painful injection site.
What is the Ventrogluteal Muscle?
ABX or ATB
What is an antibiotic?
Gloves and gown...
What is PPE required for contact precautions?
The heart valve that prevents blood from reentering the left ventricle....
What is the aortic valve?