Communication
Music and Art used to enhance meaning.
What is symbolic communication?
Nurse and patient interacting to set goals for ADL, end of life care, health promotion activities, treatment strategies, etc.
What is nurse-patient collaboration?
Unintended harm by an act of commission or omission
What is Adverse Event?
Decreased / inadequate supply of oxygen
What is ischemia?
An example would be:
Hello, this Mary, the RN on IMU, taking care of Mrs. Smith, age 65, who was admitted 2 days ago for Pneumonia.
What is S in SBAR? or I in ISBARR?
Nurse Researchers, Nurse Educators, Novice/Expert nurses collaboration
What is Nurse-Nurse or Intraprofessional Collaboration?
An act of omission or commission that COULD have harmed a patient but no harm occurred d/t result of chance
What is Near Miss?
a protein that is elevated with cardiac tissue damage.
What is troponin?
An example would be:
I believe the patient is deteriorating with regards to oxygenation.
What is Assessment of SBAR or ISBAR?
An example is:
A nurse and physical therapist jointly formulating a home exercise schedule for patient
What is Interprofessional Collaboration?
Categories of Errors
What are diagnostic, treatment, preventive and communication ?
Term used to describe a significant change (20+ mm mercury) in Blood pressure when a patient changes positions.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
The nurse says to the patient "I noticed you took all of your medications ".
What is Giving Recognition?
Optimal patient outcomes and safety
What is main goal of collaboration?
Sedatives, Diuretics, HTN meds, Benzodiazepines, antipyschotics, etc.
What are drug classes that increase patient's fall risk?
Another term for Health promotion.
What is primary prevention?
Powerful and complex, includes facial expressions, personal space and eye contact.
What is non-verbal communication?
Term when nurses are involved in decision making processes
What is Shared Governance?
These are categories on the Hendrich II screening tool? NAME at least 4
What are Gender, Altered elimination, Symptomatic Depression, Confusion/Impulsivity/Disorientation, Use of antiepileptics and benzodiazepines, Dizziness/Sway Path/ Vertigo
Factors that are modifiable for optimal perfusion. Name at least 3
What are smoking cessation, HTN, exercise, obesity, diet.....?