Abbreviations
By Mouth
What is PO
CNA, LPN, ASN, BSN, MSN
What is the Ladder of Education for nursing.
When documenting the care of a client , the nurse is aware to use this consciously and safely. One of Mr D favorite topics in class
What is approved abbreviations.
the five vital signs
What is Pain, BP, Pulse, Resp, and Temp.
3 transmission based precautions
What is airborne, droplet, and contact
short of breath
What is SOB
Holism
What is the sum of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual health.
Protects the rights of patients to retain their health insurance
What is HIPPA
the difference between the two is a narrow range with which can result in negative outcomes. Moms determine if you need to go to school or not.
What is shell vs core temperature.
the two different type of microorganism covered in Chap 10
What are nonpathogens (harmless) and pathogens (illness causing)
DJD
What is Degenerative Joint Disease
Illness with an unknown cause
What is Idiopathic illness.
2 clients who may experience discomfort or misinterpret physical touch
What is 2 clients who may experience discomfort or misinterpret physical touch
What is mentally challenged and religious patients
97.0-99.5 F (36.0-37.5)C
What is the range for CORE body temperature.
Good infection control to prevent C-Diff
What is Handwashing
IS
What is incentive spirometer
putting people in best environment to heal vs. treating people to include education and prevention of illness.
What is Florence Nightingale definition vs Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing
downcast eyes
What is negative body language
term for drugs that directly lower the body temperature.
What is Antipyretics
Physical and chemical technique that destroys ALL microorganisms to include spores
what is sterilization
OA/RA
What is osteo-arthritis/rheumatoid arthritis
functional nursing, case method, team nursing, primary nursing, nurse-managed care
What is the 5 methods that nurses use to administer client care.
Narrative, soap, focus, pie, by exception, electronic
What are the 6 types of charting
upon standing from a supine position, the Pt reports dizziness and faintness. BP is 90/50mmHg
What is Orthostatic Hypotension.
pathogen involved in transmission of West Nile virus
What is a Vector