Disease Management
A major cause of disability and the sixth leading cause of death in the US.
What is COPD?
Prevalent in only approximately 52% of pregnancies in the first trimester, this symptom is caused by hormonal effects on the bladder, increasing renal blood flow and GFR.
What is urinary frequency?
The device used when a patient is too ill or too young for an inhaler.
What is a nebulizer?
The number of attempts one person should make for an IV or blood draw.
What is 2?
A tool for communication that ensures crucial details are efficiently conveyed.
What is SBAR?
A device that would be used to determine a patient's peak expiratory flow rate.
What is a peak flow meter?
Name 3 RED FLAGS in pregnancies.
What is fever, abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, leaking of fluid, headaches with nausea and vomiting, right-sided epigastric pain, or facial swelling, itching (of the soles of the feet and palms of the hands), decreased fetal movement, urinary symptoms, and vaginal itching or abnormal discharge?
Signs of this include sunken fontanelle, lethargy, and <1 diaper in 8 hours.
What is dehydration (in infants)?
Documentation of medication verification must be done _______ to medication administration. (Hint: in relation to)
What is PRIOR?
This team role determines if a code blue or code white is needed.
Who is the Team Leader?
A person has this kind of TB when the bacteria lives in the body but the patient is not symptomatic.
What is inactive or latent?
The question that must be asked for all reproductive adult female patients from age 18 to 55.
What is the family planning question or "Do you want to talk about contraception or pregnancy prevention during your visit today"?
Examples of this type of inhaler includes Flovent, Advair, and Pulmicort.
What is Dry Powder Inhalers?
A communication tool that can be used to bring up an issue to a provider.
What is CUS? (C: state your concern, U: state why you are uncomfortable, S: discuss the safety issue)
The only ones who can execute a verbal order (in emergency situations).
Who are the licensed staff?
Assess glucose content of interstitial fluid through an electrochemical enzymatic sensor.
What is a Continuous Glucose Monitor or CGM?
The Nexplanon, Paragard, Mirena, and Kyleena are all examples of this birth control method.
What are LARCs (Long-acting Reversible Contraception)?
What is priming the inhaler?
Name at least 2 approved resources that can be used if there is a clinical question.
What is the Nursing Services SharePoint page, clinical Operations Meetings, the ECO/ACORE Graduates WebEx group chat, Lippincott, or UpToDate?
The tubes and order of draw used for the following labs: TSH, CBC, and PT/INR.
What are light blue (PT/INR), gold or tiger top (TSH), and lavender (CBC)?
The maximum pressure exerted in your arteries when the heart's left ventricle contracts.
What is systolic blood pressure?
The acronym to help identify red flags in women who have IUDs that can help to detect ectopic pregnancies, infection, PID, vulvovaginitis, or IUD expulsion or displacement.
What is PAINS?
A red flag for a patient under 3 months old, which could be managed at home for older children.
What is a fever?
What is when pulling the medication, when preparing medication, and before administering to the patient?
Fill in the blank: Standing orders can be found on the Nursing Services SharePoint page under _________ and in the ________ page.
What is Centralized Ops, and under Accreditation & Regulatory?