Vital Signs
The most accurate method/location for assesement of heart function when taking vital signs.
What is ausculation of the apical pulse?
Force equals mass X acceleration
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?
Name the process that occurs when heat is transfer from one solid object to another by direct contact.
What is conduction?
A standard formal evaluation where a student performs an identified clinical skill one to one with a faculity member.
What is a return demonstration@
The part of a stethescope that transmits high pitched sounds.
WHat is the diaphragm?
The leading cause of injury in the older adult population (CDC, 2020).
What are falls?
The amount of thermal energy in an object.
What is heat?
A process that occurs after an opportunity for improvement has been identified.
What is remediation?
The muscles between the ribs that aid in respirations, but are not usually visiable.
What are the intercostal muscles?
The matching of physical requirements in the workplace and the physical capacity of the worker.
What is ergonomics?
Name the type of heat transfer that occurs when you give your patient a cup of tea to warm them up.
What is conduction?
The acknowledgment made by a student during a return demonstration of either a missed action or the incorrect performance of an action that is required for successful skill completion.
What is a self identified break?
The name of the medical term when a person's temperature is below 95 degrees Farenheit.
What is hypothermia?
The amount of movement joints have.
What is range of motion?
A close grouping of particles with a definite size and volume, but nor shape.
What is a liquid?
This is required to measure patient paO2.
What is a pulse oximeter?
The three components of an assesment of a patient's pulse, irrespective of the location.
What are rate, rhythm, and strength?
A force that can cause an object to rotate.
What is torque?
Name the correct unit for heat.
What is a joule?
Identify and describe the hand-off method recommended by The Joint Commission (2017) in the document "8 Tips for High Quality Hand-Offs"
What is I Identify
S Situation
B Background
A Assessment
R Recommendation