Vital Signs
This technique involves using your hands to feel structures or organs.
What is palpation?
What are the five rights of medication administration?
What is the right patient, time, route, dose, and medication?
The single most important action to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
A sustained heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute in an adult is known as this.
What is tachycardia?
The temperature route considered the most accurate for core body temperature in adults?
What is rectal temperature?
This assessment technique should be performed before palpations when assessing the abdomen to prevent altering bowel sounds.
What is auscultation?
This type of pain happens suddenly and is usually related to injury or illness.
What is acute pain?
This device is used to safely dispose of needle and other sharps.
What are ronchi?
You're going to place a non-rebreather mask on your patient, what are you going to set your regulator to?
What is 10-15 liters?
The use of accessory muscles during breathing and "pursed lip breathing" is a sign of this type of respiratory problem.
What is respiratory distress?
What is the recommended angle for administering a subcutaneous injection?
What is 45-90 degrees?
This type of precaution requires wearing a gown and gloves for infections like c.diff.
What are contact precautions?
This pulse site is used during CPR to determine circulation in adults.
What is the carotid pulse?
This site is commonly used to measure pulse in infants?
What is the brachial pulse?
A patient reports dizziness when moving from laying to standing, the systolic BP drops 25mmHg. This assessment finding indicated this condition.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
This position is used to prevent aspiration in an unconscious patient.
What is side-lying (recovery) position?
This type of isolation is used for diseases like tuberculosis?
What is airborne precautions?
What are crackles (rales)?
What is this rhythm?
What is ventricular tachycardia?
After receiving report, who will the nurse see first?
1. A patient with productive cough and fever.
2. A patient with chest pain rated 8/10 and shortness of breath,
3. A patient requesting pain medication.
4. A patient scheduled for discharge teaching.
2. A patient with chest pain and shortness of breath?
This injection route goes into the fatty tissue below the skin.
What is subcutaneous injection?
Say something!! Then provide more equipment.
The nurse finds an unresponsive adult with no pulse. After activating the emergency response system, this is the first intervention that should be initiated.
What are chest compressions?