What tag?
An adult female is responsive and has a respiratory rate of 32 breaths per minute.
What is red tag (immediate)?
Occupational health nurses assist in improving health and safety related to workers and their _________.
What is the external environment?
These are the C and I in CIRCLE.
What is Caring and Intuition?
An unresponsive male adult has no observed spontaneous respirations. The triage nurse repositions airway with spontaneous breathing returning at 20 breaths per minute.
What is red tag (immediate)? [If the victim only has spontaneous breaths due to repositioning airway, they are red/immediate triage regardless of respiration rate.]
70% of occupational health nurses hold this type of degree.
What is a bachelor's degree?
A faith-community nurse practicing the R and 2nd C in CIRCLE applies these values.
What is Respect (for religious beliefs and practices) and Caution (to avoid preaching/prescribing a course of action)?
A victim presents themselves to the staging area and reports they think they have a dislocated shoulder.
What is green tag (minor)?
This percentage of occupational health nurses work as the sole healthcare worker in their place of employment.
What is 70%?
A skill for all nurses to master, the L in CIRCLE stands for this.
What is Listening? - Think therapeutic communication techniques!
A tornado victim is found responsive, alert, and oriented with a respiration rate of 26, heart rate of 88 and capillary refill of 2 seconds.
What is yellow tag (delayed)?
The occupational health nurse must balance the loyalties and ethical responsibilities to these two entities.
What are workers and management/administration?
What is Emotional support? - can include presence, touch, prayer, etc.
A male victim is found after a terrorist attack, unable to walk, alert, with respirations of 20, heartrate of 72, capillary refill of <2 seconds. When the triage nurse asks him to lift up his arms to be assessed, the victim stares at the nurse quizzically and asks tangential questions.
What is red (immediate)? Mental status = doesn't obey commands.
This concern of the occupational health nurse aims to prevent musculoskeletal injuries by promoting proper body mechanics.
What is ergonomics?
This type of prayer is best practice for a Faith-community nurse.
What is a simple prayer, reflecting the client's understanding of faith and appeal to the higher power?