Let's protect ourselves
How far can droplets from a cough or sneeze travel?
What is up to 3 feet.
When screening a patient one of our main objectives is
What is finding out the chief complaint
Saying the patients words back to them
What is restatement
What are the Vital Signs you have learned in class and what do they measure
Temperature - Body heat
Pulse - HR
BP - Active and Relaxation phase of the heart beat
Respirations - Breaths per minute
Weight and Height
Used for enemas and rectal exams
What is Sims
What types of Hepatitis can be blood borne?
What is Hepatitis B and C
Letting a patient know what you would like to do and explaining the procedure allows for
The patient to relax and feel comfortable with you performing a procedure on them.
Type of question that allows for 1 - 2 word answers
What is a closed-end question
Normal oral temperature
What is the degree difference in a rectal and axillary temperature
What is 97.6 - 99.6
Rectal - 1 degree higher
Axillary - 1 degree lower
Used for PAP Smears and vaginal exams
What is Lithotomy
If you get blood or body fluids in your eye what should you do?
What is flush eyes with saline or water
The chief complaint should always
Be stated just as the patient stated it.
When discussing things with a patient you must only report information that is
Within your scope of practice
Stand up and tell us all of the pulse points and what they are used for
Temporal
Carotid
Apical
Brachial
Radial
Femoral
Popliteal
Dorsalis Pedis
What is Fowlers
What is the recommended time for handwashing in order to remove germs?
What is 20 seconds
What type of symptom would be considered Subjective?
What is pain
Asking questions that will allow you to thoroughly understand the meaning behind the patients statements
What is clarification
The volume of the pulse is its
What is the strength
Used when a patients BP crashes or in critical situations
What is trendelenburg
What apparatus is used to sterilize used instruments?
What is an autoclave
The summary is considered
What is the end of the screening process
Who should perform the ROS with the patient
Who is the MD
When should a patient be instructed to void in a cup
What is after they are screened
Position when you are looking at the patient standing facing forward with palms up
What is anatomical position