Infection Control
You can lose points doffing a gown this way.
Touching the contaminated part of the gown.
A resident drinks 10 oz total fluids and voids 325 mL during your shift. How would you document this in mLs.
What is input of 300 mLs and output of 325 mLs.
When taking a radial pulse, you count for this amount of time.
What is 60 seconds.
A type of injury from prolonged immobility and incontinence.
What is a pressure ulcer?
Nail care
What is none?
This must stay lower than your elbows when washing hands.
What are fingertips.
A resident has 90 mL urine output over 8 hours. This could indicate _________ and you would __________.
What is low output / possible oliguria (report to nurse)?
When measuring respirations, you should do this so that the resident is unaware.
What is keep your fingers on the wrist.
This skill is performed to prevent pressure ulcers in a bed bound resident.
Turn and reposition a minimum of two hours.
Range of Motion
What is check for pain or discomfort?
Used when their is a risk of contact with bodily fluids.
What are gloves?
What is 5 -20 minutes?
When giving a perineal care, you was from this direction.
What is from front to back and up the crack.
A reusable or disposable bed protector.
Assisting with Ambulation
This is used when emptying a drainage bag.
What is PPE (gown and gloves only)
You measure 250 mL urine at 8 AM and 100 mL at 12 PM.
What is 350 mL total output?
When applying a stocking, you must remove wrinkles to prevent this.
What is impaired circulation.
Partial bed baths begin with these steps.
What is wash the face without soap starting with the eyes. Clean from inside to outside using a clean area of the cloth for each stroke.
Dressing
The proper steps for drying your hands.
What is drying the fingertips first and working your way up to the hand and wrists facing your fingertips down.
A resident has a total intake of 1200 mL and output of 400 mL.
What is a positive fluid balance of 800 mL?
Dry thoroughly between toes.
During catheter care, you notice the resident has been lying on the hard part of the tubing for a while.
What is reposition the tubing to prevent pressure and skin breakdown?
Catheter Care
What is not tugging or pulling on tubing at any time?