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This is violated if you share with your friends that you cared for your former teacher, Mrs. Jones after she had surgery.
What is HIPPA?
The description of an apical heart rate when the beats are not spaced evenly.
What is irregular?
Frequent urination at night.
What is nocturia?
This must always be done before and after patient care.
What is hand hygiene?
The passage of a hard, dry stool.
What is constipation?
One example of improper technique for this vital sign is to have the patient cross their legs while you obtain it.
What is blood pressure?
This is the basic unit of body structure.
What is a cell?
This is the most common type of permanent dementia.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
These types of precautions must be taken with every single patient.
What are standard precautions?
Painful or difficult urination.
What is dysuria?
This is when you give the wrong information on a job application.
What is fraud?
The contraction and relaxation of muscles in the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
It's a fancy word to describe when a patient is having trouble swallowing.
What is dysphagia?
Two items that must be donned for a patient on contact precautions.
What are a gown and gloves?
Lifting heavy items higher than your chest and giving yourself a narrow base of support are both examples of this.
What are bad body mechanics?
What is neglect?
The kidneys in a healthy adult typically produce this amount of urine per day.
What is 1500mls?
The process of restoring a person to their highest possible level of function.
What is rehabilitation?
This is the normal water temperature for a complete bed bath.
What is 110-115 degrees F?
What are antibiotics and fluids?
This word describes is when a patient is restrained when they didn't need to be!
What is false imprisonment?
The medulla is in this part of the brain.
What is the brainstem?
This is the study of the aging process.
What is gerontology?
The absence of disease-causing bacteria and microbes.
What is asepsis?
A shallow or deep crater-like sore of the skin or mucous membrane.
What is an ulcer?