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Posting allergies above the bed of a hospitalized patient is a violation of
privacy and confidentiality
Nursing interventions to increase nutritional status
Encourage oral intake, high protein diet if not contraindicated.
If you notice that an IV pump has frayed cords and is not working, what should you do?
Remove the equipment from the patient's room, follow appropriate protocol per your facility for broken equipment.
Nursing education for chlamydia:
Prevention (condoms, abstinence), sexual partner(s) will need tx.
What are you worried about with a patient on continual bladder irrigation?
Clotting off. Urine should remain light red/pink in color with continual flow.
A post CVA patient reports dysphagia and is choking with thickened liquids, who would you anticipate a consult for?
Speech therapy
When assigning patients for the day what kind of patien/tasks would you assign a pediatric nurse?
Patient's pending discharge, stable patients, resource nurse.
When transporting a patient with droplet or airborne precautions the nurse must:
Place a surgical mask on the patient
Adolescence are at most risk for which psychiatric issues:
suicidial ideation, eating disorders
Education for patients that take anticoagulation medication:
Fall prevention, soft bristle toothbrush, s/s of bleeding.
What type of patient would be considered a priority during triage?
patients who require immediate treatment or they will not survive. Examples include trauma victims, clients with chest pain, severe respiratory distress or cardiac arrest, limb amputation, acute neurological deficits.
Which isolation precaution does influenza fall under?
Droplet (mask, goggles required)
s/s of anorexia:
fear of obesity, feels fat when thin, disinterest in food, amenorrhea, wasting, brittle hair
Interventions to take after suspected blood transfusion reaction:
Stop the blood, KVO, send blood to lab.
What information should be included in the SBAR report?
Under what circumstances would you file an incident report?
all incidents, accidents, adverse events, irregular occurrence and variances
This exam is taught to be self administered once a month after showering
Testicular Self Examination
How to maintain safety with a manic patient:
help distract the patient, walk with them. Remember least invasive to most invasive.
Education for patient taking naproxen
May cause ulcers (watch for bleeding), avoid taking with antacids, take with food and water if GI upset occurs
Interventions after administration of insulin:
bed rail down on the side you are working on, raise bed to working level, roll the client to the opposite side that you are working on, complete one side at a time.
Dietary recommendations for pediatric patients:
Introduce whole milk at 12 months, breastfed babies will need vitamin d and iron, iron-fortified cereal as one of the 1st solid foods, slice grapes/bananas for toddler aged children. No honey until after 1.
sleep disturbances (insomnia), tremor, anxiety, palpitations, nausea, sweating
Barium swallow study education:
Purpose: to determine if you have food getting stuck while swallowing
Does not have to be NPO, patient must be able to swallow and follow directly, increase fluids to rid barium and stools may be chalky.