Infection
Which type of precaution is used in care for all patients?
Standard precautions
How long should healthcare personnel wash their hands for?
15-20 seconds
The part of the brain that controls temperature regulation?
Hypothalmus
What does PERRLA stand for?
Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation
When discharge planning begins
At the admission
In the infection chain, which link refers to the place in which infectious microorganisms are found?
Reservoir
What is the difference between medical asepsis and surgical asepsis?
Medical asepsis (clean) reduces the number of organisms and reduces risk of transmission, Surgical asepsis (sterile) prepares materials in a way that prevents the patient's exposure to living microorganisms
Term used to describe when the body temperature falls below 95 degrees F
Hypothermia
How do you assess for dependent edema?
Press fingers into the tissue of the tibia, just above the ankle
when a patient leaves the hospital/facility against the advice of the doctor
Leaving AMA
What is the body's first line of defense against an infection?
Skin
Name an infection that requires Airborne Precautions
Measles, varicella, TB
The volume of blood pushed into the aorta with each heartbeat; affects the character of the pulse
stroke volume
Which side of the stethoscope is used to assess abnormal heart sounds?
Bell
Most appropriate nursing action for patient belongings
send home with family
Another name for a contaminated indirect object (needles, eating utensils, dressings, clothing)
Fomites
In this stage of infection, the patient may experience vague symptoms of malaise, fatigue, elevated temperature; considered to be highly contagious
The most appropriate, non-invasive route to assess core temperature
Tympanic Membrane
When can a nurse chart that the patient has absent bowel sounds?
After they listened for 2-5 minutes in each of the four quadrants
who pronounces patient death
physician
Antibodies that are transferred from mother to baby through placenta or breastmilk is known as what type of immunity?
Artificial active immunity
In home infection prevention, the nurse instructs the patient to use this as a disinfectant
1 part chlorine bleach to 10 parts water
most likely vital sign to decrease when there is significant loss of blood
blood pressure
Where is the point of maximal impulse?
5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line