Infection Process
The most significant and most commonly observed infection-causing agents in health care facilities.
What is, bacteria? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 663).
When hand washing, _________ caused by firm rubbing and circular motions helps to loosen dirt and organisms that can become lodged under the fingernails or within the skin crevices on the palms and back of the hands.
What is, friction? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 693).
Name the two types of pain that are categorized by duration.
What are, acute and chronic pain? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1342).
Heat therapy, cold therapy, passive motion, massage, hypnosis, and acupuncture are all considered ___________ interventions.
What is nonpharmacological? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1367).
Name the five steps of the nursing process.
What are; assessment, diagnosis/analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation?
This response is a protective mechanism that helps the body neutralize, control, or eliminate the offending agent, and prepare the site for repair.
What is, inflammatory response? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 669).
This kind of precaution is used in the care of all hospitalized patients regardless of diagnosis or possible infection status.
What are, standard precautions? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 684).
A patient reports diffuse abdominal pain that is difficult to localize. The nurse documents this at what kind of pain?
What is, visceral pain? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1382).
_______ analgesics are generally considered the major class of analgesics used in the management of moderate to severe pain.
ex: codeine, meperidine, hydromorphone
What are, opioid analgesics? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1362).
What is the name of the second layer of the skin?
What is, the dermis? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1149).
Name the two types bacterial flora found on the hands.
What are, transient and resident? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 675).
This way of cleaning equipment destroys all microorganisms including spores/endospores.
What is, sterilization? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 680).
________ occurs when the body becomes accustom to opioid therapy and requires a larger dose for pain relief.
What is, tolerance? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1364).
This pain scale is commonly used in children and older adults that may not be able to effectively use a numerical scale.
What is, the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1353-1354).
___________ is the use of many medications at the same time. This requires close monitoring to minimize the risk of adverse effects, drug toxicity, and drug-drug interactions.
What is, polypharmacy? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 649).
A person is the most contagious in this stage of infection. Early signs and symptoms of disease are present but are often vague and non-specific.
What is, the prodromal stage? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 669).
Name the three common means of transmission.
What are, excretions/secretions, personal contacts, and equipment/supplies. (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 673, Figure 25-2).
This type of pain does not have an identifiable cause, but occurs often in patients that have had an amputated limb.
What is, phantom pain? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1345).
__________ should be kept on hand to reverse the respiratory depressant effect of opioids.
What is naloxone (Narcan)? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1373).
______ appears as dry, black, leathery tissue.
What is, eschar? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1158).
Name 2 of the 4 age related changes in your book that predispose the older adult to a pulmonary infection.
What are; decreased cough reflex, decreased elastic recoil of the lungs; decreased activity of the cilia, and abnormal swallowing reflexes. (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 670).
This type of infection is not antibiotic resistant, but it is not killed by alcohol-based handrubs, so soap and water are required.
What is C. difficile? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 680). QSEN Competency.
Pain is also classified by its cause. ________ pain is caused by a lesion or or disease of the peripheral or central somatosensory nervous system. This pain is often chronic and is described as burning, electric, tingling, or stabbing.
What is, neuropathic pain? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1343).
Name five factors to assess when assessing a patient's pain.
What are; onset, location, duration, characteristics, aggravating/alleviating factors, radiating/relieving factors, timing (intermittent or constant), and severity. (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 1349-1350).
This nursing theorist is responsible for the adaptation model of nursing (1974). Jersey College aligns the SLO's with this theorist's beliefs.
Who is, Sister Callista Roy? (Taylor, Lynn & Bartlett, pg. 36).