Infection Control
The following is the first priority in preventing infection when providing care for a patient.
What is Handwashing?
Measurement of the pressure exerted by the blood on the artery walls while the heart ventricles are not contracting (at rest)
What is the Diastolic pressure?
The limitations and allowances of what a nurse can and cannot do describes
What is the Nursing Scope of Practice?
Asking questions closed ended questions, giving false reassurance, and giving advice are examples of
What are barriers of communication?
All patients receiving care in the hospital requires this type of precaution
What is Standard Precaution?
Coughing, malaise, fatigue, fever, and pain are examples of this stage of infection.
What is the Prodromal Stage?
The systolic BP consistently over 140mm Hg or the diastolic BP consistently over 90mm Hg
What is Hypertension?
The Angel of Battlefield and the first president of the Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
We use SBAR to help guide our communication. The "S" in SBAR stands for
What is Situation?
This precaution restricts the patient from receiving fresh flowers, fresh produce, or potted plants
What is Neutropenic Precaution?
The purpose of the Chain of Infection
What is to determine points at which the infection can be stopped or prevented?
Measurement of the pressure exerted by the blood on the artery walls while the heart ventricles are contracting.
What is Systolic pressure?
Developed the Caring Theory
Who is Jean Watson?
Communication conveyed by body language
What is nonverbal communication?
The nurse caring for a patient with influenza would plan to implement which type of precautions
What is Droplet Precautions?
Bacteria, fungi, virus, and parasites are examples of
What are Infectious Agents?
Without fever
What is afebrile?
Established modern nursing and was famous for work during the Crimean War
Who is Florence Nightingale?
We use SBAR to help guide our communication. The "B" stands for
What is Background?
Needed with patient care activities that require physical skin-to-skin contact or contact with contaminated objects/surfaces in the patient's environment.
What is Contact Precaution?
A patient in the hospital develops a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) after an indwelling Foley catheter had been inserted by the nurse, this would accurately be termed as which type of infection
What is an Iatrogenic infection
A nurse is assessing a sedated patient whose respiratory rate has fallen below 12 respirations per minute. The nurse identifies this conditions as
What is Bradypnea?
Governs the nurses' scope of practice
What is the Board of Nursing?
Facial expressions, posture, body position, behavior, gestures, touch, and general appearance
What is body language?
The recommended sequence for removing soiled Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is
What is Gloves, Goggles, Gown, Mask, and wash hands?