Ethical Legal
This document allows a patient to designate a health care surrogate to make medical decisions if the patient is unable.
What is an advanced directive?
Charting something was done when it wasn't.
What is falsification of records?
The side of the body a patient should hold the cane on.
What is the strong (or unaffected) side of the body?
The purpose of sequential compression devices (SCD's).
What is to prevent venous stasis, minimize the risk of dvt formation and to improve the flow of blood through the legs.
Orthopneic position.
What is positioning the patient with COPD with their arms resting on the bedside table beside the bed?
Good Samaritan law.
What is protects the nurse from liability when providing aid in public situations?
As needed.
What is PRN?
The location on the crutch that the patient should use to support their body weight.
What are the grips/handles?
What is smooth, effortless and coordinated?
The best position for a patient to be in if they are eating or having difficulty breathing.
What is High Fowler's?
This law protects the unauthorized release of a client's protected health information.
What is HIPAA?
Documentation is a permanent part of the medical record.
What is true?
When to use a mechanical lift.
What is with a patient who requires total mobility assistance?
An exaggerated curvature of the thoracic spine.
What is kyphosis?
The frequency of dental visits.
What is regular dental visits every 6 months?
The client has the right to demonstrate autonomy in making decisions about their care, even if the outcome is negative.
What is true?
The best time to document care that was given to a patient.
What is immediately after providing care?
The proper nursing action when an ambulating patient begins to fall.
What is allow the client to slide down the nurse's leg onto the floor?
The nurse should perform this to reduce the development of contractures.
What is range of motion (ROM)?
Proper skin care for a bariatric patient.
What is assisting with hygiene, keeping the area clean and dry?
The nurse should demonstrate integrity.
What is true?
What is in an emergency?
The way to measure a client for knee-length anti-embolic stockings.
What is measure the client's calf circumference and leg length?
These things put an immobile patient at risk for a UTI.
What is decreased fluid intake, urinary stasis, and the use of urinary catheters?
The proper way to provide perineal care to a female patient.
What is wipe from front to back?