Infection caused by improper insertion and/or care of a urinary catheter?
What is a UTI?
Normal respiratory rate for an adult?
What is 12 to 20 breaths per minute?
Yellow-orange skin discoloration.
What is jaundice?
What type of infection occurs 48 hours AFTER admission and NOT a part of reason patient seeking medical care?
What is a Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI)?
Position used for physical assessment of abdomen
What is supine?
An increase in this vital sign is indicative of a systemic infection.
What is temperature?
Which of the following is a nurse-initiated intervention: Obtaining vital signs, orders laboratory tests, Changes a dressing, teaches newborn hygienic care?
What is teaches newborn hygienic care.
Name the 3 normal lungs sounds
True or False: It is okay for a nurse to save time by documenting prior to an intervention.
What is FALSE!?
A nurse explains to a student that the nursing process is a dynamic process. Which of the following actions by the nurse best demonstrates this concept during the work shift?
A. Nurse and client agree upon health goals for the client.
B. Nurse reviews the client's history on the medical record
C. Nurse explains to the client the purpose of each administered medication
D. Nurse rapidly resets priorities for client care based on a change in the client's condition.
What is D? Nurse rapidly resets priorities for client care based on a change in the client's condition.
What adventitious lung sound is most commonly found in bases of lungs caused by random, sudden reinflation of groups of alveoli; disruptive passage of air through small airways.
What is crackles?