Meds & Insulin
Rapid-acting insulin begins to lower blood glucose within this many minutes.
What is 15 minutes?
Diet with clear liquids only includes items such as broth, coffee, tea, soda, juice, gelatin, and popsicles.
What is a clear liquid diet?
Hand hygiene and proper perineal care prevent this common hospital infection.
What is a urinary tract infection (UTI)?
SBAR represents
Situation, background, assessment, recommendation
A patient is trembling, tachycardic, and diaphoretic 1 hour after receiving short-acting insulin but has not eaten. This complication is most likely occurring.
What is hypoglycemia?
Mixing rapid- and short-acting insulin produces this type of insulin.
What is premixed insulin?
Who needs to eat Keto?
What is epilespy
N95 respirators and negative pressure rooms are required for this type of precaution.
What is airborne?
Ethical principles that govern behavior in healthcare are called this
What is ethics?
A patient with a Stage III pressure ulcer has yellow stringy tissue in the wound bed. This tissue is classified as this.
What is slough?
Passage of medication molecules into the blood from the site of administration is called this.
What is absorption?
High-fiber diets include fresh fruits, vegetables, bran, oatmeal, and these.
What are dried fruits?
Gowns, gloves, and hand hygiene are required for this type of precaution.
What is contact?
A written statement of a person’s wishes regarding medical treatment is called this.
What is an advanced directive?
A nurse places a confused patient in physical restraints. What is the priority nursing action after application?
What is assessing circulation and vital signs every 15 minutes?
Metabolism transforms medications into less potent or inactive forms for this purpose.
What is excretion?
Cancer patients need to eat this.
Small frequent meals, soft foods, and antiemetics are often recommended for this type of patient.
HAIs are considered this type of adverse event that is preventable and serious.
What is a Never Event?
Evidence-based practice integrates the best available research, clinical expertise, and this.
What is patient preference?
A terminally ill patient states, “Nothing matters anymore.” This finding most directly indicates this nursing diagnosis.
What is spiritual distress?
What are the five rights of delegation?
What is right person, task, circumstance, supervision/evaluation, and right direction/communication.
Diabetic diet consists of.
What are low-fat diet, limits carbs, proteins, and fat, no concentrated sweets.
Patients come in with RSV, Measles, flu, which need to be placed in precautions immediately?
Who is measles?
In PICOT, the "O" refers to this.
What is outcome?
A nurse witnesses another nurse administer the wrong medication, resulting in patient harm. The witnessing nurse later experiences guilt, anxiety, and sleeplessness. This phenomenon is known as this.
What is second victim syndrome?