Keeping it clean
Gotta' have air
For what ails you
Got the shakes
What goes in must come out
100
Location of hands during a surgical hand scrub
What is higher than the elbows? to ensure water flows from area of least to most contaminated
100
Two of the earliest symptoms of hypoxia.
What are restlessness and confusion? (altered LOC)
100
Medications given when the patient needs them are referred to as
What is 'prn'? pro re nata (when neccessary)
100
To set this up you prepare an oxygen delivery device, an oral airway, a yankauer tip with connecting tubing, and foam padding on the bed rails.
What are seizure precautions?
100
You are preparing a foley catheter for insertion. This step facilitates the passage of the catheter through the urethra into the bladder (be specific)
What is apply water-based lubricant?
200
Gloved fingers must only touch this during removal of gloves after a dressing change.
What is outside of the other glove? avoid touching the wrist, and only touch the OUTSIDE of the other gloved hand
200
You are teaching your surgical patient to use a spirometer. What is the most appropriate position to position the patient in to achieve maximal inspiration?
What is 'high fowlers'?
200
During eye drop administration, you pull back the lower lid of the eye to expose this area so the medication will be distributed over the eye during the next blink
What is 'conjunctival sac'?
200
This item, once a routine piece of equipment in seizure precautions, is no longer recommended due to the potential for injury of the patient or the responding caregiver.
What is a padded tongue blade?
200
During removal of a fecal impaction, your patient complains of dizziness, shortness of breath, palpitations, and feeling faint. What may be the cause of these symptoms?
What is vagal nerve stimulation? Also evidenced by bradycardia.
300
The area of a sterile field where sterile items may be added.
What is inside the 1-2 inch border around the edges?
300
This non-invasive technique measures arterial blood saturation.
What is pulse oximetry?
300
You are teaching a patient how to use an inhaler. This instruction allows the aerosol spray to reach deeper branches of the airway.
What is 'hold the breath for 10 seconds after inhalation'?
300
Your patient's muscles become rigid and she becomes pale, then blue. Next she begins jerking her arms and legs. This bi-phasic form of seizure is called
What is tonic-clonic?
300
The distance a soap-suds enema bag should be placed from the patient during administration of the solution.
What is 12-18 inches.
400
Term used to describe fluid that passes through a sterile field to an unsterile surface causing contamination
What is 'Strike-through'?
400
Your patient is receiving oxygen through a mask. The addition of this can prevent the formation of thick airway secretions and epistaxis.
What is humidity?
400
A patient complains that the pill you are trying to give him for high blood pressure is not the same as the one he takes at home. You should
What is 'hold the med and recheck the order'?
400
Tegretol and Dilantin are two commonly used drugs in this class
What is anti-convulsant?
400
Your patient with a foley catheter complains of wetting the bed. Your assessment should include checking for this
What is balloon inflation?
500
The distance from the sterile bowl for a sterile solution bottle to be to prevent contamination as liquid is transferred to it.
What is 1-2 inches?
500
Postoperative pneumonia and atelectasis are commonly treated with this.
What is incentive spirometry?
500
As you prepare 1 Tablespoon of a liquid medication, you place the med cup on a level container while you pour and measure the drug. This term is used to describe the fluid level when it reaches the 1 Tablespoon mark on the med cup.
What is 'meniscus'?
500
Seeing auras, feeling pain or other odd feelings are known as this type of symptom BEFORE a seizure occurs
What is prodromal or pre-ictal?
500
During the inflation of the catheter balloon, your patient complains of pain. You should immediately .
What is 'let the balloon deflate'?