Patient Care
there is 30mL in a
What is one fluid ounce?
Basic rights, psychological or emotional, sexual, financial, and physical are types of
What is abuse?
Virus, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa are considered
What is pathogens?
This tube has no additives, test type chemistry
What is red stopper?
Position the patient when doing a 12-lead EKG into
What is supine?
Put the patient in this position when moving a patient from a bed to a wheelchair using a mechanical lift
What is Fowler's?
What is licensed practical or vocational nurse?
Gauze, bandages, and plastic tubes contaminated with blood or body fluid should be disposed of in
What is a biohazard bag or container?
A sclerotic vein is
What is a vein that is hard, inflexible, and narrow
Known as the calibrator on EKG
What is stylus?
Medicare and Medicaid covers this type of care
What is hospice care?
Every 15 minutes patients should be checked if they have
What is patient restraints?
Remove the sterile field, obtain a new catheter set, and start the procedure over if
What is contamination of sterile field?
Place 3 to 4 inches above the antecubital area for collections in that region
What is tourniquet placement?
Lead I is placed on
What is right arm and left arm?
Less than 40 mg dL or greater than 450 mg dL or female, less than 50 mg dL or greater than 450 mg dL for male
What are critical values? (concerning blood glucose)
This institute develops standards and guidelines to help laboratories achieve accreditation
What is Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute?
Susceptible host is considered the _____ step in the chain of infection
What is the final step?
Use a warming device for specimens that are
What is room temperature?
Point where ventricular depolarization stops and ventricular repolarization starts
What is J point?
thin, watery, reddish drainage is called
What is sanguineous?
This institute has operational standards that focus on continual improvement of patient safety and quality of care
What is The Joint Commission?
Any nonliving object (catheters, tubing, hemostats) or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms
perform a clean-catch midstream urine specimen collection for
What is culture and sensitivity?
Reflects and impulse originating from the AV junction, has an inverted or absent P wave- lack of atrial kick