Pt Assessment & Communication
the status of an organism functioning without any evidence of disease or disfigurement
a. illness
b. health
c. continuum
d. stress
What is health
Because a perfect state of health is rarely achieved, health is seen as being on a continuum
What is a nosocomial infection?
A. healthcare associated
b. geriatric acquired
c. antibiotic resistant
d. treatment or procedurally acquired
a. healthcare associated
What is infections acquired in the course of medical care.
Most often applied to infections contracted in an acute care hospital.
What type of injury is the leading injury to health care personnel due to abuse from moving and/or lifting patients.
A. hips
b. knees
c. spine
d. feet
Injury of the spine
What is the meaning of PET
What is positron emission testing.
Positron emission tomography is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes,
Elderly patients are predominantly burdened with what type of illnesses?
chronic
acute
progressive
conservative
What is chronic illnesses
•The ability to interpret, Evaluate, Infer, Explain & Reflect
A. Cognition
B. Critical Thinking
C. Paradigm
D. Didactic
What is Critical Thinking.
What is an Iatrogenic infection?
What is a nosocomial infection that results from a particular treatment or therapeutic procedure
A patient may not develop symptoms of the illness until leaving the health care environment. This is still considered to be a nosocomial infection.
Holding the chest up and shoulders back, with your head erect with chin in. Standing with feet 4 to 8 inches apart and keep body weight equally distributed on both feet. While keeping knees slightly bent and the abdomen sucked in. These are all rules for what?
A. patient safety
b. rules for picking up objects off of the floor
c. rules for correct posture
d. rules for moving and transferring patients
what is rules for correct posture
The definition of SPECT
What is single photon emission computed tomography?
•The number of people over 65 years of age in the United States is predicted to be more than 74 million by what year?
a. 2025
b. 2030
c. 2045
d. 2055
What is the number of people over 65 years of age in the United States is predicted to be more than 74 million by the year 2030.
Problem solving and patient assessment involve involve 4 phases, they include all of the following, except:
A. Data Collection
B. Diagnosis
C. Evaluation
D. Implementation
E. Data Analysis
what is Diagnosis. Diagnosis is part of the nursing process, which is similar to the NMT's problem solving and patient assessment
An infectious agent, an environment in which the pathogenic microbes can live and multiply, a portal of exit from the reservoir, A means of transmission, & a portal of entry into a new host constitute:
A. infection transmission protocol
b. Chain of Infection
c. Infectious agent proliferation
d. means of stopping infections
What is a chain of infection.
what are methods in which to move patients? Select all that apply
a. wheelchair
b. log roll
c. lateral transfer board
d. plastic sheet
e. transfer sheet
wheelchair
b. log roll
c. lateral transfer board
e. transfer sheet
The alternative name for a scintigram?
What is a nuclear, or gamma scan
Patients with chronic pulmonary disease cannot be expected to do what for more than brief periods of time.
a. lie flat
b. breathe deeply
c. breathe in large amounts of oxygen
d. sit still
What is lie flat
Patients with chronic pulmonary disease cannot be expected to lie flat for more than brief periods of time, since this position increases dyspnea.
What are the two types of data collection
What is subjective and objective
Why would we be in violation of our ethical code if we disregard infection control?
one of our ethical codes is to protect ourselves and patients from disease
persons who are most prone to skin breakdown have the following (select all that apply)
a. malnourishment
b. the elderly
c. the chronically ill
d. the obese
e. the young patients
malnourishment
the elderly
the chronically ill
The primary use of SPECT
What is a test that creates a detailed, 3D map of the blood flow activity in your brain
Geriatric patients with cardiovascular system changes need to be allowed what?
a. interval rest periods
b. increased water intake
c. 2L O2
d. perform rapid position changes
What is interval rest periods.
•Patient tires more easily; allow interval rest periods.
•Hypothermia is common due to decreased circulation; avoid chilling.
•Avoid rapid position changes, especially lying to sitting to standing to avoid postural hypotension; allow patient to adjust to new position before walking.
Once all the data have been collected, it is reviewed to determine how to perform this exam with quality images, patient comfort, safety, and efficiency.
This is known as:
a. Critical Thinking
b. Data collection
c. Implementation
d. Data analysis
What is data analysis. This method requires all aspects of critical thinking
•A person’s body that does not adequately defends itself against disease is said to be immunodepressed or
What is immunocompromised.
What is the most effective method to avoid the use of immobilizers?
effective communication
List 2 pieces of information that thyroid scans provide
What is size, shape, location, and metabolic activity
Due to patients that may be fasting, they should be allowed what courtesy?
a. offer increased fluid intake
b. have the patient stay in the prone position
c. schedule the exam early in the morning
d. have the patient rest in the supine position
What is due to patient fasting, schedule the exam early in the morning so that the patient can have breakfast close to usual time.
•You must instruct the patient to drink slowly to avoid choking.
•Make the patient stay in an upright position to prevent aspiration.