Sensory Perception
Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation
What is PERRLA?
Oral and IV methods are part of this intervention for fluid volume deficit
What is rehydration therapy?
Drug name that is the same for all manufacturers in the US
What is a generic name?
Time it takes for the amount of drug in the body to decrease by 50%
What is half-life?
Provider order, medical necessity, and assessment per protocol are required for use of these devices
What are restraints?
Avoiding prolonged exposure to loud noise and using sunglasses that protect against UV light.
What are primary health promotion strategies for hearing and vision?
Orthopnea, bounding pulses and edema are signs of this condition
What is fluid volume excess?
Patient, drug, dose, route, time, reason, response, documentation
What are the 8 rights of medication administration?
What is a loading dose?
Diagnostic, treatment, preventive, and communication failure
What are categories of errors?
Making sure eyeglasses and hearing aids are in reach of patients who use them
What are nursing interventions for patients with sensory perception challenges?
Two nursing assessments that assess fluid volume deficit and fluid volume excess
What are I+O and daily weights?
Movement of a drug from its site of administration into the blood
What is absorption?
Movement of a drug throughout the body to its site of action
What is distribution?
This results in unintended harm to a patient
What is an adverse event?
Vertigo, positive Romberg test, increasing falls
What are abnormal balance and proprioception assessment findings?
Tachycardia, slow capillary refill, and low urine output are signs of this condition
What is fluid volume deficit?
Chemical change of a drug, usually happens in the liver
What is metabolism?
What is first pass effect/first pass metabolism?
Leadership, teamwork, just culture, communication and learning are factors in this.
What are nursing interventions that help mitigate the effects of vision and hearing impairments?
Fluid losses that are not measurable except by daily weights.
What are insensible losses?
Removal of the drug from the body, typically happens in the kidneys
What is excretion?
A drug for which peak and trough levels are drawn may have this
What is a narrow therapeutic range (index)?
Infection control practice used with all patients
Standard precautions