Trach Care
This is the device that keeps the trach in place.
What is a trach collar?
CHF
What is congestive heart failure?
This is used to clean and prep the insertion site.
What is an alcohol swab?
This is an example of objective data.
A: A temperature of 101.1 degrees F
B: A patients report of pain
C: Complaints of nausea
D: Feelings of sleepiness
What is A?
# MLs in 1 oz
What are 30 mls?
This is the process of administering high levels of oxygen to the lungs.
What is hyperoxygenation?
BMP
What is Basic Metabolic Panel?
Complication: redness, swelling, pain, warmth at the insertion site, pus drainage, fever, bruising, or red streaks extending from the site.
What is phlebitis?
This is the assessment process that collects data about a problem that has already been identified and determines if the problem still exists or any changes.
What is focused assessment?
This best practice helps prevent or develop infection.
What is hand washing?
This is the pulse oximetry range for the patient to maintain during suctioning and trach care
What is above 96%?
OOB
What is out of bed?
When IV fluid leaks into surrounding tissue, causing swelling, coolness, and blanching of the skin at the site.
What is infiltration?
This type of data is measurable and observable.
What is objective data?
You are reviewing the complete blood count for a patient going down for knee arthroscopy. Which would you report to the physician?
A: Hematocrit of 33%
B: Platelet of 426,000
C: White Blood Count of 16,000
D: Hemoglobin of 10.9 g/dL
What is WBC of 16,000?
This is the type of fluid used for trach care.
What is sterile normal saline?
MAP
What is mean arterial pressure?
KVO stands for . . .
What is keep vein open?
These are the three parts of the nursing diagnosis. Or PES.
What is Problem, Signs and Symptoms, and Etiology?
Founder of modern nursing
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This device is inserted in the stoma if the trach tube accidentally gets dislodged.
What is an obturator?
PMH
What is past medical history?
18, 20, 22, and 24
What are the gauges of needles?
These are the five (5) steps of the nursing process.
What is ADPIE: A: assessment, D: diagnosis, P: planning, I: implementation, and E: evaluation?
This skill involves analyzing information, evaluating evidence, and making informed decisions.
What is critical thinking?