Acid-Base
Removing metal items such as jewelry is essential for this type of test.
What is an MRI?
What is red?
This is a finding typically indicative of a urinary tract infection.
What is hematuria?
An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine is an indication of this condition.
What is scoliosis?
A patient claims that some of their personal property is missing. The nurse would fill out this form.
What is an incident report?
My brother's name.
what is I don't have a brother?
Protecting and promoting patient health, avoiding illness and injuries through health promotion, using the nursing process to facilitate care, and advocating for patient care are all part of the definition of nursing developed by this professional organization.
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
This simple action by the nurse addresses the patient's concern for privacy during a procedure.
What is close the door?
Asking a 9 year old child what they understand about a procedure is an example of this form of patient education.
What is teaching to the level of understanding of the patient?
Interpreting assessment data, patient education, nurse-specific tasks, and initial patient assessments are all examples of this.
What are tasks that cannot be delegated?
Asking a patient what the voices are telling them to do is an appropriate therapeutic communication for patients experiencing these hallucinations.
What are command hallucinations?
Herpes simplex type I lesions are typically found on this part of the patient's anatomy.
What is the mouth?
Improving sleep patterns can be beneficial for reducing manifestations of this chronic musculoskeletal pain disorder.
What is fibromyalgia?
Adding this fruit to a patient's diet may help to prevent hypokalemia.
What is a banana?
An open-ended statement that encourages the patient to talk about what they are experiencing is an example of this.
What is therapeutic communication?
A patient with a pH <7.35 is experiencing this form of imbalance.
What is acidosis?
What are preventive health screenings?
This electrolyte is primarily vital for cell metabolism and cardiac and neuromuscular function.
What is potassium?
Hyperkalemia may result in this serious medical condition.
What are cardiac dysrhythmias?
The right task, right person, right communication, right supervision, and right circumstance are what comprise this.
What are the five rights of delegation?
This acid-base disorder is characterized by slow and shallow respirations, dizziness, paresthesias, lightheadedness, cardiac dysrhythmias, and hypertonic muscles.
What is metabolic alkalosis?
Salt substitutes generally replace sodium with this electrolyte.
What is potassium?
A patient with urolithiasis should be encouraged to do this to wash calculi down the urinary tract.
What is increase fluid intake to 3L/day?
Prolonged vomiting, diarrhea, excessive laxative use, NG suctioning, and intestinal fistulas can all lead to this electrolyte imbalance.
What is hypokalemia?
Utilizing this management tool encourages assistive personnel to plan how they will achieve their care goals.
What is setting time limits?
This acid-base disorder is characterized by increased rate and depth of respiration, confusion, lightheadedness, paresthesias, tremors, and blurred vision.
What is respiratory alkalosis?
Hourly checks, instructing the patient when and how to use a call light, and applying a bed alarm in a patient on opioid analgesics would be appropriate interventions if the nurse noted this assessment.
What is a change in mental status?
This section of an SBAR is used to communicate who you are and identify the patient, the patient's current problem or concern, and communicates critical or urgent issues first.
What is the Situation section?
A nurse is teaching a diabetic patient about ways to better regulate their blood sugar through diet and exercise. The nurse is demonstrating this concept to the patient.
What is health promotion?
Repeating the order, asking for clarification, and ensuring that telephone orders are signed by the physician as soon as possible are all examples of.
What are proper steps to receiving a telephone order from a provider?
This acid-base disorder is characterized by shallow respirations, cardiac dysrhythmias, and hyperactive reflexes.
What is metabolic alkalosis?
Respiratory acidosis may be relieved by this intervention by the nurse.
What are high-Fowlers, incentive spirometry, and coughing?
Limiting caffeine consumption may reduce symptoms in a patient with this musculoskeletal pain condition.
What is fibromyalgia?
Patients taking this diuretic medication should be monitored for hypokalemia.
What is furosemide?
Admissions of new critically ill patients, monitoring patients with chest pain, and assisting a physician in an invasive procedure are tasks typically performed by this healthcare professional.
What is an RN?
Cool clammy skin, muscle flaccidity, and peripheral numbness and tingling are not signs of this acid-base disorder.
What is respiratory acidosis?
A patient in end-of-life care is receiving an opioid medication for pain management. The nurse would educate the patient that the dosing of this medication is.
What is unlimited in end-of-life care?
Fluid volume excess may be caused by this electrolyte imbalance.
What is hyponatremia?
Diuretic use, adrenal insufficiency, and water toxicity, can lead to this electrolyte imbalance.
What is hyponatremia?
Hypokalemia, which can lead to cardiac dysrhythmias, is a serious adverse effect for patients taking this cardiac medication.
What is digoxin?