Basic Care and Comfort
The best position for your patient while receiving a PEG/G Tube feed.
What is 30-45 degrees?
Two patient identifiers prior to delivering meds.
What is your name, DOB?
Type of precaution for C. Diff.
What is Contact Plus precautions?
Used to limit movement and allow soft tissue swelling.
What is a splint?
Most common object/cause of anaphylaxis that used to be in hospitals.
What is latex?
T/F: All G tube feeds should be administered while pt is laying flat.
What is False?
The SBP parameter prior to administering most HTN meds.
What is SBP > 100?
The type of precaution used with all patients.
What is Standard Precautions?
Care indicated to bathe a patient with a cast.
What is covering the cast with plastic? (avoid water)
The normal range for potassium.
Number one way to prevent spread of infections.
What is hand hygiene?
6 Rights of medication administration.
How often neurovascular checks are performed for immobilized limb.
What is 4 hours?
This disease process is known for decreasing bone density, making bones fragile, and likely to cause fractures.
What is osteoporosis?
Priority Nursing Care for patient experiencing frequent diarrhea for several days.
Priority nursing intervention in compartment syndrome.
An oral antidiabetic used in treatment of Type II DM.
Metformin (glucophage)
Three transmission methods of HIV.
What is bloodborne, vaginal secretions, seminal fluid, amniotic fluid, and breastmilk?
Type of arthritis characterized by bone spurs.
What is osteoarthritis?
Required step before administering insulin to a patient.
What is an accu check/blood sugar check?
The priority nursing care for patient experiencing anaphylaxis.
What is assess the airway?
Charting required to administer a narcotic.
What is patient pain scale, patient reported level of pain, pain location, pain type, progress note, reason for indication?
The most likely pathogen to cause osteomyelitis.
List 4 of the 6 Ps seen in neurovascular compromise.
What is pallor, parasthesia, pulselessness, pain, poilkilothermia, paralysis?
The 3 P's of Type 1 DM? (3 warning signs)
(Excessive urination, thirst, hunger)