This type of assessment data includes clients' feelings, perceptions, and descriptions of health status
What is subjective data?
The suffix -olol is associated with this class of medication.
What is beta-blockers?
This is the term used for infections that a client acquires while receiving care in a health care setting.
What is health care associated infection (or nosocomial infection)?
This is a
What is a mitten restraint?
This is the term for an accumulation of fluid in the tissues most often from direct trauma or impaired venous return.
What is edema?
Nurses feel, see, hear, smell this type of data through observation of physical assessment of the client.
What is objective data?
Acetaminophen is associated with toxicity of this major organ.
What is the liver?
This type of precautions are used when infectious agents which are transmitted through direct or indirect contact with the client or the client's environment (Clostridium difficile, MRSA, VRE).
What is contact precautions?
This is a legal process by which a client or the client’s legally appointed designee has given written permission for a procedure or treatment.
What is informed consent?
This is required for any abnormal assessment findings.
What is an intervention?
On completion of the assessment, this much be thorough, concise and accurate.
What is documentation?
This stage of the drug cycle is the transmission of medications from the location of administration to the bloodstream.
What is absorption?
These are the three main modes of transmission.
What are contact, droplet and airborne?
This is the maximum volume of medication that can be given in all intramuscular injection sites except the deltoid.
What is 3 milliliters?
This type of diet consists of foods that are liquid at room temperature including plain ice cream and strained cereals. Some facilities include pureed vegetables.
What is a full liquid diet?
This step in the nursing process requires nurses to look at the data and
What is analysis/diagnosis?
What is toxicity?
This is the range for the expected white blood cell count.
What is 5,000 to 10, 000/mm3?
The site where the nurse would assess the tricuspid valve is this
What is site D?
This is the primary indication for ondansetron.
What is nausea/vomiting?
What is planning?
Before administering an opioid agonist like morphine, the nurse should gather these two pieces of assessment data.
What is a pain assessment and respiratory assessment?
The nurse would be required to notify the rapid response team for these types of events. Name at least 2.
A sudden change in vital signs
Low oxygen saturation despite efforts to oxygenate the client.
Chest pain despite administration of nitroglycerine.
Seizure.
Medical professional has a deep concern about clients condition.
Sudden change in clients mental status.
This can help to prevent discomfort, contractures, pressure on tissues, and nerve and circulatory damage, and they stimulate postural reflexes and muscle tone.
What is frequent position changes?
The patient has a temperature of 101.8 and will receive a dose of acetaminophen. The patients weight in kg is________________(rounded to the hundredths place).
2.39kg