Safety
Use only ___________ abbreviations when documenting.
What is standardized or approved?
This pulse is taken for 1 minute at the apex of the heart, at the left mid-clavicular 5th intercostal space.
What is the apical pulse?
The founder of modern nursing. She is also known as "The Lady With the Lamp."
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This site is preferred when administering IM injections to infants and children.
What is the vastus lateralis?
The electrolyte to check before the administration of furosemide (Lasix).
What is Potassium?
Two identifiers that can be used to accurately identify a patient.
What is name, date of birth, or other unique patient identifier?
The bottom number in a blood pressure reading correlates with the relaxation phase of the heart.
What is diastolic?
The role of the nursing assistant in the healthcare team.
What is to perform assigned nursing tasks?
True or False.
If the patient cannot swallow, crush all meds.
What is false?
True or False
Incident reports should only be completed if it leads to patient harm.
What is False?
Protective equipment that is used in isolation.
What are gloves, gown and mask?
This pulse is palpated on the dorsal side of the patient's foot.
What is DORSALIS PEDIS?
This nursing care delivery model involves total patient care by an RN.
What is primary nursing?
This is the name of the amount of time it takes for 50% of the blood concentration of a drug to be eliminated.
What is half-life?
True or False.
Transdermal patches are used to gradually administer a regulated amount of medication through the skin.
What is true?
How often items such as exam bedside tables and equipment should be cleaned.
What is after each patient use?
The patient is considered this when their temperature is elevated.
What is febrile?
Three of the eight roles of a nurse.
What are caregiver, communicator, teacher/educator, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, & collaborator?
The effect the body has on a drug once the drug enters the body. It is the movement of drug molecules in the body in relation to the drug’s absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
What is Pharmacokinetics?
Pulling (reaching for) the medication as per the MAR.
Pouring (obtaining the correct amount) as per the MAR.
Verifying patient at bedside just before administering the medication.
What are the "3 checks" of safe medication administration.
These standards protect the nurse, the patient and the institution. Every state and US territory have set laws to govern the practice of nursing.
What is the Nursing Practice Act?
Alternating periods of deep, rapid breathing followed by periods of apnea. May be seen with drug overdose, heart failure, increased intracranial pressure, renal failure
What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
The element of liability is when a healthcare provider fails to observe, assess, and document a client's change in mental status which may lead to harm or death.
What is breach of duty?
Standing order (routine order), PRN, STAT or one-time.
What are medication orders?
The nurse hangs a liter of IV fluids at a rate of 100mL/hr. The total number of hours for infusion of this solution.
What is 10 hours?