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Patient Assessment
Hygiene and Skin Care
Patient Safety
Medication Administration
Blood Administration
100
What is included when performing Vital Signs?
Blood Pressure, Pulse, Respiration, Temperature
100
List 3 interventions for preventing decubitus ulcers.
skin observation, change position, heels off bed, clean incontinent patients, adequate nutrition and fluids, avoid position on trocanter, pressure reducing devices
100
What is the most common injury to elderly patients in the health care setting?
Falls
100
What are the 6 rights of medication administration?
Right patient, right route, right medication, right dose, right time, right documentation
100
Why is it important to obtain baseline VS when giving blood?
To be used for comparison later for possible changes that might indicate transfusion reactions.
200
Identify 3 factors that affect temperature?
Disease/illness, age, exercise, hormonal influences, stress environment, smoking
200
What is medical asepsis?
Clean technique
200
Name 3 general Fall Risks.
Related to medications, mental status, visual acuity, physical strength, bowel and bladder urgency
200
Name the 4 different Parenteral medication routes?
Intramuscular, Subcutaneous, Intradermal, Intravenous
200
How long should the nurse wait before increasing the infusion rate?
15 minutes
300
What are the 5 techniques of an assessment?
Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion, Palpation, Olfaction
300
State 2 risk factors for pressure ulcers.
Bed or chair confinement, inability to move, loss of bowel or bladder control, poor nutrition
300
What are indications that a patient may have difficulty with their balance?
Difficulty getting out of bed/chair, use of walking aides, weaker than usual gait, vertigo
300
Which method of medication administration provides the fastest action?
Parenteral
300
What product would you expect to be ordered if the patient needed an increase in Oxygen carrying capabilities?
Packed RBC's
400
What are the 3 basic types of assessments?
Admission, Shift-to-shift, Focus
400
List components of hygiene.
Oral care, shaving, shampooing, foot hygiene, ear care
400
Name 3 safety precautions.
Orient patient to environment, bedside table within reach, assist with ambulation, siderails, bed in lowest position, patient to wear slippers/shoes to prevent slipping, keeping environment clutter free, clean up spills, good lighting
400
Name 3 factors that influence drug dosage and action?
Age, weight, physical health, psychological status, gender, dosage form, amount of food in stomach, environmental temperatures
400
What is the 1st thing a nurse should do when a reaction occurs?
Stop the transfusion!
500
List 2 components of an initial screening that the nurse is expected to perform.
VS, Ht/Wt, Brief Hx, Psychological preparation, preparation for diagnostic test, patient teaching
500
Name 2 diagnoses in which shaving is contraindicated.
Diabetes and Peripheral Vascular Disease
500
List 2 Medications that increase patient's risk for falls.
Narcotics, Sedatives, Hypnotics, Tranquilizers, Anti-hypertensives, Anti-diabetics
500
Name 3 examples of Enteral medications.
Powders, Pills, tablets, lozenger/troche, liquids, suspensions, suppositories
500
What is the only type of fluid that should be run with blood?
Normal Saline