Spoonful of Sugar
The main organ responsible for metabolism of drugs
What is liver?
Occurs in older adults where pts take two or more medications with the same action to treat several illnesses simultaneously
What is polypharmacy?
The ethical principle "to do good" for the client's best interest or advocacy role
Beneficience
The single most effective way of preventing disease
What is handwashing?
The best position for use of an incentive spirometer
What is semi-fowler's?
The concentration of a drug is less than toxic, but more than the minimum effective concentration
What is therapeutic drug range (level)?
The scale most commonly used by children and non-verbal pts in assessment of pain
What is the faces scale?
The nurse is responsible for provision of safe and competent care
What is ANA code of ethics?
An infected draining wound would require this type of isolation
What is Contact?
Tubing with two small prongs for insertion into the nares
What is nasal cannula?
Route of medication administration that the fastest rate of onset
What is intravenous?
Chronic pain is most effectively relieved when administered in this manner
What is around the clock?
A nurse restrains a pt and administers an injection against her wishes
What is battery?
When using the yellow gown technique, this item should be removed first
What are gloves?
Air moving through a narrowed airway results in this adventitious sound
What is wheezing?
Medications that are ordered to be given only when the pt requires it
PRN
The symptoms of chest pain
What is pain radiating to jaw, neck and left arm along with substernal chest pressure?
Four elements required to prove malpractice
What is :
A duty owed to pt
Duty was not carried out
Pt was injured
The nurse's failure to carry out the duty caused the injury
An elevated value on this lab test may be an indicator of infection
What is wbc?
The pulse oximetry monitor indicates the 02 sat level has decreased from 96% to 85%, the nurse should do this first
What is check the position of the probe and reposition if necessary?
The six rights of medication administration
What is:
Right pt
Right drug
Right route
Right dose
Right time
Right documentation
The best question to assess the pt's quality of pain
What does your pain feel like?
The form that must be completed when an error or near miss occurs
What is occurrence or incident report?
The stage of infection when a pt reports severe sore throat, pain with swallowing, swollen lymph nodes
What is the illness stage?
The collapse or inability to inflate alveoli results in this condition
What is atelectasis?