Skin
What objective "tool" is used to assess pressure injuries?
What is the Braden scale?
What describes the scope of nursing practice?
What is the Nurse Practice Act?
What are the three domains of learning?
What are: cognitive, affective and psychomotor?
What are the three types of range of motion exercises?
What is AROM, PROM and assisted ROM.
How does immobility affect the respiratory system?
What is make you at risk for pneumonia or atelectasis?
Describe a stage 1 pressure ulcer.
What is skin is intact, non-blanchable erythema, may have a change in sensation/temperature/firmness?
What law encourages health care professionals to assist in emergencies and holds them harmless unless they provide care outside their scope of practice?
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
What is health literacy?
What is the cognitive and social skill that determines the ability of a person to understand health information?
On which side do you support a patient that has had a stroke?
What is stand on the affected side?
How does immobility affect the cardiovascular system?
What is make you at risk for orthostatic hypotension or DVT/thrombus?
Describe a stage 2 pressure ulcer.
What is: partial-thickness skin loss, adipose tissue or underlying structures are not visible?
What is an intentional tort?
What is a deliberate act against a person or property? (e.g. assult)
What is the most important thing to know before you teach?
What the patient wants to learn/know?
What is orthostatic hypotension?
When the BP falls significantly with a sudden position change?
How does immobility affect the GU system?
What is make you at risk for renal calculi or urinary stasis?
Describe a stage 3 pressure ulcer.
What is a full-thickness loss of skin, adipose tissue is visible but not underlying structures (bone, tendon, ligaments)?
What are the 4 proofs of negligence?
What are: 1) A nurse owed a duty of care to the patient; 2) THE NURSE DID NOT CARRY OUT THE DUTY OR BREECHED IT, 3) the patient was physically harmed because of this; 4) the patient's injuries resulted in compensable damages?
What are two ways to assess if a patient learned?
What is a return demonstration or teach back?
How long should an elderly patient sit in a chair that has skin integrity issues?
What is less than two hours?
How does immobility affect musculoskeletal system?
What is make you at risk for osteoporosis or contractures?
What are the six categories in the Braden scale?
What is: impaired sensory perception, impaired mobility, alteration of LOC, Shear, Friction, Moisture?
What does a nurse do if a patient still has questions about surgery and is prepared to sign an informed consent?
What is notify the surgeon?
What are some barriers to learning?
Pain, nausea, anxiety, sensory deficits, lack of motivation, fatigue, depression, distracting environmental factors...
How is an older patient's gait changed?
What is taking smaller steps and keeping their feet close together because of a fear of falling?
How does immobility affect the integumentary system?
What is make you at risk for pressure injuries?