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Health Care Team
Misc.
Ethics
Vital Signs
Assessment
100
Draws blood specimens
What does the phlebotomist/lab technician do?
100
Transfer of responsibility for the performance of a task while retaining accountability for it's outcome.
What is delegation?
100
Ability of the client to make personal decisions, even when those decisions may not be in the client's own best interest.
What is Autonomy?
100
Conduction Convection Evaporation Radiation
How is heat lost from the body?
100
Loss of color.
What is pallor?
200
Evaluates the client's nutritional status
What is the role of the registered Dietician?
200
right task right circumstances right person right direction/communication right supervision
What are the five rights of delegation?
200
Care given is in the best interest of the client.
What is Beneficence?
200
Rate, rhythm, and strength.
What do you evaluate when taking a pulse?
200
Bluish color
What is cyanosis?
300
Dispenses medications as prescribed by the primary care provider.
What is the role of the Pharmacist?
300
Addresses the needs of healthy clients to promote health and prevent disease specific protections.
What is Primary prevention? Immunizations Car seat education Health and fitness education
300
Spared from harm or pain as much as possible when recieving treatments.
What is Non-maleficence?
300
60 seconds
How long do you check an apical pulse?
300
yellow-orange skin, sclera, and mucous membranes
What is jaundice?
400
Observes the client swallowing ability.
What is the role of the Speech Therapist?
400
Aims to prevent the long-term consequences of a chronic illness or disability and to support optimal functioning.
What is Tertiary Prevention? preventing pressure ulcers promoting independence after a brain injury case management after a disaster
400
To be treated fairly in all matters related to physicial and psychosocial care and use of resources.
What is Justice?
400
Rate, depth and rhythm.
What do you evaluate when assessing a patient's respirations?
400
Indication of inflammation.
What is Erythema?
500
Provides patient with tools to overcome deficits.
What is the role of the Occupational Therapist?
500
Focuses on early identification of illness...providing treatment and conductiong activities to prevent worsenting health status.
What is Secondary prevention? Disease screening....mammograms, prostate, diabetes... Exercise programs for older adult clients who are frail
500
To keep one's promise to the client about the care that was offered.
What is Fidelity?
500
Location Quality Timing Setting Alleviating or aggravating factors Associated phenomenon
What factors do you assess when evaluating your patient's pain?
500
compare side to side proceeding top to bottom.
What is the proper way to auscultate breath sounds?