Sterile Technique
Physical Assessment
Wounds
Medications and DM
Urinary Elimination
100

Removes all microorganisms including spores and pathogens.

Surgical Asepsis

100

What is the order for which you perform an assessment? (what is another name for an assessment?)

From head to toe

100

What tissue is yellowish in color and contains dead cells and nonviable tissue?

Slough

100

Give an example of a trade name and a generic name.

Tylenol - acetaminophen

Motrin - Ibuprofen 

100

What is the minimum acceptable hourly urine output?

30 mL/hr

200

List 3 things that cause contamination to a sterile field

Wet

Turning back on field

Pt coughs on field

etc.


200

What are the best locations to assess skin turgor?

Sternum and clavicle
200

This drainage looks watery and pink due to mix of blood and fluid.

Serosanguineous

200

What is it called when a patient over or underreacts to a medication? 

Idiosyncratic reaction

200

List 4 factors that affect urination

Meds, mobility, hygiene, diet, age, surgery, etc.

300

What is a sterile field border?

1 inch around a sterile field that is not sterile.

300

What does PERRLA stand for?

Pupils equal round and reactive to light and accommodation

300

What stage is a wound that has full thickness loss of the skin with tunneling, but no visible bones, ligaments, or cartilage?

Stage 3

300

What is the correct method for mixing insulin?

Clear before cloudy - Regular before intermediate (NPH)

300

How soon after removing a foley catheter would we expect them to urinate?

6 hours

400

What is the correct way to pour a solution onto a sterile field?

Pour small amount of solution then discard. Pour second time to fill container.

400

Name the correct order in which you would inspect the abdomen.

1. inspection 2. auscultation 3. percussion 4. palpation

400

What is tertiary intention of healing?

Deep tissue closed but subcutaneous tissue left open or abdominal wound initially left open until infection resolved then closed 

400

What are the 6 rights of medication administration?

Right medication, dose, patient, route, time, documentation 

400

What part of the kidneys removes waste from blood and regulate water and electrolyte concentration?

Nephron

500

Describe the correct order to open a sterile package? Example: foley cath 

1. Away from body

2. Sides

3. Towards body

500

Name the 5 anatomical landmarks for cardiac assessment

1. aortic valve 2. pulmonary valve 3. erb's point 4. tricuspid valve 5. mitral valve

500
What are the 4 stages of healing in the correct order?

1. hemostasis 2. inflammatory 3. proliferative 4. maturation

500

What is the order of medication absorption from slowest to fastest?

topical, oral, sublingual, IM, IV

500

Explain how to collect a 24 hour urine specimen.

discard first sample, collect 24 hours, kept on ice.  If miss a void start over.  Special container.