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ccms - clean catch midstream QMA scope of practice - may perform hemoccult testing on stool specimens as ordered by a physician hemoccult testing - A screen for fecal occult blood Hemoccult test slide (quaiac paper) - assess for expiration date hypovalemia - state of decreased blood volume. May cause a high false oximetry reading. QMA's may not apply oxygen to a resident in an emergency without a physicians order. - However there is often a PRN order for oxygen when the resident falls short of breath/oxygen saturation levels are low. QMA's may initiate a nasal cannula only in an emergency situation. - QMA's may initiate nonsealing mask per emergency or PRN situation. oxygen dries out the mucous membranes of the mouth and respiratory system. - The physician may order humidity to be placed on the oxygen source. Physician ordered humidity along w/ oxygen. (distilled water) - This means gas passes through the water and water vapor is picked up before going to the resident. When applying sterile/distilled water to residents oxygen remember to. - discard the sterile/distilled water after 2 weeks. Portable oxygen tanks - have a few lbs of oxygen, they can last up to 8 hrs. Oxygen concentrator weighs approximately 35 lbs. It must be plugged in to an electrical outlet. - Concentrator's extract oxygen from the room air and circulates it back to the resident.Do not use petroleum (vasoline) to resident's nares during administration of oxygen. - Example: dry lips, chap-stick should not be applied if it has vasoline in it. Signs/symptoms of respiratory distress - rapid pulse, rapid,shallow, flaring nostrils, restlessness respirations, cyanosis. Position the resident in a Semi-Fowler's or Fowler's to maintain an open airway. - Apply ordered oxygen administration device. Nasal cannula 1/2 inch prongs should be placed? - in a downward direction. A reading on the oximetry of 90% may indicate? - Resident need to be given oxygen' Instilling a Commercially Prepared Disposable Enema. - Solution into the rectum and sigmoid colon. Removes feces/flatus. QMA's may only instill a commercially prepared enema which contains approximately - 120ml (4oz.) of fluid. Commercially Prepared Disposable Enema's increases water absorption in the small intestine by osmotic action. - A laxative effect that occurs due to increased peristalsis and water retention. Sodium bi-phosphate (fleet enema) - is a saline laxative commonly ordered to be administered. Record color, consistency and amount after resident has had a - bowl movement from a prepared disposable enema A localized collection of puss in any part of the body which is the result of disintegration or displacement of tissue. - Abscess Chemical present in many organs and tissues of the body that has important physiological functions, ex: transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse i.e. neurotransmitters. - AcetylcholineNaturally acquired immunity obtained by contracting a disease or by the injection the infectious organism. - Active Immunity An undesired side effect of a medication or toxicity - Adverse effect