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1.What do we want to do with the chain of infection? - answer-break it,
wash hands
2.How does HAI spread - answer-not hand washing, equipment
3.What PPE is worn for what isolation - answer-Contact - gloves, gown
Droplet - mask, gloves, gown
standard precautions - gloves
4.What infections do we put in Contact isolation - answer-VRE, MRSA,
C-Diff (with hand washing)
5.What kind of precautions for Airborne - answer-N-95, Hood
What are the rules for restraints - answer-check circulation every 30min
release every 2 hours
must have doctors order first
New doctors order every 24 hours
6.What is the best way to help with anxiety - Answer with the patient,
listen, use therapeutic communication
7.What is HIPPA, and how is it broken - answer--protects patients'
information
broken - posting on social media, looking up someone, not your patient,
keeping the computer open
,8.What problems come from being immobile - Weight loss, pressure
sores, pneumonia
9.Who is at risk for HAI - answer-elderly, immune compromised, low
economical, children
10.What are the important rules for peri-care - answer-privacy, explain
procedure, only expose what you need to
11.Collaborative between nurses and doctors - answer-decrease risk for
injury, to avoid an event where patient has died or sustained serious
injury
12.What is the nurse practice act - answer-guide lines , its our scope of
practice
13.How do we check a tympanic temp - answer-up, back for an adult
14.What is ethics - answer-compassion, empathy
15.What pulse do we check most often - answer-radial
16.What is first thing we do after a fall - answer-vital signs, assessment
17.What do we do if we find a patient unresponsive - answer-check
cardioid pulse
18.Ways to prevent CAUTI"S - answer-out ASAP, empty bag regularly,
keep bag lower than bladder, change every 30 days, peri-care
19.Prone position - answer-laying face down
,20. Sims position - answer-laying on right side, knee-thigh drawn up to
chest
21. Dorsal recumbent - answer-laying on back with knees bent with feet
still flat on ground
22. Lithotomy - answer-laying supine with hips knees flexed and thigh
externally rotated
23. Supine position - answer-laying flat on back face up
24. Trendelenburg position - answer-head of bed pointed downward, feet
in air
25. Orthopnic - answer-sitting on side of bed with arms rested on over
bed table. this is used for people with breathing problems
26. Where is apical pulse - answer-mid-clavicular 5th intercostal space
What are examples of portals of entry for infection - answer-mouth,
break in skin, mucous membrane
27. How do we prevent falls - answer-falls assessment on admission,
keep room clutter free, toilet schedule, keep things in arms reach
28. What is therapeutic communication - answer-ones that leave it open
for patient to communicate to or discuss something, ask them to give
you an example of something about what they mean
29. What kind of meds can't be given by G-tube - answer-enteric coded,
capsules, extended release
, What are the 6 rights of Medications - answer-medication, patient, dose,
route, time, documentation
What is term when one drug mixes with another drug - answer-drug
interaction
What is drug compatibility - answer-when different drugs can be given
together
What is drug tolerance - answer-when your body builds up
What are drug adverse effects - answer-undesirable effects ex: HA,
nauesa
What tools are for measure functional status - answer-Lawton (IADL)
Katz (ADL)
What tools do we measure cognition - answer-Montreal, Mini-cog
How do we reduce pressure sores - answer-reposition, high-fiber diet,
change incont as often as possible
What are signs and symptoms of dehydration - answer-slurred speech,
skin tint, low urine output, dry mucus membranes, BP low while Pulse
High
What do we do when a patient refuse a med - answer-educate, document
What are parts to drug order - answer-drug name, dose, frequency, route,
amount