FUNDS FINAL EXAM REVIEW – INCLUDING MED CALC
Normal Blood pressure 120/80
Mild allergy reaction what would you give patient: ANTIHISTAMINE.
5 rights of delegation:
Right Task
Right Circumstance
Right Person
Right Direction/ Communication
Right Supervision/ Evaluation
Patient has the right to refuse:
call the provider to let them know.
Ethical principle of justice:
Fairness
equality
Beneficence: actions that “benefit others” without any interest to self.
Confidentially:
Not sharing patient information with other people
Only sharing with medical team.
Autonomy: Patients right to make their own health care decisions and have the right to change their minds
Non-maleficence: Commitment to do no harm.
Slander: is saying something false about someone
Assault: Unlawful threat to bring about harmful or offensive contact with another.
Battery: ONCE YOU TOUCH A PATIENT WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT WITH THE INTENTION TO HARM THEM
, Negligent: is conduct that falls below the generally accepted standard of care of a reasonably prudent person.
Anyone, including people not in the medical field, can be liable for negligence. Nurses are negligent when they
had a duty of care that is breached and their patient is physically harmed.
False imprisonment: an act of restraining another person and causing that person to be confined in a bounded
area. An example of possible false imprisonment in health care is the use of restraints.
JUST A THREAT TO INFLICT HARM, NO TOUCHING-- ASSAULT
Direct/indirect care:
Direct Care: ADLS, CPR, Counseling, Preventing Complications
Indirect Care: Delegation, Collection of Specimen, Infection Control.
Dysphasia:
trouble swallowing
will affect airway
Best way to control pain:
Pain medications
Distractions
Music
Guided imagery
Acupuncture
Non-verbal S&S of Pain:
facial grimaces
behavior changes
vital signs
sweating
clenching teeth/fist
Pain:
increased HR
increased BP
Increased RR
PAIN IS WHAT THE PATIENT SAYS!! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ORDER FOR MEDS CALL MD
PCA pump:
Patient- controlled analgesia
Usually given to patient to use after surgery.
Patient is able to hit button to release pain medications
Patient will not overdose.
Only the patient should hit button, not family or friends
Hypotonic: Less salt in the solution, more water in the solution. The vessels become less concentrated than
the cell. Water then enters the cell. Therefore, the cell will swell.
Used for:
Hypernatremia (high levels of sodium)
Normal Blood pressure 120/80
Mild allergy reaction what would you give patient: ANTIHISTAMINE.
5 rights of delegation:
Right Task
Right Circumstance
Right Person
Right Direction/ Communication
Right Supervision/ Evaluation
Patient has the right to refuse:
call the provider to let them know.
Ethical principle of justice:
Fairness
equality
Beneficence: actions that “benefit others” without any interest to self.
Confidentially:
Not sharing patient information with other people
Only sharing with medical team.
Autonomy: Patients right to make their own health care decisions and have the right to change their minds
Non-maleficence: Commitment to do no harm.
Slander: is saying something false about someone
Assault: Unlawful threat to bring about harmful or offensive contact with another.
Battery: ONCE YOU TOUCH A PATIENT WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT WITH THE INTENTION TO HARM THEM
, Negligent: is conduct that falls below the generally accepted standard of care of a reasonably prudent person.
Anyone, including people not in the medical field, can be liable for negligence. Nurses are negligent when they
had a duty of care that is breached and their patient is physically harmed.
False imprisonment: an act of restraining another person and causing that person to be confined in a bounded
area. An example of possible false imprisonment in health care is the use of restraints.
JUST A THREAT TO INFLICT HARM, NO TOUCHING-- ASSAULT
Direct/indirect care:
Direct Care: ADLS, CPR, Counseling, Preventing Complications
Indirect Care: Delegation, Collection of Specimen, Infection Control.
Dysphasia:
trouble swallowing
will affect airway
Best way to control pain:
Pain medications
Distractions
Music
Guided imagery
Acupuncture
Non-verbal S&S of Pain:
facial grimaces
behavior changes
vital signs
sweating
clenching teeth/fist
Pain:
increased HR
increased BP
Increased RR
PAIN IS WHAT THE PATIENT SAYS!! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ORDER FOR MEDS CALL MD
PCA pump:
Patient- controlled analgesia
Usually given to patient to use after surgery.
Patient is able to hit button to release pain medications
Patient will not overdose.
Only the patient should hit button, not family or friends
Hypotonic: Less salt in the solution, more water in the solution. The vessels become less concentrated than
the cell. Water then enters the cell. Therefore, the cell will swell.
Used for:
Hypernatremia (high levels of sodium)
