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D439 FOUNDATIONS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS!!
restraint documentation

reasoning, mental status, care offered, time in restraints

restraint order time

ONLY last 24 hours

urine specific gravity test use

identify dehydration, kidney problems, conditions like diabetes insipidus

urine specific gravity test & range

concentration of particles in urine; 1.005- 1.030

high urine specific gravity test

HIGH = YOU'RE DRY/ DEHYDRATED = VOMITING/DIARRHEA

low urine specific gravity test

"overflow" kidney damage, kidney failure

pressure ulcers

"1 red, 2 broken, 3 deep, 4 bone"


red intact skin, break with blister, deep tissue, bone visible

pressure ulcers stage 1

red intact skin

pressure ulcers stage 2

skin breaks & blisters; 2 layers affected (epidermis, dermis)

, pressure ulcers stage 3

full thickness skin loss; 3 layers affected (epi, dermis, sub-q tissue)

pressure ulcers stage 4

goes down into muscle and bone; 4 layers

pressure ulcers unstageable

eschar (black/brown dead tissue) and slough (yellow and stringy) make it impossible to see;
perform debridement

pressure ulcers deep tissue

purple and dead; over bony prominences; thirty degree lateral inclined position releases pressure

scale used to measure risk of ulcers

braden scale; 1=high risk, 4=low to none

MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus)

"MRS. A" mask, red swelling, separate room, antibiotics (vancomycin)"

MRSA precautions

INSTITUTE CONTACT PRECAUTIONS: mask, gloves, gown, spreads through
contact separate room

MRSA prevention

PPE, hand hygiene

MRSA S/S

red swollen area, drainage, abscess, can cause sepsis

MRSA increased risk

weakened immune system, extended hospital stays, surgeries

MRSA Tx

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