What information should be collected from a pain assessment?
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, P: Precipitating cause: What caused the pain?
P: Palliative: What makes it better? What makes it worse?
Q: Quality: Burning? Shooting? Aching? Stabbing?
R: Region/Radiation: Where is the pain located? Does it radiate or stay
localized?
S: Severity: How bad is the pain on a scale of 0-10?
T: Time: Is the pain intermittent or constant?
What can cause an increase in body temperature?
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Infection, physical activity, sympathetic nervous system activation,
metabolism
LLE
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left lower extremity
What are some examples of innate, adaptive, and passive immunity?
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, 1) Innate- Natural killer cells, skin barries, mucous membranes, phagocytes
2) Adaptive- T cells, B cells, antibodies
3) Passive- Breast milk and immunity therapy
HOB
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head of bed
What factors influence communication?
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Behavior, cognitive, and cultural
What is an infectious agent?
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They can be bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, parasites. The ability for the
microorganism to cause disease depends on the number present, the
virulence (the ability to produce disease and symptoms), ability to enter
and survive in the host, the susceptibility of the host.
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Provide an example of the chain of infection
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Infectious agent: Influenza
Reservoir: Patient
Portal of exit: Patient coughs
Transmission: Droplet
Portal of entry: Nurse inhales droplet through nose
Host susceptibility: Nurse has influenza vaccine
What's orthostatic hypotension?
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A drop in BP from 20 mmHg systolic or 10 mmHg diastolic or an increase of
20 bpm after changing positions from laying to sitting or sitting to standing.
C&S
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culture and sensitivity testing
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, P: Precipitating cause: What caused the pain?
P: Palliative: What makes it better? What makes it worse?
Q: Quality: Burning? Shooting? Aching? Stabbing?
R: Region/Radiation: Where is the pain located? Does it radiate or stay
localized?
S: Severity: How bad is the pain on a scale of 0-10?
T: Time: Is the pain intermittent or constant?
What can cause an increase in body temperature?
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Infection, physical activity, sympathetic nervous system activation,
metabolism
LLE
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left lower extremity
What are some examples of innate, adaptive, and passive immunity?
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, 1) Innate- Natural killer cells, skin barries, mucous membranes, phagocytes
2) Adaptive- T cells, B cells, antibodies
3) Passive- Breast milk and immunity therapy
HOB
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head of bed
What factors influence communication?
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Behavior, cognitive, and cultural
What is an infectious agent?
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They can be bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, parasites. The ability for the
microorganism to cause disease depends on the number present, the
virulence (the ability to produce disease and symptoms), ability to enter
and survive in the host, the susceptibility of the host.
per
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through
Provide an example of the chain of infection
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Infectious agent: Influenza
Reservoir: Patient
Portal of exit: Patient coughs
Transmission: Droplet
Portal of entry: Nurse inhales droplet through nose
Host susceptibility: Nurse has influenza vaccine
What's orthostatic hypotension?
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A drop in BP from 20 mmHg systolic or 10 mmHg diastolic or an increase of
20 bpm after changing positions from laying to sitting or sitting to standing.
C&S
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culture and sensitivity testing
