Nursing II| Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
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NUR 209 Exam 1
Problems walking correctly. Factor when performing a risk assessment
Unsteady gait
Inability to control bladder and/or bowels
incontinence
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety or
________________________
TeamSTEPPS
SBAR stands for __________________. It is a consistent, clear, structured, and easy-to-use
method of communication between health care personnel
situation, background, assessment, recommendation
any method, device, material, or equipment that restricts a person's freedom of movement,
physical restraint
any drug that is used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat medical
symptoms
chemical restraint
,The practice of following good sleep habits to sleep soundly and be alert during the day
sleep hygiene
A procedure to maintain an accurate and up-to-date list of medications for all patients
between all phases of health care delivery. Nurses responsibility
medication reconciliation
toxic inflammatory condition arising from the spread of microbes, especially bacteria or
their toxins, from a focus of infection
Sepsis
growth of bacteria in the blood
septicemia
Infectious proteins that cause several brain disease (ex: mad cow disease)
prions
infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible
host
chain of infection
vomiting or _____________--
emesis
A strict form of infection control that is based on the assumption that all blood and other
body fluids are infectious.
, Standard Precautions
special precautions implemented on the basis of how the disease spreads
transmission-based precautions
Methods of infection control that must be used for patients known or suspected to be
infected with pathogens transmitted through fine particles suspended in air. Special air
handing ad cantillation system needed to contain and remove infection agents
Airborne precautions
Methods of infection control that must be used for patients known or suspected to be
infected with pathogens transmitted by secretions expelled during coughing, sneezing,
talking, or laughing.
Droplet precautions
measures taken to prevent the spread of diseases transmitted by the physical transfer of
pathogens to a susceptible host's body surface
contact precautions
spread of pathogens through a vehicle such as air, drinking water, and food, as well as
bodily fluids being handled outside the body
vehicle transmission
measures taken to keep pathogens from coming into contact with an immunocompromised
or otherwise susceptible patient. . No plants or fresh fruits/vegatables
protective isolation