Solutions
A communication technique we looked at was SBAR. Do you
understand how any why we use this technique? Correct
Answer SBAR: Situation, Background, Assessment,
Recommendation Gives a way to perform reports the same way
every time to the care team, critical care information
Afebrile Correct Answer Absence of fever
apnea Correct Answer absence of breathing
bradycardia Correct Answer slow heart rate
bradypnea Correct Answer slow breathing
Can you identify a break in HIPAA Correct Answer
Expressing a client's confidential information to anyone outside
of healthcare practice, anyone who doesn't need to know the
information to care for the individual, posting photos, giving
names, posting information,
Can you identify therapeutic communication techniques?
Correct Answer Active listening, being at eye level, reflecting,
silence when listening, being at eye level with individual
Can you recognize alterations for various age groups for vital
signs? Correct Answer Older people experience orthostatic
hypertension
Lung function goes down with age
, Heart rate goes up with age
Heart rate in infants is generally high
Cheyene-Stokes breathing Correct Answer a distinct pattern of
breathing characterized by quickening and deepening
respirations followed by a period of apnea
conduction Correct Answer The direct transfer of heat from
one substance to another substance that it is touching.
Convection Correct Answer The transfer of heat by the
movement of a fluid
Could you identify best practices in charting examples? Correct
Answer Do it at the right time
Update regularly
Be consistent in terminology and abbreviations
Could you use your clinical judgment to determine which
method of taking vital signs would be appropriate for a patient
in various situations (especially, temperature and pulse)?
Correct Answer Temperature can be taken 4 different ways:
axillary, orally, rectally, temporal Doing a oral temp may not be
possible, the next best thing is temporal because its fast/accurate
Babies the only way is rectally because their exterior
temperature is so unstable
Pulse can be done on the radial, carotid, brachial, and femoral
arteries