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Questions & Elaborate Answers
1. What do we want to do with the chain of infection? Break it, wash hands
. How does HAI spread?
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not hand washing, equipment
. What PPE is worn for what isolation?
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Contact - gloves, gown
Droplet - mask, gloves, goStandardard precautions - gloves
. What infections do we put in Contact isolation?
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VRE, MRSA, C-Diff (with hand washing)
. What kind of precautions for Airborne?
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N-95, Hood
. What are the rules for restraints? Check circulation every release every 2 hours
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must have a doctor's order firNew doctorsors orders every 24 hours
. What is the best way to help with a Sitty?
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Sit with the patient, listen, and use therapeutic communication.
. What is HIPPA, and how is it broken?
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broken - posting on social media, looking up someone not your patient, keeping
computer open
. What problems come from being immobile?
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Weight loss, pressure sores, pneumonia
0. Who is at risk for HAI?
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Elderly, compromised, leconomiccal, children
11. What are the important rules for peri-care
, rivacy, explathe in procedurand e, only expose what you need to
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Collaborative between nurses and doctors
decrease risk for injury, to avoid an event where patient has died or sustained serious
injury
2. What is the nurse practice act
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guide lies in our scope of practice
3. How do we check a tympanic temp
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up, back for an adult
What is ethics
compassion, empathy
What pulse do we check most often
radial
What is the first thing we do after a fall
vital signs, assessment
What do we do if we find a patient unrespoCheck
Check cardioid pulse
Ways to prevent CAUTIs
out ASAP, empty bag regularly, keep bag lower than bladder, change every 30 days,
peri-care
Prone, poslyinglaying face down
Sims positiLyinging on right side, knee-thigh drawn up to chest
Dorsal recuLayinglaying on back with knees bent with feet still flat the on ground
LithLayinglying supine with hiand ps knees flexed and thigh externally rotated
Supine position. Laying flat on b, ack face up
Trendelenburg posHeadn
Head of bed pointed downward, feet in air
Orthopnic
sitting on side of bed with arms rested on over bed tThis. This is used for people with
breathing problems
Where is apical pulse
mid-clavicular 5th intercostal space
What are examples of portals of entry for infection
mouth, break in skin, mucous membrane
How do we prevent falls
Falls assessment on admission, clutter-free, toilet schedule, keep things in arms reach
What is therapeutic communication
ones that leave it open fthe or patient to communicato or discuss something, ask them
to give you an example of something about what they mean