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hand hygiene perform before care, NO MATTER HOW OLD PT IS! standard precautions applies to blood, all bodily fluids, non-intact skin, mucous membranes Airborne precautions used for patients known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei -TB = N95 mask -Room w Negative Air Pressure -Respirator mask for rubeola (measles) or varicella (chicken pox) -Surgical mask on PT when transporting out of room How to remove a face mask 1. Remove mask at doorway of patient room, UNLESS wearing a respirator mask...then remove it AFTER leaving room and closing door. 2. If using a mask with strings, untie lower strings first. This prevents top part of mask from falling onto chest. 3. Untie top strings and remove from face. DO NOT touch front of mask b/c it is contaminated. 4. Discard mask in waste container. 5. Perform hand hygiene. When do you remove a respirator mask? After leaving client room and closing door. Which strings on face mask do you untie first and why? Lower so that it doesn't fall onto your chest. Normal BP Systolic <120 Diastolic <80 Hypertension Stage 1 Systolic: 140-159 Diastolic: 90-99 Hypertension Stage 2 >160/>100 If you find that a PT has hypertension, what should you do? Evaluate PT to figure out why they have an abnormal BP Prehypertension Systolic: 120-139 Diastolic: 80-89 How age affects body temperature: infants Temp is greatly influenced by temperature of environment. Must be protected from extreme changes. How age affects body temp: children children's temp varies more than adults until puberty Older adult's temp is affected by what factors? (4) -inadequate diet -loss of subcutaneous fat -lack of activity -reduced thermoregulatory efficiency (susceptible to extreme changes in environmental temp) Which tasks cannot be delegated to a UAP? (4) -assessment -education -teaching -medication Hearing aids Give PT the freedom to perform task if possible! partial bed bath consists of bathing only body parts that would cause discomfort or odor if left unbathed (hands, face, axillae, perineal area, back). Partials are given to those unable to reach all body parts. Which parts of the body are washed in a parital bed bath? (5) hands, face, axillae, perineal area, back