Rasmussen Questions And Answers

What are different tools to assess pain? - 1-10 scale, face scale When is a patient's pain level tolerable? - When they say it is How soon after giving a pain medication should you reassess a patient's pain level? - IV - 30min or less, PO - 30min-1hr What are standard precautions used for? - Every patient What is droplet precautions used for? - Flu, RSV, Pertussis, R/O Meningitis A patient with pneumonia pneumonia is on which type of precaution? - Standard - however is the patient is coughing everywhere use droplet as needed Which diseases are droplet precautions used for? - Chicken pox, TB, Measles When must you use soap and water to wash hands instead of an alcohol gel/foam? - When hands are visibly soiled What is a normal WBC? - 4,500-12,000 What is a stage I pressure ulcer? - Nonblanchable redness What is a stage II pressure ulcer? - Partial thickness loss or a blister What is a stage III pressure ulcer? - Full thickness loss, sub fat ay be visible