NUR 218
NUR 218 Final Exam Review
Hyperthermia - Body temperature above 100.4 F
Hypothermia - Body temperature below 95 F
Average oral temperature - Normal body temperature of 98.6 F when measured orally
Ways to measure temperature - Oral, axillary, tympanic, temporal, rectal
Normal heart rate - 60-100 beats per minute
Bradycardia - Heart rate below 60 beats per minute
Tachycardia - Heart rate above 100 beats per minute
Normal respirations - 12-20 breaths per minute
Bradypnea - Respiratory rate below 12 breaths per minute
Tachypnea - Respiratory rate above 20 breaths per minute
Asepsis - Prevention of infection by maintaining a clean environment
Infection control - Practices and procedures to prevent the spread of infection
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, NUR 218
Chain of infection - Mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host, infectious
agent, source, portal of exit
Stages of infection - Incubation, prodromal, illness, convalescence
Hand washing - Most effective method of healthcare-associated infection prevention
Medical asepsis - Clean technique to reduce the number of microorganisms
Surgical asepsis - Sterile technique to eliminate all microorganisms
Standard precautions - Used for every patient, includes hand hygiene, gloves, clean
equipment, discard needles safely
Contact precautions - Used for patients with infections spread by direct or indirect
contact, includes hand hygiene, gown, gloves
Droplet precautions - Used for patients with infections spread by respiratory droplets,
includes hand hygiene, gown, mask, gloves
Airborne precautions - Used for patients with infections spread by airborne particles,
includes hand hygiene, N95 mask, gown, gloves, eye protection
Legal/valid prescriptions - Must have patient's name, date and time order is written, name
and dosage of medication, route and frequency of administration, signature of provider
NUR 218
NUR 218 Final Exam Review
Hyperthermia - Body temperature above 100.4 F
Hypothermia - Body temperature below 95 F
Average oral temperature - Normal body temperature of 98.6 F when measured orally
Ways to measure temperature - Oral, axillary, tympanic, temporal, rectal
Normal heart rate - 60-100 beats per minute
Bradycardia - Heart rate below 60 beats per minute
Tachycardia - Heart rate above 100 beats per minute
Normal respirations - 12-20 breaths per minute
Bradypnea - Respiratory rate below 12 breaths per minute
Tachypnea - Respiratory rate above 20 breaths per minute
Asepsis - Prevention of infection by maintaining a clean environment
Infection control - Practices and procedures to prevent the spread of infection
NUR 218
, NUR 218
Chain of infection - Mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host, infectious
agent, source, portal of exit
Stages of infection - Incubation, prodromal, illness, convalescence
Hand washing - Most effective method of healthcare-associated infection prevention
Medical asepsis - Clean technique to reduce the number of microorganisms
Surgical asepsis - Sterile technique to eliminate all microorganisms
Standard precautions - Used for every patient, includes hand hygiene, gloves, clean
equipment, discard needles safely
Contact precautions - Used for patients with infections spread by direct or indirect
contact, includes hand hygiene, gown, gloves
Droplet precautions - Used for patients with infections spread by respiratory droplets,
includes hand hygiene, gown, mask, gloves
Airborne precautions - Used for patients with infections spread by airborne particles,
includes hand hygiene, N95 mask, gown, gloves, eye protection
Legal/valid prescriptions - Must have patient's name, date and time order is written, name
and dosage of medication, route and frequency of administration, signature of provider
NUR 218
