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What is required documentation for a patient in safety reminder devices - ANSWERPhysician's order
Documentation about the need for the SRD
The type of device used & duration
Monitor, assess, and document the patient's response
Note all nursing interventions, including informing/teaching the pt & family about the SRD
What are the risks of an elderly patient taking multiple medications and lives alone - ANSWERFalls,
accidental poisoning, burns
aseptic, sterile, and clean process - ANSWERAseptic technique - used to reduce morbidity and
mortality from infection
Clean technique - inhibits growth and transmission of pathogenic microorganisms - used in mainy
daily activities - hand hygiene, changing a pts bed linens (medical asepsis)
Sterile technique - designed to completely destroy all microorganisms and their spores - in
specialized areas - OR, invasive procedures, urinary catheter insertion (surgical asepsis)
Workplace Fires - ANSWERRACE - rescue/remove, activate alarm, confine/contain, extinguish
PASS - pull the pin, aim low @ base, squeeze handle, sweep
TYPE A extinguisher = paper, wood, cloth
TYPE B = flammable liquid fires
TYPE C = electrical fires
TYPE ABC marked are acceptable for use on any
How can you protect skin when using safety reminder devices - ANSWERrelease every 2 hrs, watch
for skin tears or loss of circulation, padding
, Role of a nurse caring for a patient with radioactive devices implanted while on a nursing unit -
ANSWERLimit time spent near the source & keep great distance
Chain of Infection - ANSWERInfectious agent: a pathogenic microorganism (protozoa, bacteria, virus,
yeast, fungi)
Reservoir: where the pathogen can grow ( animal, person, unwashed hands, etc)
Portal of exit(exit route): exit route from the reservoir (secretions, feces, blood,urine)
Mode(method of transmission): method or vehicle of transportation (exudate feces, air droplets,
hands, needles, hands, contaminated food, etc)
Portal of entry(entrance): entrance through skin, mucous lining, or mouth
Host : another person or animal that is susceptible to the pathogen
What results from a hospital acquired infection - ANSWERIncrease health care costs, longer hospital
stays, longer recovery time, more expenses on pt & facility
Purposes of Patient Records - ANSWERDocumented communication, Permanent record for
accountability, Legal record of care, Teaching , Research and data collection
SBAR - ANSWERSituation, background, assessment, and recommendation (it meets the national pt
safety goals)
Problem-oriented medical record (POMR) - ANSWERS - Subjective, O - Objective, A - Assessment, P -
Plan, I - Intervention, E - Evaluation, R - Revision
structure of integumentary system - ANSWERskin + appendages(attached structures); hair, nails,
microscopic sense receptors, sweat glands, oil glands
Fuctions of the integumentary system - ANSWERProtection: Primary function, Regulation of body
temperature, Synthesis of chemicals(vitamin D), sense organ
Structure of skeletal system - ANSWER206 Bones: organs of the skeletal system
Additional variable bones occur in each individual
Cartilage connects & cushions joined bones
