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What are Standard Precautions? - Answer Apply to contact with blood, body fluid, nonintact skin, and mucous membranes from all patients to protect patients and healthcare workers. Assumes all blood and body fluids could be infectious What is medical asepsis? - Answer This includes procedu...

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NRSE 2350 PCC1 Midterm Test
Questions And Correct Answers.
What are Standard Precautions? - Answer Apply to contact with blood, body fluid, nonintact skin, and
mucous membranes from all patients to protect patients and healthcare workers.

Assumes all blood and body fluids could be infectious



What is medical asepsis? - Answer This includes procedures for reducing the number of organisms
present and preventing the transfer of organisms.

Includes: Hand hygiene, Clean gloves, Cleaning of environment, Disinfection of equipment



What is surgical asepsis? - Answer This prevents contamination of an open wound, serves to *isolate
the operative area from the unsterile environment*, and maintains a sterile field for surgery.

Uses: During invasive procedures

When the skin's integrity is broken as a result of trauma, surgical incision or burns, During procedures
that involve insertion of catheters or surgical instruments into the sterile body cavities



What is the correct order for Doffing PPE? - Answer Gloves, Face Shield or Goggles, Gown, Mask



What are the bodies normal defenses for infection? - Answer Normal flora

Body System Defenses

Inflammation



What is subjective data? - Answer These are the pt's verbal descriptions of their health problems



What is objective data? - Answer These are observations or measurements of a pt's health status.



What are internal interview factors? - Answer Liking Others, Empathy, Ability to Listen, Self-Awareness

, What are external interview factors? - Answer Ensuring Privacy, Refuse Interruptions, Comfortable
Physical Environment



What are the 8 critical characteristics of pain? - Answer Location, Quality, Severity, Timing, Setting,
Relieving Factors, Associated Factors, Patients Perception



What are guidelines for measuring BP? - Answer -Patient should be relaxed

-Only need to take in each arm once to establish baseline

-Sitting or lying with arm supported at heart level

-Find brachial pulse

-Put cuff on with arrow about 2.5 cm above pulse

-Pump up cuff 20-30 mm Hg beyond where you stop feeling pulse OR beyond what their BP normally
runs

-Deflate cuff slowly after placing the stethoscope over the brachial pulse (about 2mm per heart beat)

-Note first and last clear tapping sound = systolic/diastolic



What are methods of heat loss? - Answer Radiation: transfer of heat from the surface of one object to
the surface of another without direct contact

Conduction: transfer of heat from one object to another with direct contact

Convection: transfer of heat away by air movement

Evaporation: transfer of heat when a liquid is changed to a gas

Diaphoresis: visible perspiration primarily occurring on the forehead and upper thorax



What are the steps for assessing a pulse - Answer -Use pads of first three fingers palpate radial pulse

-Regular- count 30 sec.

-Irregular- count full 60 sec.

-Recorded per minute

-60-100 is normal-athletes may be lower

-May increase in response to exercise, fever, or anxiety

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