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| When are time when you should perform hand hygiene? |
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Definition
| Before entering a room, before putting on gloves, after putting on gloves, after you leave the room. |
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| How far can a virus-laden droplet travel and still be a potential source of infection? |
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Definition
| It can travel 3 ft. in any direction and still be infectious. |
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Term
| What does "airborne precautions" mean? |
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Definition
| measures taken to prevent the spread of pathogens that remain infective over time and distance and are propelled thru the air to a susceptible person's eyes, nose, or mouth. |
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| What does "droplet precautions" mean? |
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Definition
| precautions that prevent the spread of disease transmitted from and infected person by pathogens propelled thru the air only short distances to a person's eyes, nose, or mouth. |
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Term
| What does "endemic" mean? |
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Definition
| prevalent in or characteristic of a particular environment. |
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Term
| What does "endogenous" mean? |
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Definition
| Produced within an organism or system rather than externally caused. |
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Term
| Before touching a patient with latex gloves you should....? |
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Definition
| Make sure they are not allergic to latex. |
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Term
| Sometimes it is necessary to perform hand hygiene between tasks and procedures on the same patient to prevent cross-contamination of different body sites. T or F? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| gloves, gowns, masks, and goggles |
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Term
| What does "quality improvement" mean in terms of nursing? |
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Definition
| "Using data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems." |
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Term
| Name the 5 nursing quality indicators that are used to evaluate the quality of nursing care. |
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Definition
1.) Pressure ulcers
2.) Falls
3.) Restraint use
4.) Patient satisfaction
5.) Nosocomial infections |
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Term
| What does SBAR stand for? |
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Definition
Situation - What is going on with the patient?
Background - what is the clinical background or context?
Assessment - What do I think the problem is?
Recommendation - what would I recommend to do? |
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