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| How many links are in the chain of infection? |
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| What are the links in the Chain of Infection? |
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Agent
Host
Resivor
Mode of Transmission
Portal of entry
Portal of exit |
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| Examples of Mode of trans |
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| touching hands, side rails |
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| tubing, equipment, dressings, moist and bacteria loving environments |
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| What are the stages of illness |
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Incubation
Prodomal
Full
Convalescence |
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| What are the signs and symptoms of incubation |
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| NONE, you don't know you're ill yet |
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most contagious
non specific symptoms
ex: fever, maliase ect.. |
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| specific symptoms of illness |
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| recovery stage of illness |
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| How do infections get transfered from one area to the next? |
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| what are signs of infection? |
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fever
tender
purulent drainage |
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gowns and gloves
no hand sanatizer, must wash hands |
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| 4 C's of initial communication |
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Concise
Correct
Clear
Complete |
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| what are the 5 rights of delegation? |
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RIGHT TASK
RIGHT COMMUNICATION
RIGHT PERSON
RIGHT SUPERVISION
RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCE |
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| Who is in charge of Assessing the patient |
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| What are the vital signs? (6) |
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Temp
Pulse
Respiration
BP
Pulse oximetry
pain |
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| when are you able to delegate vital signs? |
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| when the patient is stable |
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Anything below Normal temp.
96.8-100.4 oF |
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| what is average rectal temp? |
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| What are the sites where you can take a temperature? |
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Oral
Rectal
Temporal
Axillary
Tempanic |
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| What is the difference between oral and rectal temps? |
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| What is the difference between oral and axillary temps? |
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| What is a normal adult BP? |
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| what effects a persons temperature? |
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| where should the arm be when taking someones BP? |
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| What happens if the BP cuff is too big? |
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| What happens if the BP cuff is too small? |
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| What type of BP do you not delegate? |
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| lying, sitting and standing |
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| what sites do you find a pulse? |
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Where can you find and apical pulse?
For how long?
Why do you take an apical pulse? |
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4th, 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line
for 1 minute!!
take this pulse if something is irregular with the pulse? |
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| what incresases resp. rate |
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| pain, anxiety, exercise, infection |
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| watch rise and fall of chest for 1 min |
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| How to position someone in resp. distress |
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| What is most important when soemone is in resp. distress? |
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| repositioning the patient |
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| why do people with COPD fall into tripod position |
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| giving more room to breath |
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| what is our stimulius for us to breath? |
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| where does gas exchange occur? |
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| What is a incentive spirametor |
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| a breathing tube device used to increase the volume and expand the alveoli |
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| Blood oxygentation: Direct measures |
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| Blood oxygentation: INDirect measures |
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| Always keep a person in what position? |
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| anatomically correct position |
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| when ambulating which side do you ambulate them? |
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| the patients stronger side |
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| what are the 3 steps in Oxygenation |
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Diffusion
Perfusion
Ventillation |
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| 1 L = 4% then what is the room air? |
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| if 2 L= 8% what is the room air o2? |
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| what are the clinical signs of hypoxia? |
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RESTLESSNESS
anxiety
confusion
cynosis in late stages |
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| Where on the skin and body can you assess for hypoxia? |
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palms/ soles of hands and feet
oral mucosa for cyanosis |
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| how many L of O2 can you put on a nasal canula |
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| do you put a partial non-breather on a COPD patient? |
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| No because they will get too much O2 and they will become machine dependent |
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| what is the average axillary temp? |
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| what is average pulse pressure? |
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| what is the normal resp. rate? |
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| what is considered prehypertension |
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| what is stage 1 hypertension |
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| what is stage 2 hypertension? |
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| wkaing up at night to urinate |
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| increased output of urine |
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia
enlargement of the prostate |
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| what is the minimum fluid intake per day? |
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| what technique must you use when suctioning? |
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| is surgical or medical asepsis sterile? |
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| How often do you suction a patient? |
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| How do you give a patient a break when suctioning? |
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| Res periods between passes and reapply O2 |
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| if your patient is in distension what do you do? |
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| Assess the patient by checking the distension and asking the patient |
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symptom not disease caused by:
improper diet, reduced intake of fluid, lack of exercise, and certian medical conditions |
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| results from unrelieved constipation, its is a collection of hardened feces wedged into the rectum that a person cannot expel |
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| what would you expect if you see a client has continuous oozing of diarrhea? |
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BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE
explain Type 1 |
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| separate hard lumps like nuts |
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BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE
explain Type 2 |
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BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE
explain Type 3 |
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| like a sausage but with cracks on surface |
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BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE
explain Type 4 |
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| like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft |
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BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE
explain Type 5 |
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| soft blobs with clear-cut edges (passed easily) |
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BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE
explain Type 6 |
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| fully pieces with ragged edges, mushy stool |
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BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE
explain Type 7 |
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| a temp. or perm. artificial opening in the abdominal wall |
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| what is stool like from a colostomy (AC)or a ileostomy? |
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| frequent and liquid because they are from the ascending colon |
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| how is stool formed in a transverse colostomy? |
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Definition
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| what type of stool does the sigmoid colon produce? |
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Definition
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| what is a loop colostomy and when is it done? |
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Done usually in emergencies
surgeon pulls a loop of bowel into the abdomen andd a external supporting device is used to keep the bowels from slipping back |
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| end colostomy (hartmanns pouch) |
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| one stoma formed from the proximal end of the bowel with the distal portion ofthe GI tract either removed or sewn closed and left in the abd. cavity |
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| bowl is surgically severed and the 2 ends are brought out onto the abd. |
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| how many L/min in a venturi mask? |
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| how many L/min in simple face mask? |
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| the process for the exchange of respiratory gases in the alveoli and the capillaries of the body tissues |
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| perfusion is the process of delivery of blood to a capillary bed in the biological tissue. |
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| the rate at which gas enters or leaves the lung |
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