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help patients get back to performing their adl
ot
community resources and other things the patient might need
social work
any patient issue with speech language and swallowing
speech pathologist
doing good for the patient
benefience
keeping promise to the patient
fidelity
fairness and care and providing resources
justice
doing no harm to patient
nonmalefience
telling the truth
veracity
negligence and malpractice
unintentional torts
assault, battery, and false imprisonment
intentional torts m
what to do before a patient has surgery
make sure provider gave patient information
patient is competent to give consent
make sure they sign the consent
when you get a telephone order what do you need to do
make sure theres another nurse listening then read back what the provider said ; they need to sign off on that prescription within 24 hours
5 rights of delegation
right task right circumstances right person right direction right communication
assessment - subjective and objective
analysis and data collection- cluster data
planning- prioritize interventions and measurable outcomes
implementation- perform care and document response
evaluation
5 steps of the nursing process
always assess before
taking action!!!
figure out what all their home meds are and try to reconcile this with what the doctor is prescribing
med reconciliation
when patient is transferring to another unit
give the nurse on the other unit SBAR
sterile field
top flap facing away from you
nonspecific innate immunity
defense mechanisms in body that respond immediately to all antigens; your skin, stomach acid, mucus membranes
specific adaptive immunity
body produces antibodies in response to specific antigens through the action of B and T lymphocytes; requires more time but immune response to that antigen in the future is more efficient
ability of a pathogen to produce disease
virulent
time from when the pathogen enters the body until the first symptom appears
incubation
onset of general symptoms to specific symptoms
prodromal stage
specific symptoms occur
illness
when symptoms disappear until the individual has complete recovery; can take several months
combalescence stage
fever, chills, malaise, fatigue, increase pulse
systemic infection
edema, pain, erythema, and warmth
local infection
wbc
5-10,000
immature wbc in the body
left shift
esr
erythrocyte sedementation rate ; >20 means infection
crp
> 3 means inection
measles, varicella, and tb
airborne precautions ; NEGATIVE AIRFLOW AND N95 MASK - private room
flu, pneumonia, pertussis, mumps, sepsis, rubella, and bacterial meningitis
DROPLET ; masks!
scabies, impetigo, MRSA, VRE, c diff, wound infections, and RSV
contact; gloves and gowns
herpes zoster/shingles
airborne precautions
seizure precaution
suction, oxygen, and pad bed rails
after patient has seizure
they are npo until they can swallow again
race
Rescue
Alarm
Contain
Extinguish
pass
Pull
Aim
Squeeze
Sweep
what kind of material can patients wear with oxygen
cotton only
ABCDE
Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure
screenings
secondary prevention
preventing the disease from even occurring
primary prevention
recovery after injury or illness
tertiary
normal order for assessing
inspect percuss palpate auscultate; abdomen- inspect auscultate
4 oz equals
120 ml
