CPE Flashcards
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Transfer from Bed to Wheelchair
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2
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Order on How to Put on PPE
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3
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Correct Hand Hygiene
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- Stand in front of the sink; remove jewelry; clothes cannot touch the sink during the washing procedure
- Turn on water and make sure water is warm
- Wet the hands and wrist area. Keep hands lower than elbows to allow water to flow toward fingertips
- Use soap from dispenser and lather thoroughly and rub with firm circular motion. Cover all areas of hands with soap
- With firm
4
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Bed Positioning: Supine
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5
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Bed Positioning: Semi-Fowler’s
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6
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Bed Positioning: Fowler’s
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7
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Bed Positioning: High Fowler’s
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8
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Bed Positioning: Prone
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9
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Bed Positioning: Side-Lying
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10
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Bed Positioning: Sims
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11
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Putting on Compression Socks
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- Review record verifying medical order for socks
- Perform hand hygiene
- Identify patient, explain procedure and rationale
- Provide privacy for patient
- Adjust bed to working height
- Make sure patient is in supine position
- Expose legs one at a time. Wash and dry as necessary. Apply powder/lotions if needed (dry skin) unless not recommended
- Stand at the foot of the bed. Place hand inside stocking and grasp heel securely. Turn sock inside out to the heel area, leaving the foot area normal
- With the heel pocket down, ease the stocking foot over the foot and heel, checking that heel is centered in the pocket
- Using fingers and thumbs, carefully grasp edge of socks and pull smoothly over ankle and calf toward the knee
- Pull forward slightly on tow section. Properly position toe window
- Pull stocking over the thigh until the top is 1-3 inches below gluteal fold. Make sure sock doesn’t roll down
- Remove gloves, return patient’s bed down all the way, place call bell within reach, perform hand hygiene
12
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What is the Three Checks for Meds?
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13
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What Do You Check for Sterile Technique?
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Expiration Date
14
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How to do Sterile Technique
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- Perform hand hygiene
- Identify patient and ask about any allergies (latex)
- Check sterile glove package for expiration date, make sure it’s dry and unopened
- Place gloves on a working space that is at/above waist level
- Open wrapper by peeling top layer back, remove inner package, taking care not to touch the inner surface or gloves
- With the thumb and the forefinger of the non dominant hand grasp the folded cuff of the glove for the dominant hand, touching only the exposed inside of the glove
- Keep the hands above the waistline, lift and hold the glove up and off the inner package with fingers down
- Carefully insert dominant hand palm up into glove and pull glove on. Leave the cuff folded until the opposite hand is gloved.
- Hold the thumb of the gloved hand outward. Place the fingers of the gloved hand inside the cuff of the remaining glove. Lift it from the wrapper, taking care not to touch anything with the gloves or hands.
- Carefully insert non dominant hand into glove. Pull the glove on, taking care that the skin does not touch any of the outer surfaces of the gloves.
- Slide the fingers of one hand under the cuff of the other and fully extend the cuff down the arm, touching only the sterile outside of the glove. Repeat for the remaining hand.
- Adjust the gloves on both hands if necessary, touching only sterile areas with other sterile areas
15
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What is the rationale for compression socks?
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increase the velocity of blood flow in the superficial and deep veins and improve venous valve function in the legs, promoting venous return to the heart
