Foundational Skills Flashcards

1
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Applying personal protective equipment (PPE)

A

Gown
Face mask
Eyewear
Clean gloves

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2
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Removing PPE

A

Gloves ( since they are the most soiled)
Gown
Eyewear
Mask

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3
Q

What is SBAR?

A

Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation

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4
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What is febrile?

A

A client with fever.

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5
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Hyperventilation

A

Overexpansion of the lungs characterize by deep, rapid respirations.

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6
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Hyperventilation

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Underexpansion of the lungs characterize by shallow respirations

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7
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They are two types of breathing

A

Costal thoracic breathing
( movement of the chest upward and downward)

Diaphragmatic (abdominal breathing)
Observe by the movement of the abdomen

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8
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Apnea

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Cessation of breathing

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9
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Respiration rate

A

12 to 20 breath per minute

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10
Q

Hemoptysis

A

The presence of blood in the sputum

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11
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Productive cough

A

A cough accompanied by expectorated secretions

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12
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Nonproductive cough

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A dry harsh cough without secretion

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13
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Pulse pressure

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Difference between the diastolic and systolic pressure

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14
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Classification of BP

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Normal (120/80)
Prehypertension (120-139) (80-89)
Hypertension stage (140-159) (90-99)
Hypertension stage >160 - >100

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15
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Percussion ( five types of sounds)

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Flatness- extremely dull sound produce by dense tissue ( muscle or bone least amount of air)
Dullness - thud like sound produce by dense tissue ( liver,spleen, or heart)
Resonance- hollow sound produce by lungs fill with air.
Tympani- musical drum like produce by the air full stomach ( least dense the greatest amount of air

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16
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Hyperresonance

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Is not produce in the normal body. Is describe as a booming and can be heard over emphysematous lung.

17
Q

Atrophy ( skin lesions)

A

Wasting of the skin due to loss of collagen and elastin

18
Q

What is visual acuity

A

The degree of detail the eye can discern in an image.

19
Q

Myopia

A

Nearsightedness

20
Q

Hyperopia

A

Farsightedness

21
Q

Glaucoma

A

A disturbance in the circulation aqueous fluid which causes an increase in intraocular pressure.

22
Q

Antiseptics

A

Agents that inhibit the growth of some microorganism

23
Q

Asepsis

A

The freedom from infection or infectious material

24
Q

Medical asepsis

A

Clean technique

25
Q

Surgical asepsis

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Sterile technique (keep an area or object free of all microorganism)

26
Q

Transmission based precaution

A

Are used in addition to standard precaution

27
Q

Airborne precautions

A
Transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei smaller than 5 microns
Measles ( rubeola)
Varicella
Tuberculosis
M
28
Q

Droplet precautions

A
Transmitted by particle droplets larger than 5 microns
Diphtheria ( pharyngeal)
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Pertussis
MuMps
Rubella
Streptococcal
Pneumonia
Scarlet fever
Pneumonic plague