fundamentals exam 1 Flashcards
What is the order of the nursing process and why is it cyclical and not steps?
ADPIE
Assessment: Gathering information about a patient condition
Diagnosis: Identify the patient’s problem
Planning: Set goals of care and desired outcomes and identify appropriate nursing actions. Set priorities.
Implementation: Perform the nursing action identified in the planning
Evaluation: determine if goals and expected outcomes are achieved. You are evaluating the patient’s behavior as well.
The nursing process is cyclical and not steps because it’s an ongoing process
We must continuously be assessing and evaluating our patients and adjusting to their changes.
Describe subjective vs. objective data:
Subjective data is what the patient SAYS
Objective data: observing the patient
Why do we write nursing diagnosis and how does it differ from the medical diagnosis?
We write nursing diagnoses because:
- helps identify priorities and help direct nursing interventions.
- Helps see the patient in a holistic perspective (including them in their care).
- It differs from medical diagnosis because medical diagnosis focuses on disease
What is a SMART goal?
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timed
What is orthostatic hypotension – what parameters define it and what intervention can the nurse offer to keep the client with orthostatic hypotension safe?
Orthostatic hypotension is where there is a big drop on the patient’s blood pressure when they move from sitting to standing.
A systolic drops at least 20 mm Hg, and diastolic at least 10 mm Hg, within 3 minutes of rising.
Symptoms of dizziness, light-headedness, nauseas, tachycardia, pallor, or fainting
Intervention: drinking enough water, avoid alcohol, elevating head at bed, standing up slowly, fall risk prevention, exercising
What are some common restraints and when are they used?
When to use restraints:
As the last option
Have to have a doctor’s order
Less restrictive as a restraint:
Bed alarms
Chair alarms
What is meant by “fall precautions” as an intervention?
What questions to ask the patient:
Fall prevention includes any action taken to help reduce the number of accidental falls suffered by susceptible individuals
Do you feel unsteady when standing or walking?
Do you have worries about falling?
Have you fallen in the past year? If yes, how many times? Were you injured?
What is the most effective way a nurse can help BREAK the chain of infection?
Hand hygiene
In the chain of infection, what is the mode of transmission?
route or method of transfer by which an infectious microorganism moves from one place to another and enters a new host
It can could be via contact(indirect or direct), droplet, airborne, vehicles, and vector
What is a portal of entry/exit?
Portal of entry: mouth, eye, nose, skin.
Subtitle host (at someone who is at risk of infection) anyone can be it.
Portals of exit: the path by which a pathogen leaves its host
Includes body surface, blood, feces, respiratory, saliva, vomiting, diarrhea
Sites for infections:
Urinary
Wounds
Eyes
Ears
Nose
Respiratory
Systemic infection
More likely to see a fever
How to assess for an infection:
Collect urine, sputum
Culture swap
Culture will tell us the exactly the organism so we know what type of antibiotic to use
Check white blood count - it will be elevated if there is an infection
Interventions that can prevent an infection:
Hand hygiene
PPE
Monitoring
Checking for any signs of infections
Check their temperature
Wound - any redness, swelling, warm, pus, drainage ?
What kind of precautions to take for infections?
PPE:
Airborne - gloves, mask ( TB, chickenpox, measles)
Droplet - gloves, mask ( flu, RSV, common cold)
Contact - gown, mask, gloves, shields ( memory tip -contact covers everything) ( VRE, MRSA, C.Diff)
