New chapter 3 ADL Flashcards
New practitioner
Critical care environment
most intimidating setting for new practitioner. Mobility tasks are often called for in ICU
unintended consequences of ICU stay
Neuropsychological effects. Can result in ICU delirium - a state of extreme confusion also known as ICU syndrome or ICU psychosis. - fatigue; confusion; anxiety; and visual, auditory, and tactile hallucinations.
Predisposing factors in ICU delirium
- advanced age
- cognitive impairment
- sensory impairments
- multiple morbidities
Complilcations caused by ICU delirium
- more frequent falls
- longer hosipital stays
- higher hospital costs
- increased patient mortality
early mobility
ICU aquired weakness (ICUAW)
Early progressive mobiliity reduces both ICU delirium and ICUAW. even on a ventilator.
Durring prerounds
Team sets mobility goals for their patients.
Adage in ICU
anything physical can be therapy
13 steps to encourage early mobility in ICU
- Participate in inderdiciplanary communication
- Create a mobility plan
- Check with nursing staff
- Communicate with patient
- Scan the room making note of all equipment, monitors, lines, leads, and tubes.
- Check the patient’s vital signs and ventilator settings
- Check all lines, leads and tubes.
- Visualize the planned activity
- Move equipment and get assistance as needed.
- apply gait belt as needed for out of bed activities.
- group all lines and tubes together
- Engage the patient in the mobility activity, monitoring the patient’s appearance and vital signs.
- End activity - notify nursing staff.
precautions for central lines may be changing
They used to be restricted to bed rest and no hip flexion past 60 to 80 degrees, but studies show that may not be neceassary.
If an arterial line is disloged during a therapy session
apply pressure and notify the nurse immediatly. potential for large amounts of blood loss.
When using NG tube the head of the bed
shourd remain elevated 30 to 45 degrees.
NG tube
tube attached to an electric pump containing liquid nutrition inserted via nasal passages through the esophagus and into the stomach. Held in place near insertion with tape. May be pinned to gown as well. must be postioned upright for 30 min after feeding or 1 hour for pediatric patients.
Enerostromy feeding tube
Feeding tube
inserted via endoscopy
or small surgical opening
in abdomin.
Patient should not lie flat during feeding.
Indwelling urinary catheter
Tube inserted into bladder via urethra, providing continous bladder drainage.
secured internally by a small balloon filled with sterile water.
taped to thigh to prevent accidental removal.
Be careful not to pull on tubing and not to compress tubing.
condom catheter (texas catheter)
Tubing connected to condom fitted over penis, draining urine into collection bag
Can easily become removed. Occasionally taped to skin.
External female catheter
Externally applied device for female patients. Wicks urine into collection canister.
replace every 8 to 12 hours.
Suprapubic catheter, urostomy, nephrostomy
Tube surgically inserted into lower abdoment
suprapubic catheter and urostomy - or lower
back nephrostomy to drain urinary output.
Keep insertion sites dry
avoid putting gait belt on over insertion site.
colostomy, ileostomy bag
bag for collection of fecal matter.
attached directly over surgically created opening in abdomen,
bringing large intestine to abdomen surface
Inspect for secure attachment before and after mobility
Have bags emptied before activities.
avoid motions that would put tension on bag or seal.
avoid disturbance when placing gaitbelt.
Rectal tube
Tubing inserted into rectum and attached to collection bag to drain fecal matter.
tubing can easily become dislodged.
keep bag below tube level.
Cardiac leeds
wires connecting electrodes on patient’s body to recording device monitoring the activity of the heart.
Movement can create artifact or cause leads to become disconnected
alarm may sounds and leads should be reattached by nursing staff.