Quiz 1 Flashcards
What are the 4 types of mindfulness exercises
Box Breathing Practice
4-7-8 Breathing Practice
Soft Belly Breathing Practice
6 second breathing practice
Why mindfulness is useful
To maintain a nonjudgmental state, create resilience, and be present in thoughts, emotions, or experiences.
Name some things you can do as a student nurse
You can provide comfort care, foley care, assess patients independently, take vitals, mobility care, CHG baths, bed baths, ADLs, IADLS, and feed food.
Name some things you cannot do as a student nurse
You cannot hang IVs, draw blood, fingerstick, and give meds
Notify your instructor when BP is
systolic below 90
systolic above 160
Notify your instructor when HR is
below 60
above 100
Notify your instructor when respiratory rate is
below 12
above 28
Notify your instructor when O2 sats are below
93
Notify your instructor when there is ___ change after surgery
post operative nausea or vomiting
Notify your instructor when urine output is
below 30 cc / hour
above 240 cc / 8 hours
dark amber or bloody
Notify your instructor when pain is…
present in the chest
not controlled with medication
What to do if you miss a clinical day
Call your clinical instructor and email them.
Email the clinical coordinators.
What happens if you miss too many clinicals
Excessive clinical absences may cause you to fail.
What happens if you miss clinical?
You will be asked to perform a make up activity due within a week.
You will be sent a letter of Notification of Missed Clinical
When is clinical make-up?
Make Up is after Finals - as scheduled by the CCC
Name the parts of SBAR
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendations
How do you compose an SBAR?
Introduce self, introduce the patient and reason for admission, explain reason for reaching out, recommendation on treatment for situation.
What are appropriate Recommendations
Increase O2, pain meds, consultation, fluids
What is a nursing intervention?
A nursing intervention is based on Patient goal(s) and something that the nurse can do.
Interventions with rational (i.e., administer ice, assess pain, monitor, discuss what patients can do.
What do you evaluate in the nursing process?
Subjective and Objective data
Name the components of Clinical Judgement
Noticing, interpreting, responding, evaluating
How to write a Patient Goal based on a Priority Problem
Patient focused + quantifiable goal + realistic time frame
Difference between Nursing Process and Clinical Judgement
The nursing process has a nursing diagnosis. Clinical judgement is nursing centric, seeing if patients meet their goals.
What labs are in a bmp?
Na+, K+, Cl-, HCO3, CO2, BUN, Cr, Glu
What labs are in a cbc?
Red blood cells, which carry oxygen
White blood cells, which fight infection
Hemoglobin, oxygen-carrying protein in RBCs
Hematocrit, the amount of red blood cells in the blood
Platelets, which help blood to clot
