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What does RACE stand for?

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  • Rescue and remove all patients in immediate danger.
  • Activate the alarm.
  • Confine fire by closing doors and turning off any oxygen & electrical equipment.
  • Extinguish the fire.
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Seizure precautions for nursing

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  • protect patients from traumatic injury
  • positioning for adequate ventilation
  • drainage of oral secretions
  • providing privacy and support after event.
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Describe the auscultation site, cause, and character of: crackles

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  • Site = r/l lung bases
  • Cause = disruptive passage of air through small airways
  • Character = wet, popping sound not cleared w/coughing
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Describe the auscultation site, cause, and character of: wheezes

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  • SITE = all lung fields
  • CAUSE = narrowed or obstructed airway
  • CHARACTER = high-pitched whistling heard through inspiration/expiration, but louder on expiration
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Describe the auscultation site, cause, and character of: rhonchi

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  • SITE = trachea and bronchi
  • CAUSE = muscular spasm, fluid/mucus in larger airways
  • CHARACTER = loud, low-pitched rumbling/snoring. sometimes cleared w/coughing
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Describe the auscultation site, cause, and character of: pleural friction rub

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  • SITE = anterior lateral lung field
  • CAUSE = inflammation
  • CHARACTER = dry, rubbing, grating heard through inspiration/expiration
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Describe vesicular sounds.

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soft, breezy, low-pitched. Air moving through small airway, inspiration longer than expiration

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Describe bronchovesicular sounds.

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blowing sound, air moving through large airway.

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Describe bronchial sounds.

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loud, high-pitched hollow quality, air moving through trachea.

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mitral/tricuspid valve closing = first heart sound

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S1

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Aortic and pulmonic valve closure

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S2

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Heart attempts to fill distended ventricle

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S3

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13
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Atria contracts and ventricular filling

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S4

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14
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Swelling by intestinal gas, tumor, or fluid in abdominal cavity

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Distention

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15
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Movement of contents through the intestines which is normal fx of small and large intestine.

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Peristalsis

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16
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Borborygmi

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growling sounds, hyperactive bowel sounds

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17
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Localized dilation of a vessel wall

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Aneurysm

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Hunchback, exagerration of curvature of thoracic spine

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Kyphosis

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Swayback, increased lumbar curvature

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Lordosis

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20
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Flexion

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movement decreasing angle between 2 adjoining bones

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21
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Extension

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increasing angle between adjoining bones

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Abduction

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away from midline

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Adduction

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towards the midline

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Eversion

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turning body part away from midline

25
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Inversion

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turning body toward the midline

26
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Normal, good, unlabored breathing

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Eupnea

27
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Absence of breathing

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Apnea

28
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Distribution of RBC’s to and from the pulmonary capillaries

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Perfusion

29
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Diffusion

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movement of oxygen and co2 between alveoli & RBC’s

30
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Pulse Deficit

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Apical pulse - radial pulse

31
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SaO2 (pulse oximetry)

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percentage of hemoglobin bound w/oxygen in arteries

32
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Peak of max pressure when ejection occurs

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SYSTOLIC PRESSURE

33
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When ventricles relax and blood remaining in arteries exerts minimum pressure

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DIASTOLIC PRESSURE

34
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Pulse pressure

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Systolic - diastolic

35
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2 steps of a nursing assessment

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  1. Data collection

2. Interpretation and validation of data

36
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Subjective vs objective data

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Subjective = pt verbal description
Objective = observations/measurements of pt's health status
37
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Phases of patient-centered interviews

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  1. Orientation
  2. Working Phase = assessment
  3. Terminating an interview
38
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condition or etiology identified from patient’s assessment data

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Related Factor “related to”

39
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Define the 3 priorities in relation to importance and time when caring for multiple patients

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  1. HIGH = if untreated, could result in harm to pt or others.
  2. Intermediate = nonemergent, nonthreatening needs of patient
  3. Low = not always directly related to specific illness or prognosis.
40
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SMART related to outcome statement

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Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Time Frame
41
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NIC

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Nursing Interventions Classification

  • level of standardization to enhance communication of nursing care across settings and to compare outcomes.
  • RELIABLE RESOURCE
42
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What are ADL’s? Are they direct or indirect?

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Activities of daily living: ambulation, eating, grooming, dressing, etc. Direct care

43
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Standards of documentation by TJC

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All steps of nursing process, evidence of patient/family teaching, discharge planning.

44
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Multidisciplinary care plans that include patient problems, key interventions, expected outcomes.

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Critical Pathways

45
Q

coordinated efforts of musculoskeletal and nervous system

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Body Mechanics

46
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Actual/potential nursing diagnoses related to immobilized patient

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  1. Ineffective airway clearance
  2. Ineffective coping
  3. impaired phy
47
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Expected outcomes of goal “patient’s skin will remain intact.”

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  1. skin color/temp return to normal baseline within 20 min of position change.
  2. changes position at least every 2 hours
48
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Fowler’s

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HOB elevated 45-60 degrees w/knees slightly bent

49
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Supine

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Lay flat on back

50
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Prone

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Lies on abdomen w/one head to the side

51
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Sims

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Patient lies on left side w/right knee and hip partially bent forward

52
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What is POMR type of documentation?

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Problem-oriented medical records

  • includes database, problem list, care plan, progress notes
  • DARP = POMR documentation
53
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PASS

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Pull the pin
Aim at base of fire
Squeeze the handle
Sweep side to side

54
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Cranial nerve associated with PERRLA

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III: Oculomotor

55
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Romberg Test

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used to test balance

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