Study Guide Flashcards
Know where to keep a urinary drainage bag
Below the level of the bladder
Know where to place a catheter tube on a resident
Upper thigh
Perseveration
When a person repeats a phase or action over and over
NPO
Nothing by mouth
Atrophy
Wasting or decrease in the size of a muscle
Impaction
Dry hard stool
Fowlers position
Sitting/semi sitting
Know how a resident with osteoporosis appearance will change
Stopped over, lose height
Know how to deal with a diabetic resident requesting cutting of their toenails/fingernails
Report to charge nurse
Know the average heart rate range in normal patients
60-100 bpm
Know the normal blood pressure
120/50
Know the normal spo2 range
95%-100%
Know the normal respirations
12-20
Know what diabetic residents are prone to develop
Infections
Know how to read o2 per n/c at 3L on a care plan
Oxygen per nasal cannula at 3 liters
Know where to stand when transferring a resident from a wheelchair
In front
Aphasia
The loss of the ability to express one’s self
Know different reasons why your resident loses their appetite
Isolation, depression, decreased in taste buds
Know the most comfortable positron for a respiratory resident
Fowlers
Know what it means to have acute pain
Sudden pain
Know to calculate intake
1 oz= 30 mL
Hemiplegia
Paralysis on one side of the body
Know what will be on resident with care plan
Daily weights
Know different ways you prevent a fire
Reporting damaged wires/sockets, fire drills, know location of extinguished
Know the footwear your resident needs on during a transfer
Rubber soled slippers/socks or shoes