Vital Test Outs Flashcards
1
Student performs hand hygiene and applies clean gloves
2
Student introduces self to patient
3
Student positively identifies the patient by asking the patient
his/her name and birth date and comparing it with the ID band
4
Student explains actions to patient prior to performing them
5
Student performs general safety check of patient room. (bed
low position and wheels locked, equipment check, call bell
within reach
6
Student pulls curtain around patient bed or closes room door
7
Student adjusts bed to a workable height and assists patient to
a comfortable position
8
Student assesses patient pain level on scale of 0-10
9
Student assesses when the patient last ate or drank, inspects
patient mouth for loose teeth, ulcers, and asks patient if he/she
has the ability to hold temperature probe under tongue
10
Student removes probe from the recording unit, covers probe
with a disposable probe cover, and slides it on unit until it
snaps into place
11
Student places the probe beneath the patient’s tongue in the
posterior sublingual pocket, asks the patient to close his/her
lips around the probe, and asks patient to hold thermometer
probe
12
Student continues to have patient hold the probe until a beep is
heard from the electronic device
13
Student notes the temperature reading from the device
14
Student removes the probe from the patient’s mouth and
disposes the probe cover by holding the probe over an
appropriate trash receptacle and presses the probe release
button
15
Student returns the thermometer probe to the storage place
within the unit
