Week 6-9 Flashcards

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Errors of Omission

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  • Result of actions not taken
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Errors of Commission

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  • Result of wrong action taken
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3
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Near Miss

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  • Event that could have resulted in unwanted consequences but did not occur
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4
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Structured Communication

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  • Focus on problem
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5
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Ineffective Communication

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  • Indirect speaking
  • Hint & hope approach
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6
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Situation - SBAR

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  • Introduce self & patient
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7
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Background - SBAR

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  • Relevant medical background
  • Reason for admission
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8
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Assessment - SBAR

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  • Pressing health concern and body systems effected
  • Relevant assessment findings
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9
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Recommendation - SBAR

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  • See patient now
  • Assess patient x time
  • Transfer patient
  • Monitoring/investigation needs
  • Continued management
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10
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Pain

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  • Unpleasant sensory & emotional experience
  • Associated with actual/potential tissue damage
  • Subjective
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11
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Nociceptive Pain

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  • Damage to somatic/visceral tissue
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12
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Neuropathic Pain

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  • Damage to nerve cells/changes in spinal cord processing
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13
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Acute Pain

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  • Days to months
  • Easier to identify
  • Resolves
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14
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Chronic Pain

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  • 6+months
  • Impacts quality of life
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15
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Analgesic Types

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  • NSAIDS/non-opioid
  • Opioids
  • Co-analgesic/adjuvant
  • Align to level of pain
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16
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Codeine

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  • Increased metabolism leads to oversedation
  • Not used below 12 years
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17
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Pediatric Considerations

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  • Assessment scales (FLACC)
  • Infants 1+months metabolize drugs the same as children
  • Addiction to opioids rare in children
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18
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Elderly Considerations

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  • Start low and go slow
  • Comorbidities (cognitive, heart failure, drug interaction)
  • NSAIDS
  • Constipation
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19
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Opioid Side Effects

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  • Drowsiness
  • Hallucinations
  • Confusion
  • GI upset
  • Urine retention
  • Respiratory depression
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20
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Addiction

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  • Behaviour
  • Impaired drug use control
  • Compulsive use
  • Continued use despite harm
  • Craving
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21
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Tolerance

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  • Exposure to drug induces changes
  • Result in decreased drug effect over time
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22
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Overdose Treatment

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  • Narcan/naloxone
  • Effective treatment exists (10% of people get it)
  • Revived & discharged
  • Harm reduction (safe consumption site)
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23
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Needs of an Addict

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  • Physical & emotional pain
  • SBN & trust
  • Human connection & opportunity to ask for help
  • Simple acts of kindness
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24
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Opioid Crisis

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  • Misunderstanding of addictive risk
  • Frequent high amounts of prescribing
  • Lack of access to prescriptions - illicit use
  • Contamination
  • Stigma towards substance use disorders
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25
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Venipuncture

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  • Vein is punctured through the skin by a sharp rigid stylet
  • Both IV therapy & blood specimen procurement
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26
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Primary Line

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  • Main line
  • 1L bag of solution
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27
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Secondary Line

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  • Medication mini bag
  • Piggyback
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28
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Bolus

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  • Large volume over short period
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29
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Push

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  • Syringe directly into vein
30
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Patent

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  • Any tube that is flowing, no blockages
31
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IV Purpose

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  • Works quickly
  • Administer different things (meds in various forms, blood transfusion)
  • Replaces water/electrolytes
  • Nutrition
32
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Parenteral Replacement

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  • Nutrition given via route other than digestive track
  • TPN, total parenteral nutrition
  • Given via blood
33
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Crystalloids

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  • Glucose sodium chloride, ringer’s lactate
  • Electrolytes cross semi-permeable membrane
34
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Colloids

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  • Albumin, pentaspan, PRBCs (blood product)
  • Larger molecules, don’t cross membrane
35
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Isotonic Solution

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  • Osmolarity of 300, no fluid shift
  • Rehydration
  • Expanding/replacing volume (ECF losses)
  • 0.9% NaCl
36
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D5W Considerations

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  • Isotonic outside the body
  • Hypotonic inside the body
37
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Hypertonic Solutions

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  • Intravascular from intracellular/interstitial
  • Not used for dehydration
  • Used for electrolyte replacement
  • Stabilize blood pressure
  • Renal & heart failure caution
38
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Hypotonic Soultion

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  • Fluid shift from intravascular into interstitial
  • Used for hydrating ICF & interstitial spaces
  • 0.45% NaCl
39
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Potassium K+

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  • Ensure client has adequate kidney function
  • NPO with kidney function add K+ to solution
  • 3.5-5mmol/L
  • Cardiac dysrhythmia if given as bolus/push
40
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Peripheral IV

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  • Distance to heart/central circulation
41
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Central IV

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  • Decreased infiltration risk
  • Disperses quicker (less irritating to vein)
  • Long term
42
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PICC Line

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  • Peripherally inserted central catheter
  • Tip sits above heart
  • Stay in for 3 months
43
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Tunneled/Portacath Line

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  • Implanted surgically underneath skin
  • Forms infection barrier
44
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Subclavian Line

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  • Shorter term than other central lines
  • Emergency/acute access
45
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Angiocath

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  • Peripheral IV insertion
  • Backflow of blood when hit the vein
  • Left behind in vein, attach tubing
46
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Arm Board

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  • Prevent arm from bending to keep IV flowing
  • Vein in neutral position
47
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Volume Control Device

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  • Below IV bag
  • Clamp between bag & patient
  • Allows for intermittent flow
48
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Run Away Fluid

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  • Sudden increase in flow rate
49
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Infiltration

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  • Tip of angiocath slips out of vein
  • Fluid leaks into surrounding skin
  • Reinsert in a different limb
50
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Extravasation

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  • Leakage of tissue damaging medication
51
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Phlebitis

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  • Inflammation around IV site causing blood clot to form
  • Reinsert in a different vein
52
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Air Embolism

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  • Air/gas into vascular system
  • Tubing not primed or primed while attached to patient
53
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Sepsis

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  • Immune system response to infection
  • Bacteria within the IV
54
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Hematoma

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  • Blood collects underneath skin
  • Leakage from vessel into soft tissue
55
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Teaching

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  • Interactive process promoting learning
  • Requires effective communication
56
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Good Teachers

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  • Empathetic listening
  • Observe astutely
  • Speak clearly
57
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Learning

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  • Confirm predictions or change them
  • Identify need for knowing/acquiring ability
58
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Teaching Approaches

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  • 1:1
  • Group
  • Analogies/metaphors
  • Role playing
  • Simulation
  • Evaluation
59
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Knowledge

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  • Acquisition & use of information from formal sources
60
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Informed Consent

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  • Health care consent act
  • Governs who makes treatment decisions for someone incapable of making their own
61
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Hierarchy of Substitute Decision Makers

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  1. Court-appointed guardian
  2. POA for personal care
  3. Appointed by consent & capacity board
  4. Spouse/partner
  5. Child or partner (>16)
  6. Parent who has right of access
  7. Brother/sister
  8. Any other relative
  9. Public guardian & trustee (last resort)
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Goals of Client Education

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  • Promote health & prevent disease
  • Restoring health
  • Optimizing quality of life with impaired functioning
63
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Cognitive Learning Domain

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  • Frontal Lobe
  • Remembering, thinking, comprehension
64
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Affective Learning Domain

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  • Emotions & values
65
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Psychomotor Learning Domain

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  • Motor skills
66
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Ability to Learn Considerations

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  • Emotional capability
  • Intellectual capability
  • Physical capability
  • Developmental stage
67
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Selling Approach

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  • Two-way communication
68
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Participation Approach

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  • Mutual goals & feedback
69
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Entrusting Approach

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  • Self-care
70
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Reinforcing Approach

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  • Positive feedback
71
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Elderly Learning Differences

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  • Processing speed
  • Sensory
  • Hearing/volume
  • Printed materials
72
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Motivation & Transtheoretical Model of Change

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  • Precontemplation
  • Contemplation
  • Preparation
  • Action
  • Maintenance