NUR 1600 Exam 6
- What are some Critical Indicators & Hand washing?
Allergies, family history, patient history, present patient medical records, tobacco, drug or alcohol use, current medications, psychological history.
- How do you Interview Your Patient?
Introduction, hand hygiene, patient name/DOB, ask patient preferred pronouns,
- How many types of pain assessments are there and what types of patients are each used for?
- types.
OUCHER-used for older toddlers.3-12. NIPS- used for infants/young toddlers. FLAAC-used for infants/young toddlers. FACES-non-verbal patients/young patients. Numeric- rating pain 0- 10
- What do the following pain scales stand for? NIPS
FLACC
NIPS
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale FLACC
Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability.
- Define the types of pain assessments.
OUCHER- toddler faces NIPS- point based system based on infants emotional status. FLAAC- point based system based on infants emotional status. FACES- smily/sad faces
Numeric- number scale 1-10 1 / 2
- What is a Brief Head to Toe?
A shift assessment that is done at the beginning of every shift or if patient has a change in behavior or health status.
- What is a Holistic Patient Assessment?
The physical, spiritual, psychological, and emotional needs of a patient.
- What are Signs?
Objective data. Physical labs and data. Heart rate, BP, lung sounds, rash, etc.
- What are the symptoms?
Subjective data. What a patient reports/ Nausea , chills , fatigue, tingling, etc.
- What are open-ended questions?
tell me more.
- What are closed-ended questions?
yes or no questions.
- What is subjective data?
what the patient says
- What is objective data?
observations or measurements of a patient's health status
- What are some strategies to effective therapeutic communication?
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