NUR 1600 Test 1 Ch.1
- critical indicators
Answer are Safety Measures that every healthcare provider should perform every time, with every patient
- critical indicators include
- Checking provider orders before entering the patient room
Answer
- Introducing yourself when entering the patient room
- Washing/sanitizing your hand when entering a patient room (and after leaving a patient
- Identifying the patient, using 2 patient identifiers (name, dob and/or MR #)
- Asking the patient what h/she would like to be called (or Pronouns)
- Asking the patient if he/she has any allergies
- Explaining to the patient the procedure about to be performed on him/her
- Performing appropriate assessments according to established guidelines
room)
- vital signs
Answer Vital signs is a procedure that provides the nurse with vital ( important)t objective information (data) about the patient's health and well-being. Therefore, obtaining accurate vitals, and having knowledge of acceptable ranges of vitals across the lifespan (see table below) is critical for accurate assessment and analysis of vital sign results
- vital signs include
- Temperature (T) - Concept - Thermoregulation
Answer
- Pulse (P) - Concept - Perfusion
- Respirations (R) - Perfusion/Oxygenation
- 02 Saturations (O2Sat) - Perfusion/Oxygenation
- Blood Pressure (BP) - Perfusion
- Pain Assessment - Comfort 1 / 2
- gold standards for pain assessment scales
Answer Numeric and faces
- numeric pain scale
Answer 0-10 (NO PAIN TO 10 (WORST PAIN EVER). Take into consideration if the patient is developmentally able to rank pain 0-10.
- faces
Answer used for developmentally appropriate- used with nonverbal patients. You will see the FACES pain skill on communication white boards in your patient rooms.
- Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)
Answer a tool used to assess six behavioral reactions (facial expression, cry, breathing pattern, arms, legs, state of arousal) to pain in preterm and full-term newborns.
- OUCHERS pain scale
Answer combines both the FACES and numeric pain scale. It allows pediatric patients to indicate how much pain they are in by selecting a number or a corresponding face.
- Standard Precautions
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Answer practices used for all patient care. They're based on a risk assessment and make use of common- sense practices and personal protective equipment use that protect healthcare providers from infection and prevent the spread of infection from patient to patient (CDC.org, 2022). Remember- -- hand hygiene #1 way