NUR 2206 Exam 7
- adverse event (AE)
Answer any injury caused by medical care
- adverse drug event (ADE)
Answer specific type of adverse event involving medication use
- sentinel event
Answer adverse event that causes death or serious harm to patient; usually events that are not expected or anticipated
ex- giving a pt a med they're actually allergic to and them coding
- medication error
Answer preventable event related to mistake in prescribing, dispensing and or administering medications
- work-arounds
Answer a deviation from the expected pattern of work to achieve an end result by bypassing safety features
- 3 p's of rounding
Answer potty, pain, position
- medical asepsis
Answer clean technique 1 / 2
- surgical asepsis
Answer sterile
- areas of the body that are sterile
Answer circulatory system, urinary tract, spinal fluid, inside body cavities (surgery)
- areas of the body that are not sterile
Answer upper respiratory tract, GI tract, skin
- daily weight
Answer reliable indicator of fluid status/hydration
- NG tube
Answer short term therapy (4 week or less) check placement by chest x-ray
- parenteral nutrition
Answer IV nutrition
total parenteral nutrition - given thru central line peripheral parenteral nutrition - IV in arm
- enteral nutrition
Answer NG tubes, PEG tubes, j-tubes
- enteral nutrition risks
- / 2
Answer aspiration